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I was always an avid reader, but my previous working 90+ hours a week didn't allow for a lot.
I tend to read a ton of nonsense, fiction, non fiction, metaphysics, science...
right now reading:
Hawking's A Brief History of Time/Universe in a Nutshell
My life with Spirits by Lon Milo DuQuette (who is hilarious)
and re-reading Proficient Motorcycling.[/b]
I tend to read a ton of nonsense, fiction, non fiction, metaphysics, science...
right now reading:
Hawking's A Brief History of Time/Universe in a Nutshell
My life with Spirits by Lon Milo DuQuette (who is hilarious)
and re-reading Proficient Motorcycling.[/b]
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That does make more sense but it seems silly to choke down the onboard capacity that much when memory is so cheap now.TVB wrote: You can fit a lot of books in 2GB. I have the original 2GB wifi Nook, with 40 prose books and a 200-page graphic novel on it, and that's only using 5%. And it's not as if you need to keep all of the books you purchase loaded on the Nook; you can download them, read them, delete them, then download them again if you want to read them again. (Or if you're paranoid about B&N or Amazon going out of business, you can backup the books to your computer.) Unless you must have your entire library with you all the time, 2GB is plenty.
My desire for the 3G is partly because here in the hinterlands, wifi is thin on the ground. Then again, ATT has much less than impressive coverage here so it might not make much difference. If you will forgive a short rant, being in one of the less-populated areas of the country, it frustrates me that the carriers are more concerned with adding another G to their data infrastructure in the cities and are completely unconcerned about the huge stretches of the country without even basic phone coverage.
Sorry for the diversion.
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Yeah, that was a great read! I just finished two other completely unrelated books to that one:avonpirate wrote:Just finished Tyler Hamilton's book: The Secret Race. Thinking about it kept me up and thinking last night. The power of ego and illusion and better living through bio-chemistry. Who do I think less of if anyone? and why. As a spectator the excitement of the possibility of super heroes served me well. Wish I made that amount of $, and that I could be as tenacious as they are.
Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrel
Seal of Honor by Gary Williams
Both incredible reads and are related in that Seal of Honor is about a Navy SEAL who received the Medal of Honor for sacrificing himself for his men during an ill-fated mission. That mission is described in great detail in Lone Survivor.
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Ha! Just finished re-reading the Iliad as I mentioned above, then at the bookstore yesterday I found a book titled The War that Killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander.
The theme of it is "what are the real lessons of war?"
It gives a lot of context through archeology and references to other contemporary works. Sure clears up a lot of questions. Apparently Homer saw no need to explain a lot of stuff because the people of his time knew the things he was alluding to.
The theme of it is "what are the real lessons of war?"
It gives a lot of context through archeology and references to other contemporary works. Sure clears up a lot of questions. Apparently Homer saw no need to explain a lot of stuff because the people of his time knew the things he was alluding to.
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Just finished Pirate Latitudes ... Michael Crichton's final novel. I'm a huge Crichton fan and while this may not appeal to all, I enjoyed it and as with most of his books, I had a difficult time putting it down.
Has anyone read "Killing Kennedy"? It was highly recommended by a co-worker, but I really don't want to get into another of those conspiracy theory things.
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Has anyone read "Killing Kennedy"? It was highly recommended by a co-worker, but I really don't want to get into another of those conspiracy theory things.
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I'm still using one of the early versions of the Kindle. I'm looking at the Paperwhite because of the backlight feature. However the Kindle Fire isn't all that much more expensive. I've honestly never seen the Fire in person. I'm assuming it also can be read without external lighting ... similar to an Ipad????Southerner wrote:About the ereaders, I've decided that I want an e-ink device, since I have a tablet and find it too heavy and the battery life too short to be useful to me as a book. The newest devices like the Nook Glo-light and the upcoming Kindle Paperwhite are what hold my interest the most.
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The Paperwhite isn't backlit (no matter how the reviews are written). Unless you call under the glass, but on top of the 'display' backlighting. Like the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight, the Paperwhite has LEDs that light the text display. Just slightly better than the new Nook.Rob wrote:I'm still using one of the early versions of the Kindle. I'm looking at the Paperwhite because of the backlight feature. However the Kindle Fire isn't all that much more expensive. I've honestly never seen the Fire in person. I'm assuming it also can be read without external lighting ... similar to an Ipad????Southerner wrote:About the ereaders, I've decided that I want an e-ink device, since I have a tablet and find it too heavy and the battery life too short to be useful to me as a book. The newest devices like the Nook Glo-light and the upcoming Kindle Paperwhite are what hold my interest the most.
