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Lockit -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/18/2012 1:24:47 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

IS the latest Neal Stephenson the same when you don't have a kilo of paper resting on your tummy? I THINK NOT! [;)]


ROFL! I won't comment on where my mind took that one... but... cheers to tummy pleasers!



LadyHibiscus -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/18/2012 1:28:34 PM)

Whoa... where DID the notion of a giant book take you? [:D]



Lockit -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/18/2012 1:30:37 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

Whoa... where DID the notion of a giant book take you? [:D]


Consider 'my' mind and never mind! [:D] I found it funny though! Knyt might too when I tell him! Remember that lighting issue I mentioned?

Shuttin up now! [:D][:D][:D]



seekingOwnertoo -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/18/2012 1:41:22 PM)

Hate to screw up this thread ... but

i do not use e-readers!

LOL Have Blackberry .. Laptop and ...

Home internet, as well as Starbucks, Tim Horton's etc ....

Lots of info comes to me, and i just might buy a BB made i-pad device ... if i find a need!

Yet all that matters to me, in this Internet age is ... my next paycheck! [:D]

Meaning some Internet connection. Along with Interpersonal skills on the telephone ...

Lot's different than we remember ..



Hell, i could even relate with people in Montreal! ROFL ... had to throw THAT in




LadyHibiscus -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/18/2012 1:47:01 PM)

It's reeeeeely nice, Seeking! You can get magazines and newspapers AND the internets~

Yeah, I won't be indulging either. [:)]



seekingOwnertoo -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/18/2012 1:49:53 PM)

I still wish for the old days ... picking up a newspaper at breakfast.

But no more ...

Up at 5 am ... talking with India at 6 am ...


And like who put this economy together? ( F'ing Republicans led by G Bush)

The jobs are overseas ... we need to figure out how to tax them ...

(and those here who make this possible!).




LadyHibiscus -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/18/2012 1:54:27 PM)

Now, now... you want to KEEP your job, right? [:D]



seekingOwnertoo -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/18/2012 2:30:30 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

Now, now... you want to KEEP your job, right? [:D]



Indeed Lady Hib ... LOL ... heard off the record ... i am getting promoted in the next couple weeks.

I guess .. sour grapes should not be in my vocabulary! ROFL

But I still miss the days, of going to breakfast and getting a newspaper ...

No magical electronic devices required! [:D]






PeonForHer -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/18/2012 3:18:47 PM)


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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

People should buy me stuff. Just putting that out there.x


They probably would if they knew what the hell to buy you!



LadyHibiscus -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/18/2012 3:21:16 PM)

Ha! Isn't that what amazon wish lists are for, Darling?

Excellent news, Seeking, we'll have lots to celebrate at our post-season dinner!



MistressDarkArt -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/19/2012 12:21:51 AM)

Mike, you can also use any android/i-phone and/or laptop/netbook as an e-reader. Kindle has a free app download for all these devices, so you may not even need an e-reader if you already have one/more of these. Endless free books to download via Amazon/library system. You'll be reading forever.

Though smartphone screens are a bit small, I can still read off mine without glasses. It was really great...I went to 'Vagina Monologues' tonight and had a few minutes to kill in the theater before it started. I whipped out the phone and finished a chapter of 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself' while waiting. Free amazon download. Good book so far. Here's the link.






myrgth -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/19/2012 12:55:05 AM)

I agree, I don't have an e-reader either but I have thousands of ebooks that I read on my phone and/or iPod touch.  I don't like the readers because they are so big I might as well be holding a hardback book, which doesn't appeal to me or my wrists. 

I think if you are checking it out and seeing if it's something you will like, it's a great way to start by using what you already have and then upgrading later.  That allows you to determine what you do and don't like in regards to reading on a device so that you can make an informed decision based on what you want.  There are apps for both Kindle and Nook as well as many other types of ereader apps, so you can also check out the formatting and figure out which will work best for you in that regard.

I rarely use the Kindle app because it costs money to transfer my existing books as you have to use whispernet (or whatever it is, Kindle specific) and I can't share or borrow easily with it.

I don't use the Nook app, either.

iBooks is crap and freezes up once you hit a certain threshold - about 300-500 books.

I use ereader Pro, which is B&N and free.  Free to use, free to upload books.  I have thousands of books on it and it doesn't lock up or freeze.  I typically buy books off of other sites and then convert them to whatever format I want to use, PDB or ePub, using Calibre.



SpiritedRadiance -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/19/2012 5:43:37 AM)

Myrgth,

If your using calibre to convert, You dont need to pay to upload your books to the kindle app...

you need to just connect the device... open the folder on your phone (named kindle) and plop in the mobi formated books..

Viola shows up on your device free



myrgth -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/19/2012 8:24:16 AM)

Thank you, SpiritedRadiance.  I will give that a try the next time I'm uploading.



LadyHibiscus -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/19/2012 12:32:07 PM)

I read almost every Lovecraft story extant on a website thanks to my android phone, and OH yes my glasses. I heart my phone, but the battery life on a reader is appealing.



MistressDarkArt -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/19/2012 12:58:33 PM)

While we're on the subject...does anyone know of an app that'll convert text to speech on an android phone?

I love audiobooks from my library, but sometimes the only format available for a certain title is e-pub, e-book or kindle. Text to speech would be really handy while I'm hiking or doing stuff around the house.



MistressDarkArt -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/19/2012 12:59:54 PM)


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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

I read almost every Lovecraft story extant on a website thanks to my android phone, and OH yes my glasses. I heart my phone, but the battery life on a reader is appealing.


Admittedly, glasses make the phone MUCH easier!



LadyHibiscus -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/19/2012 3:23:31 PM)

I have been having the most fun messing with my amazon wishlist!! So many books to look for this spring!! And there is a Kindle with a keyboard! So of course I had to add it, so I can do all kinds of reading about it before not buying it. [:D] I was the same way with the netbooks before I got my android phone.

I indulged in some pre-owned betsey johnson shoes on ebay, too! Summer is only four months away, people!!



smartsub10 -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/19/2012 4:32:34 PM)

I have the Nook Simple Touch and love it.  I didn't want bells and whistles, games, internet, etc, etc,   I just wanted to, well....read.
The simple touch is small, very lightweight and fits easily into my purse so I can pull it out and read it.  The other readers all seemed too bulky and heavy. 

I, too, have always loved the feel of a book in my hands but if I'm reading War and Peace, I don't want to have to lug that heavy book around.  No matter how lengthy a book is, it never weighs more than my nook.

Can't beat the price either.



slaveluci -> RE: E-readers....need help (2/19/2012 5:08:07 PM)


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ORIGINAL: MistressDarkArt

While we're on the subject...does anyone know of an app that'll convert text to speech on an android phone?

I love audiobooks from my library, but sometimes the only format available for a certain title is e-pub, e-book or kindle. Text to speech would be really handy while I'm hiking or doing stuff around the house.

My Kindle does text to speech but I can't stand the robotic voice. An audiobook has to sound interesting and they just don't in that voice [8D]

luci



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