headrush Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Love my kindle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 For carrying a large number of books and documents around, e-paper display tablets are an obvious choice. But I've lost count of the number of times I've given someone a book, left a book on the train, scribbled a telephone number on a torn out frontspiece, found an old bus or train ticket hiding in the pages of a long unopened book, found an interesting book on the bus/train/airport etc etc. Like the phone, the e-paper tablet has the potential to become a convergence target, and it would be nice to do a lot more computing on epaper. But until the epaper improves, that's a non-starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Dog Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Not used one, but supposedly they've been out since about 2007 if I remember correctly. Also heard today on a business report that amazon shares in the UK are up because of it, they've sold somewhere between 1 and 4 million worldwide.Never personally tried one though. I prefer books, I just know where to flip them open and can numerous ones side by side, all open. I can also leave them open in crazy places so when I pass them I can revise or think! But how many of them are being used? Would be interesting to know how many are collecting dust in bottom draws along with all the other gadgets that we seem to need these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Dog Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 How many people walking around reading books walk into lamp posts? 23 a day. Do I get a prize? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redyam Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 But how many of them are being used? Would be interesting to know how many are collecting dust in bottom draws along with all the other gadgets that we seem to need these days. I use mine every day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dozy Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 For me at the moment, it's all to do with cost. I got 11 books for Christmas, 8 in hardback, and every single one was more expensive to buy on the Kindle than in 'hardcopy'. It's also all well and good to say there are thousands of free books for the kindle, but there are millions of books in libraries, coffee shops, workplaces etc. Maybe when the kindle comes with a colour screen and magazines can be downloaded, I may change my mind. I like my bookshelves, I hate my piles of magazines. My bold There are, indeed - but that's not quite as convenient as having a few thousand on your e-book reader! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish1 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Also heard today on a business report that amazon shares in the UK are up because of it, they've sold somewhere between 1 and 4 million worldwide. That's about the widest margin for a statistic I've ever seen by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Good news for ebook buyers: The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed it has opened an investigation into ebook pricing following complaints. The competition regulator said it is investigating "arrangements between certain publishers and retailers for the sale of ebooks". http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/02/ebooks_investigated/ I found one of the comments interesting - 0% VAT on books, yet 20% VAT on ebooks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Plus, you don't have the advantage, when on the throne and short of paper, of tearing out the blank pages for emergency use. You could use one of the corners as a scraper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I use mine every day I have a netbook and a laptop but always do the reading on Kindle, it is a fantastic device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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