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E-Readers/E-Books

queenelsa83 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:57:16 GMT

Anybody on here use one? 🙂 I don't personally, but was just wondering all the same 🙂

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xtf70 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 22:49:49 GMT

OH has a Kindle, I have an iPad. Great for going away in the motorhome with...

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queenelsa83 — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 08:47:01 GMT

I use an iPad too, and do have the iBooks app, just don't hardly ever use it that much 😛

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rose2008-2008 — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 11:33:26 GMT

I love the feel and look of a real book still. They are a good idea though when they hold so many books. A library at your fingertips.

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queenelsa83 — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 13:18:28 GMT

So do I 🙂 I will never abandon my proper paperback books, ever 🙂

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ooldbaker — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:33:45 GMT

@rose2008-2008 wrote:
I love the feel and look of a real book still. They are a good idea though when they hold so many books. A library at your fingertips.

"The new Kindle is great, and yet you can't beat the look and the feel and the smell of a traditional old Kindle."

Graeme Garden

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margaret*e — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 14:28:21 GMT

I had a kindle, then I bought a Sony tablet, I have the Kindle app installed on that, and my daughter claimed my Kindle.

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greenunicorngirl — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:33:04 GMT

My daughter gave me a kindle with 200+ books pre-loaded, and I hate it! I love her for giving it to me, I live on a boat and space is at a premium, but to hold, feel, turn the pages of a real book is such a part of ME, and has been for over 60 years, a Kindle could never, will never, replace that. I still have loads of unread books, but I'll have to use the Kindle eventually, and I'm just hoping I'll get used to it 🙂

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ok-mrs-bee — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:00:59 GMT

@greenunicorngirl wrote:
... but I'll have to use the Kindle eventually, and I'm just hoping I'll get used to it 🙂

I sympathise.

I loaded the free Kindle app to my little netbook computer. The netbook is not much bigger than most handheld devices. It fits in my shoulder bag quite easily. I have downloaded a lot of free Kindle books and I've paid for a few but when it came to a book I really wanted I found out where my loyalties lay.

The Kindle edition could be had for £1.75. The cheapest on Amazon Market Place was £45+. I wanted the real book so much that I spent a long time looking for it. I've just spemt £10 in the the hope of getting a good copy. I really didn't want to read it on screen.

For me, Kindle books on my computer are a reserve back-up in case I run out of real books when on holiday. Long may my motorhome (or barge, green unicorn girl) have room for hard copy.

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queenelsa83 — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:58:42 GMT

I must admit that I do really like the look and feel of a Kindle Fire 🙂

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tl2fan — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:34:27 GMT

I've got 3 shelves which hold our most precious books, but they're full so no space for new ones:-(

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queenelsa83 — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:19:48 GMT

You could always start stacking them up against the wall sides instead like I do 😉 😛 😄

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greenunicorngirl — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:36:59 GMT

@queenelsa83 wrote:
You could always start stacking them up against the wall sides instead like I do 😉 😛 😄

Have you got a boat as well?

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pinkie_05 — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 20:25:43 GMT

I've used a kindle for about 3 years now, I found holding a book hard on my hands (I've rheumatoid arthritis) I love real books but the kindle is great for me, lots of free books too

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margaret*e — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 06:47:29 GMT

Hi Pinkie, same reason I bought a Kindle, I was having difficulty turning pages.

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pinkie_05 — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:24:31 GMT

Hi Lady M, keeping well I hope

I found that I'd read more books on my kindle (or dingle as I used to call it cause I couldn't remember the name of the thing) in 3 mths than I had the whole of the previous year.

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firecrest-bookshop-uk — Tue, 13 May 2014 10:19:39 GMT

I was given a Kindle Paperwhite for Christmas and they do have loads of advantages as already mentioned.

However, I do agree about the pleasure of turning pages, the smell of books, the variety & appeal of dust-jackets and of course, some beautiful illustrations which always appear better on paper (to me anyway). I have some beautifully illustrated books which are a pleasure to browse through and I don't believe Kindle will ever replace those.

I wait to be proved completely wrong of course