Comments on: ebook reader

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:57:52 +0000

I don’t understand what’s exactly so bad about these little lovely things. I haven’t gotten mine yet, but it’s going to be awesome, I know that for sure.
On the other hand, just like tiki said, if I really love a book, I’m going to get the real thing any way. But generally, e-books FTW.

By: flex

flex — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:02:38 +0000

This article is pretty much aligned with my thoughts on the kindle.

By: casemods

casemods — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:53:52 +0000

@General X: The name is at the top but I can't figure it out.

By: General X

General X — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:46:34 +0000

What model is this?

By: casemods

casemods — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:33:27 +0000

@reboot: Any electronic device will get thrown away, but the file that the ebook is kept on will last far more then any book will.

By: nyokki

nyokki — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:31:41 +0000

@Jaypeezy: Would you have to keep them all on a hard drive? If you have an internet connection you can access every book in the Library of Congress.

By: Jaypeezy

Jaypeezy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:02:38 +0000

How big in size does the average novel come to? I’ve almost filled up a terabyte with just videos and some music and I don’t want to have to warrant another hard drive.

By: nyokki

nyokki — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:47:27 +0000

@tiki god: It can be cumbersome. I have a good sized room (14x18) filled on 3 walls so far and I still have books in boxes. I could see having an ebook for travel and easy access to what I'm looking for. I bet it would help w/ the NY Times acrostic.

By: tiki god

tiki god — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:01:33 +0000

@nyokki: I agree, but the idea that I’d want a physical copy of every book that I’m going to read…oye that’s a scary thought. I generally read about 2-3 books a month, and every now and then I’ll read one that I’ll want to add to my physical library. My opinions on books are much like my opinion on music. I’ll take it for free unless I really like it, then I’ll pay for it to keep a physical copy to put on a shelf. So, pandora and local library for when I’m just using and cdbaby and amazon for when I want to add to library

I’d like to have an e-reader, but I’m really waiting for an A9 sized one. I hate the small ones

By: zephyr

zephyr — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:42:23 +0000

I won’t be getting one, but I’ve been impressed by the models I’ve seen in that it has very little glare and doesn’t even look like a backlit screen–it just looks like paper.