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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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Yeah, I remember when Waterstones came round my house and burnt all my Pratchett novels after they changed the usage policy. Oh, no, actually they didn't cos books > ebooks. 
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| Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:23 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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 A book fire at mine would keep the whole area warm over Xmas  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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| Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:27 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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Location: behind the sofa
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And then you'd have no books. However, if you'd bought them on a kindle, they'd still be safe and secure in the Amazon archive - subject to the occasional technical glitch. This is just one reason why ebooks > books _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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pcernie
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Location: Belfast
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If I was buying them for a Kindle I'd probably be broke  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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When I get bored of my book and need cash I can sell it on Amazon. Oh the irony. That's just another reason why books > ebooks.
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james016
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 5:52 pm
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I got a WiFi only Kindle for Christmas. Bought The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest for £2.30 which is a great price. I do like the screen and navigating the book store is so simple.
Don't see the need for a web browser given the e-ink screen.
The other thing I like is how books and the page you stop reading at are synchronised between the Kindle, my iPhone and the desktop clients.
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am
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Location: Nottingham
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Got the Kindle app for Android and bought my first book last night - Lee Child, Worth Dying For. Price was good (£4) and I started reading on the bus this morning. Very happy so far. I'm sure e-ink would be better for longer periods of reading but the phone is fine for lunch breaks. I use the sepia setting and turn the brightness down to around 25%.
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saspro
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm
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Location: location, location
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Ordered one yesterday. Currently waiting for it to turn up.
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
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Location: Manchester.
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Hi Guys, I'm not going to hijack this thread, but for all of you who have e-readers or e-reader owning friends/loved ones could I direct you to my "please help with my dissertation" thread, (if you haven't sen it yet)? It's here... viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11599Thanks. </ semi-hijack> _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise
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saspro
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Location: location, location
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Kindle arrived.
Loaded it up with study manuals and a few books I had.
So far it's brilliant
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Geiseric
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:35 pm
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Location: Ipswich
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Had to go into Tesco's this morning and noticed a big stash of Kindles, same price as everywhere else though 
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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I await the colour version _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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koli
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:12 pm
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I've seen them in PC World too. And I've heard that John Lewis sells them and that Carphone Warehouse gives them with phones on contract...
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I will consider one at that point as well. Though with an iPad it is unlikely. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
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Location: IoW
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Arise thread, I command thee.
My mum has bought me a Kindle for xmas - the bog standard wifi model with no keyboard. She phoned me and said I had to open it and register it online before xmas - some kind of 30 day special offer. This has given me the chance to have a little play before I wrap it up again (so the kids can see me open a prezzie on xmas morning, she says).
My first thought was I have an iphone and a PC, and we have laptops lying all over the house; so why do I need a Kindle?
The answer is probably the same for everyone else - the screen! It's great. I've just spent the last hour reading a book on it, and it just seems to vanish. I mean, you sort of forget about the device very quickly (despite pressing a button to turn the page), and just enjoy your book.
I'm reluctantly putting it away now.
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