OT? e-readers Was: Re: SCD - Am I Imagining This?

[Guest guest]

Since many of us are drooling over the prospect of getting e-readers, I just

thought I'd throw out that ease of searching for books is something to check

before you buy one. Dh got a Sony reader as a gift and it frustrates him to no

end because you can only buy from the Sony site and their search is awful. (Dh

is not usually into reading the current bestsellers. If those are what a person

wants, it's ok. Sony makes those easy to find.)

, mom to

> >How is that for late night reading or getting

> >too hot to hold? I haven't had the desire to

> >read an entire book since I got sick in 2002 but

> >I used to pull almost all-nighters if the book

> >was really good ;-). I can't imagine cuddling

> >up with an electronic device but...I don't know.

> >

> >And if BTVC isn't on there, I bet a lot of old

> >cookbooks and classics aren't either.

>

> Debbie,

>

> I don't (yet) have a Kindle, but I got to play

> with a Kindle DX over the weekend. They've just

> dropped the price on the regular Kindle from $259

> to $179, and word in the gadget news is that

> because other devices have come out, the price of

> the Kindle could be down to $99 by the end of the year.

>

> It was very easy to read, since you can change

> the font size to one you like. The Kindle, so

> far, is, IMO, superior to the B & N Nook or the

> Sony Reader. It's quite light weight, and not

> warm to the touch at all. You can read for up to

> ten days on a single charge. <g>

>

> As for old cook books and classics -- hit Project

> Gutenberg or Google Books and start looking.

> Google Books is doing a great deal of their

> material in EPUB format, which is easily

> translated to AZW (Kindle) format by the Calibre

> program, which is shareware. Anything published

> before 1923 is in the public domain.

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

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