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I was just comparing them in person over the weekend, because I have discovered that finding good lighting at my house in the evenings is harder than I thought it would be.
One major disappointment in the new Nook w/Glowlight is that the new Nook has dropped support for .txt and .html files; indeed every file format except ePub and pdf. The Kindle, on the other hand, has higher resolution (1024x768 vs 800x600 for the Nook), tuned fonts and better lighting of the page's surface; as well as support for html and .txt file formats. But the Nook has a micro SDHC card slot, so that it can handle an additional 32GB to store stuff.
The Kindle Fire, like the iPad, I think, is backlit, which makes them good in the dark but no good in the light of day. Plus, color and backlighting lessen battery life and are a distraction if all you want to do is to read a book.
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I just finished Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book by Tom Spurgeon, a biography of the 90-year-old living legend who was instrumental to the success of Marvel Comics... but not quite so single-handedly as he makes it sound. The book basically describes Stan The Man as the kind of character that he introduced into comics: a larger than life hero with feet of clay.
I've just started an ebook called 43*: When Gore Beat Bush – A Political Fable by alternate-history writer Jeff Greenfield, in which the Elián González incident unfolded differently, which led to a different outcome in the Florida electoral vote in 2000.... It's not a propaganda piece (President Gore doesn't appear to be saving the whole planet so far), but instead an interesting speculation on what might have happened differently... and not. I will say no more.
I've just started an ebook called 43*: When Gore Beat Bush – A Political Fable by alternate-history writer Jeff Greenfield, in which the Elián González incident unfolded differently, which led to a different outcome in the Florida electoral vote in 2000.... It's not a propaganda piece (President Gore doesn't appear to be saving the whole planet so far), but instead an interesting speculation on what might have happened differently... and not. I will say no more.
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Regardless of whatever they try to do to get around it, the two kinds of displays currently available boil down to this trade-off: COLOR is backlit, which is great in low light and not-so-good in bright light; B&W is frontlit, which is the opposite.Rob wrote:I'm still using one of the early versions of the Kindle. I'm looking at the Paperwhite because of the backlight feature. However the Kindle Fire isn't all that much more expensive. I've honestly never seen the Fire in person. I'm assuming it also can be read without external lighting ... similar to an Ipad????
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I have Kindle Fire. Using it to type this, as a matter of fact. I really like it. Yes it is a completely stripped down tablet and any apps outside Amazon have to be sideloaded through another Aneroid device. I use our local library to download the books I want to read and although many have a waiting period it is still worth it. I have not looked at the new HD Kindle. This one I got a great deal on last year. Amazon was allowing people to use some credit card cash back rewards towards purchase of the new Kindle. Mine ended up under $70.00. Almost forgot. I also use it for Netflix, music videos, facebook, etc.Rob wrote:I'm still using one of the early versions of the Kindle. I'm looking at the Paperwhite because of the backlight feature. However the Kindle Fire isn't all that much more expensive. I've honestly never seen the Fire in person. I'm assuming it also can be read without external lighting ... similar to an Ipad????Southerner wrote:About the ereaders, I've decided that I want an e-ink device, since I have a tablet and find it too heavy and the battery life too short to be useful to me as a book. The newest devices like the Nook Glo-light and the upcoming Kindle Paperwhite are what hold my interest the most.
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Thanks for the reply. I have the "good lighting at my house" issue as well. Particularly when my wife is trying to sleep in bed (although she has no problem watching TV when that situation is reversed ) I do have a clip on external light for the Kindle, but it really doesn't light the screen very evenly. In your opinion, is the Paperwhile lighting sufficient for reading in bed?Syd wrote:The Paperwhite isn't backlit (no matter how the reviews are written). Unless you call under the glass, but on top of the 'display' backlighting. Like the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight, the Paperwhite has LEDs that light the text display. Just slightly better than the new Nook.
I was just comparing them in person over the weekend, because I have discovered that finding good lighting at my house in the evenings is harder than I thought it would be.
One major disappointment in the new Nook w/Glowlight is that the new Nook has dropped support for .txt and .html files; indeed every file format except ePub and pdf. The Kindle, on the other hand, has higher resolution (1024x768 vs 800x600 for the Nook), tuned fonts and better lighting of the page's surface; as well as support for html and .txt file formats. But the Nook has a micro SDHC card slot, so that it can handle an additional 32GB to store stuff.
