Kindle recomendations?

[rik_uk3]

I am a Luddite - I abhore all these electronic gadgets (except my PC of course... ) - bin the iPods/smartphones/Kindles (do they make good kindling? ) and get a book/library card and interact with the real world!
Bah Humbug!
Not that I could afford any of these gadgets anyway......

John, I'm a bookaholic, love them, hated the Kindle.....until the kids got me one. They will never replace the book for me, the ritual of sitting down with an old book, glass of booze, feet up and read. But, the Kindle has its place and there are so many free books out there that I doubt you would need to buy a paper version for a long long time. Project Guttenberg, University of Virginia and Adelaide all have masses of free books, ranging from The Bible to Nansen to Shackleton to the Lewis and Clarke expedition et al. Put some pennies away and buy one mate; you really won't regret it.

 

[Paullyfuzz]

I just bought my wife a Sony PRS350 ereader as I didn't want to be tied to Amazon as the only place to get books.
Just hope she likes it !

 

[JohnC]

Love the kindle, still love books, make sure you turn the wifi off, saves the battery a bit more, although the battery life is pretty good anyway, but it also makes it less easy (as I have done) to buy books.... Even a lot of 79p and 90p can add up! as I learnt....

 

[rik_uk3]

Paully its not the only place, you can read other formats too

 

[Wallenstein]

I've just been playing with my brother's - it's really, really nice and I think I will get one soon.

I've had a look on some of the .torrent sites and there are 1000s of books available (some open-source, others illegal).

The screen and reading experience is much better than I thought it would be and the sheer volume of texts available have me pretty much sold.

 

[Whittler Kev]

I love my books but the Kindle is just another way of reading.

On the other hand, when I mentioned I might get one, a friend sent me this video (In Spanish with English subtitles but well worth viewing - especially if you are a fully paid up luddite!)

[video=youtube;YhcPX1wVp38]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhcPX1wVp38&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/video]

 

[persistent king]

santa is bringing me the kindle 3G , i have to say it looks fantastic and cant wait to get it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1-dSL8qeJk

 

[kiltedpict]

I'd love one but can't justify it since I have the Kindle app on my iPad- no probs at home, work, in town but USELESS outdoors as screen too reflective and wouldn't want to break the iPad out camping!

 

[Large Sack]

Just as an aside....

An off the shelf paperback that I bought in the late 70s is now worth circa £80 -£150...I have several of this type of book in my collection. Part of the enjoyment of book ownership?

sack

 

[jeffz]

Kindle 3G. Free, international-roaming data. FREE! INTERNATIONAL! And the battery-life is phenomenal.
OK, the browser's clunky and sluggish, but it's fine for emergencies or holidays.

I love my Kindle 3G. A better travelling companion than my iPad.

 

[TomBartlett]

I have a kindle and love it. I've managed to amass more digital books than I think I'll manage to read, but it certainly doesn't completely replace books for me. For example, I've got a growing collection of Collins guides (Trees, Mushrooms, SAS survival, Food for Free) and the kindle can't really do those kind of reference books justice.

 

[TeeDee]

Can I just ask a quick question of Kindle owners?? I'm contemplating a Kindle as I have lots of PDF's I would like to look at on the move , what happens to PDF's that contain Colour Phots on the Kindle?? ie does it try to show them or just blank them out???


Thanks for the help guys!

 

[3bears]

it's all still there, just in black and white

 

[TeeDee]

it's all still there, just in black and white

With a decent amount of detail and pixelation??

< Thanks for the repsonse 3 Bears.>

 

[TomBartlett]

The detail's pretty good. You can usually zoom in on the images, making them full screen.

 

[3bears]

With a decent amount of detail and pixelation??

< Thanks for the repsonse 3 Bears.>

the light here isn't fantastic (damn energy saver bulbs) but just so you get an idea of the detail it can throw out

 

[Biker]

Just this week I invested in a few DVD's and CDs of ebooks. I bought them on ebay. One purchase for £4.99 with free P&P netted me two DVDs containing 200,000 ebooks in various formats including PDF. Another CD I have coming has 10,000 sci-fi and fantasy books. No I don't have a Kindle yet, but I do have a desktop PC which I hope to make full use of these new fangled ebooks until I get a Kindle or like. need to do a bit of research on which one would be best for me, at the moment they're still classed in the White man's magic catagory.

Love that Book film clip, how the heck can anyone speak Spanish without spwaying everyone within a radius of 2 feet in saliva is anyone's guess, so many "TH" sounds in the dialogue.

Thanks for the endorsements of the Kindle, sooooo tempted but I'll wait till the January sales.

 

[rik_uk3]

Biker, download

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000423913 read your books now

If not in kindle format or a format kindle don't like use
http://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows

I've more ebooks than I can ever read in the time left to me...still, the kindle is fun but not as much as a real book.

 

[persistent king]

Im getting one for crimbo , cant wait .

 

[Steve13]

Just ordered my wife one for a christmas pressy