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Post by RacetrackRejects on Jan 4, 2011 13:49:13 GMT -5
I have a gift card (from X-mas) to purchase a Kindle, but I already have Kindle the app on my phone and laptop. Now I'm wondering if I really need a Kindle. If I don't purchase the Kindle, I could just use the card to buy "books", so it wouldnt' go to waste.
So, are Kindles really so OMG, I have to it, or would I be just fine reading on my laptop and phone?
Edited to add that yes, I have read on both laptop and phone through the Kindle app and didnt' have any issues.
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Post by Goalie on Jan 4, 2011 15:11:02 GMT -5
I would thinnk that you really don't need a Kindle then RR. I had read somewhere that when Google comes out with their version of ebooks that they won't be compatible to kindles. Did you hear anything about it?
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Jan 4, 2011 15:43:40 GMT -5
Oooh, I haven't heard anything about that, but I do read samples of books I'm interested in on Google sometimes. I wonder if that will be related somehow.
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Post by Bara on Jan 5, 2011 20:22:04 GMT -5
... well, I still can't find my download lead ...
Vague of England.....
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Post by adcooper on Jan 6, 2011 7:57:28 GMT -5
I'm not a big Kindle fan because you can't read library books on them! (You can on Kobo, Sony, Nook, and (soon) Ipad. Our library has a digital collection that is only going to get better in the next year or two, maybe yours does, too.
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Jan 6, 2011 9:41:10 GMT -5
I have to admit that I don't really do library books. *shock* I know, bad me. When I worked at the library, I would pull books as they came in to read, but other than that I didn't really check anything out. It mostly has to do with the fact that I can never make it back to return anything on time or I forget about it and get nasty letters about overdue books. When I worked at the library that wasn't a concern, but now....
Also, sometimes I like to mark things, do odd things to pages, make notes, highlight stuff. It just depends on what sort of book it is and why I'm reading it. I can do all of those things on the Kindle ebooks, so it works out.
*runs away to hide from Ad and Claire* lol
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Post by adcooper on Jan 6, 2011 19:55:09 GMT -5
Well, you don't have to GO to the library to check out or return an e-book! Silly girl. Stop writing in your books. You should be using your hands to hold cookies and mugs of coffee while reading, not highlighters or pens. Silly girl.
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Post by niaru on Jan 7, 2011 8:10:10 GMT -5
Also, sometimes I like to mark things, do odd things to pages, make notes, highlight stuff. It just depends on what sort of book it is and why I'm reading it. I can do all of those things on the Kindle ebooks, so it works out. *runs away to hide from Ad and Claire* lol ;D I do that too, in real books. And when I get them from the library I actually enjoy seeing that others before me have penciled in / underline a few things...although I try real hard not to do it in library books! Sometimes tho, there is a sentence that is so beautiful, or true, etc that i can't resist underlining it...  Can you really do that easily with a kindle? That's great! I still don't have one. I really didn't see the appeal for me until I started reading Ken Follet's Fall of Giants (my neighbor lent it to me): it's a HUGE book (my daughters call it The Dictionary) and since I'm planning on reading it on the plane next week...a Kindle or similar apparatus would be great just for that! |
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Post by adcooper on Jan 7, 2011 13:39:57 GMT -5
Oh. Claire. You've ruined my day, you book defacer, you.
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Post by niaru on Jan 7, 2011 14:50:05 GMT -5
but if anything it is very, very light pencil... I'll promise to refrain myself in the future |
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Post by adcooper on Jan 8, 2011 13:29:27 GMT -5
Provisional forgiveness granted.
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Post by Bara on Jan 10, 2011 13:57:26 GMT -5
Very, very light pencil won't work on a Kindle....
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Post by filly on Jan 10, 2011 15:26:50 GMT -5
If you get a Nook, they have a new program where you can outline, highlight and make notes in the margin and it IS electronic! You can get many of your texts in ebook now which I love as those things weigh a TON! lol So nice to be able to have these new features, especially for class!
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