The Kindle Fire, like the iPad, I think, is backlit, which makes them good in the dark but no good in the light of day. Plus, color and backlighting lessen battery life and are a distraction if all you want to do is to read a book.
The frontlit B&W isn't a great option for reading in bed?TVB wrote:Regardless of whatever they try to do to get around it, the two kinds of displays currently available boil down to this trade-off: COLOR is backlit, which is great in low light and not-so-good in bright light; B&W is frontlit, which is the opposite.
At some point I hope to consolidate some of my many devices (laptop, Kindle, IPad, IPhone and probably soon enough a Microsoft Surface and a Macbook Air (or some sort of Ultrabook). I seem to be heading the wrong direction with that consolidation.Stormswift wrote:I have Kindle Fire. Using it to type this, as a matter of fact. I really like it. Yes it is a completely stripped down tablet and any apps outside Amazon have to be sideloaded through another Aneroid device. I use our local library to download the books I want to read and although many have a waiting period it is still worth it. I have not looked at the new HD Kindle. This one I got a great deal on last year. Amazon was allowing people to use some credit card cash back rewards towards purchase of the new Kindle. Mine ended up under $70.00. Almost forgot. I also use it for Netflix, music videos, facebook, etc.
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Yes, the Kindle Fire is essentially another tablet with a color LCD screen. And that doesn't just "lessen" battery life, it changes the ballgame. An eInk display such as the standard Kindle or Nook has a battery life of up to 3 weeks. The tablets have a battery life more like 8 hours or so.Syd wrote:The Kindle Fire, like the iPad, I think, is backlit, which makes them good in the dark but no good in the light of day. Plus, color and backlighting lessen battery life and are a distraction if all you want to do is to read a book.
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*If you read for a half hour a day. Who reads for only a half hour a day?Dooglas wrote:Yes, the Kindle Fire is essentially another tablet with a color LCD screen. And that doesn't just "lessen" battery life, it changes the ballgame. An eInk display such as the standard Kindle or Nook has a battery life of up to 3 weeks.*Syd wrote:The Kindle Fire, like the iPad, I think, is backlit, which makes them good in the dark but no good in the light of day. Plus, color and backlighting lessen battery life and are a distraction if all you want to do is to read a book.
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I haven't seen how well the built-in lights work on the latest B&W eInk Kindle or Nook, but they're never going to be as easy to read in (semi)darkness as a backlit LCD.Rob wrote:The frontlit B&W isn't a great option for reading in bed?TVB wrote:Regardless of whatever they try to do to get around it, the two kinds of displays currently available boil down to this trade-off: COLOR is backlit, which is great in low light and not-so-good in bright light; B&W is frontlit, which is the opposite.
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Take a look, especially at the Kindle Paperwhite. Plenty of light to read, but not so much to mess with your eyes. Adjustable to your preferences too. You may change your mind.TVB wrote:I haven't seen how well the built-in lights work on the latest B&W eInk Kindle or Nook, but they're never going to be as easy to read in (semi)darkness as a backlit LCD.Rob wrote:The frontlit B&W isn't a great option for reading in bed?TVB wrote:Regardless of whatever they try to do to get around it, the two kinds of displays currently available boil down to this trade-off: COLOR is backlit, which is great in low light and not-so-good in bright light; B&W is frontlit, which is the opposite.
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Haven't had a lot of time but currently reading through "The New Evidense that Demands a Verdict" by Josh McDowell.
Some books I really like and recommend:
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Silverlock by John Myers Myers
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Click, Clack, Moo; Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
The Theodore Roosevelt trilogy by Edmund Morris
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Some books I really like and recommend:
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Silverlock by John Myers Myers
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Click, Clack, Moo; Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
The Theodore Roosevelt trilogy by Edmund Morris
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Yep, and whichever you buy, download Calibre too. That way you won't be so locked in to one source of books. Calibre will keep your collection on your computer and can change file types for you if you wind up with a different e-reader in the future.TVB wrote:All you need for a Nook/Kindle is wifi at home. Buy the books using your computer to access the corresponding web site, turn on the device for a minute or so at home, and it's loaded.Southerner wrote:My desire for the 3G is partly because here in the hinterlands, wifi is thin on the ground.
