Page-turning Vs. Button-Pushing: E-Readers

E-books have a bookmark feature and contrast options for daytime reading.

This thing:



Plus this software = Library killer.

There's a thread in Lit Club group all about it. The new Kindle is amazingly thin small and light, and almost exactly like reading a printed book. For $139 you really can't beat it.


(disclaimer: the "library killer" comment above was said in jest, honestly, when did new tech go homicidal?)

...and on the other side, I've received great recommendations from Powell's online (as well as from Amazon, when I use it).

Actually, the bold part implies the exact oppostite

Actually, the bold part implies the exact oppostite



That's why I hedged with 'sort of'. My point was why take a side when you can have both.

My thoughts exactly.

There are a few threads about them

Yeah, I'm not sure which device Tallboy is talking about here.

I just spent a week on a beach in Mexico with my Kindle and can say with certainty that there are absolutely no glare or contrast issues, even in direct sunlight.

Also, re: taking notes: Kindles have a whole feature devoted to clippings you can save from books you've read, as well as showing you (optionally) sections of the book that other people have highlighted and saved. You can also type in your own notes.

I'm sure a lot of the criticism comes from people who have no idea what they're talking about. I love books, and I'm not getting rid of the ones I already have, but e-books are pretty sweet. I can start reading an e-book on my iPad and pick up right where I left off with my iPhone. I haven't used an e-reader like a Kindle, but the Kindle app supposedly has the same functionality (without the e-ink, natch).

I knew about the variation in the screen tech versus a regular computer screen, but I actually didn't know about the clippings part - that's a minor perk, but I do like it. I have quotes scribbled on things all over the place.

Also I'm now wondering how I could possibly have missed becoming a member of the SG Lit Group. >.> You'd think I was distracted by naked women or something. Geesh.