Edit: I'm reading a few books right now- One is non-fiction on the history of caviar, another is Cannery Row (for my book club), and the Complete Sherlock Holmes. Just finished American Gods for a second time.
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Right now, Racketeer by John Grisham. Eh.
I have a dilemma in that I really like the new Kindle Paperwhite more than the Nook with Glowlight, but I have some $ left on some B&N gift cards, and some books already purchased through B&N. I wonder if there is a way to transfer them to someone else?
I have a dilemma in that I really like the new Kindle Paperwhite more than the Nook with Glowlight, but I have some $ left on some B&N gift cards, and some books already purchased through B&N. I wonder if there is a way to transfer them to someone else?
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Perfect application for Calibre! Buy any ereader you like, you can still buy books from B&N, load them onto the Kindle via Calibre. I know this works with some platforms, pretty sure it will work for you. You might check before you buy the books of course. Calibre is a free download and they update it often. I have given them a little donation when I downloaded, but that's up to you if you want to do the same..Syd wrote:Right now, Racketeer by John Grisham. Eh.
I have a dilemma in that I really like the new Kindle Paperwhite more than the Nook with Glowlight, but I have some $ left on some B&N gift cards, and some books already purchased through B&N. I wonder if there is a way to transfer them to someone else?
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I looked at Calibre, but there is no portable version, or a version that lets me put it the directory of my choice and won't right stuff all over. I've been using ADE (Adobe Digital Editions), which at least puts most of it crap in my profile and HKCU. I'm picky about stuff like this.Tom wrote:Perfect application for Calibre! Buy any ereader you like, you can still buy books from B&N, load them onto the Kindle via Calibre. I know this works with some platforms, pretty sure it will work for you. You might check before you buy the books of course. Calibre is a free download and they update it often. I have given them a little donation when I downloaded, but that's up to you if you want to do the same..Syd wrote:Right now, Racketeer by John Grisham. Eh.
I have a dilemma in that I really like the new Kindle Paperwhite more than the Nook with Glowlight, but I have some $ left on some B&N gift cards, and some books already purchased through B&N. I wonder if there is a way to transfer them to someone else?
Also, I have my doubts about whether anything would be able to migrate a file with DRM from B&N to a file with DRM suitable for the Amazon. But who knows?
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Ah! Looks like you are right. But some of the books can be had DRM free from B&N's store. Here's the thread I read on it. Maybe just be sure you buy some without DRM?
EDIT: Nope, never mind. Reading comprehension error on my part. I guess there is stripping DRM still then converting to epub, but I admit that's more effort and risk than I would go after. Lot's of relevant information here nonetheless.
There is always the option of using which ever is your favorite tablet and the application that goes with any particular store. I don't like this either though, as I'm partial to reading e-ink.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93318
EDIT: Nope, never mind. Reading comprehension error on my part. I guess there is stripping DRM still then converting to epub, but I admit that's more effort and risk than I would go after. Lot's of relevant information here nonetheless.
There is always the option of using which ever is your favorite tablet and the application that goes with any particular store. I don't like this either though, as I'm partial to reading e-ink.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93318
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I just finished another Michael Crichton novel ... "The Great Train Robbery". Another very good read by Crichton.
I hadn't read this in the past as I always assumed a wild west scenario that didn't appeal to me. How wrong I was. This was based on an actual event, a highly publicized robbery in the Victorian England and was another of those books that I had a hard time putting down.
On another note, I did upgrade my original Kindle to the Paperwhite. That was money well spent for the front-lit display if nothing else. The only drawbacks were that I didn't realize it didn't come with a charger (although you can charge from your computer USB) and the cheaper version (the one I originally purchased) comes with annoying advertisements that occasionally display on the screen. I returned the cheaper version and got the ad free version ($20 more) and a $10 charger adapter and all is well.
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I hadn't read this in the past as I always assumed a wild west scenario that didn't appeal to me. How wrong I was. This was based on an actual event, a highly publicized robbery in the Victorian England and was another of those books that I had a hard time putting down.
On another note, I did upgrade my original Kindle to the Paperwhite. That was money well spent for the front-lit display if nothing else. The only drawbacks were that I didn't realize it didn't come with a charger (although you can charge from your computer USB) and the cheaper version (the one I originally purchased) comes with annoying advertisements that occasionally display on the screen. I returned the cheaper version and got the ad free version ($20 more) and a $10 charger adapter and all is well.
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