ereaders and ebooks

[abbylee]

Last week, I bought my new ebook reader, an Onyx Boox. It should be arriving any day now. It ended up being even more expensive than I had planned, what with shipping and duty across the border, but I'm

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[sunbrae]

I read .pdfs on my netbook, but that's it. (Netbook--that's a tiny computer, right?) Oh, and fic. If I ever have a windfall of cash, though, I'd like to get an ebook reader.

I'm happy you're getting an Onyx Book. You'll have to tell us how it works out for you. :D

[abbylee]

Yup, a netbook is a little computer, like an eeepc. They're usually sub-10" (or 12") devices that don't have optical (CD/DVD) drives or a goal of power, but are instead good for carrying with you and surfing the net :D

Are those work pdfs you read? (Also, OverDrive totally works with regular computers, if you are tempted by easy-libary stuff.)

[abbylee]

Yes, I used to read on my palm pilot, and then on another palm pilot, and these days I read on my blackberry. And on my netbook. I still very much love paper books, but I *also* love digital books. They serve different purposes for me - sometimes I like to flip around in certain ways that are easier on paper, and sometimes I like to search for text which is easier on a digital copy. But I like the idea of having a device that will be easier on my eyes and that I can fill with books and easily carry around with me.

There are definitely itouch apps. There's a bunch that are aimed at specific formats as opposed to specific stores, and then also ones that are kindle or kobo branded. I don't know much other than that they exist, though.

[marcee12]

I heart my iPad. Battery life = A+++++++
And in addition to e-reading, I can surf the net, login to AIM, play solitaire, draw, watch movies, stream netflix...if only it could give me a pedicure.

[abbylee]

Have you been ereading "books" or websites?

(Not that one is better or more important than the other, I'm just curious as to where you get yours and how you've been finding it, if you are reading book type stuff.)

[marcee12]

I buy 'em. I have both the Kindle app and the B&N app. I'm partial to Kindle 'cause that's where I started and have most of my library. The only reason I downloaded B&N is because they're always sending me coupons, so I figured I could save some money.

It's a shame that e-books don't yet work like real books. I should be able to give or loan my e-book to someone else (by sending it to them via the app). Sure, once I send it, I wouldn't have access it to it anymore -- just like a real book. It's sucks that it doesn't work that way. Hopefully, one day it will. I have a whole library of Kindle e-books that have already been read and will probably never be read (by me) again.

There was a month in which I bought something like 10 e-books in that 30-day period. We're talking $80 or so that month for text on a screen. But the instant-gratification coupled with convenience is astounding and outstanding. So my e-book relationship with amazon probably won't end any time soon.

[marcee12]

Books, that is. :)

[bailunrui]

I have the Onyx's cousin, BeBook. :)

[abbylee]

The Neo? Oooh, tell me all about how you love it and what drives you crazy?

(I had almost linked that version in my entry - their website is SO MUCH prettier than any of the Onyx-branded ones.)

[bailunrui]

Yep, the Neo! I love it! I'm going to C&P an email where I laid out specific pros and cons

[abbylee]

yay! It sounds like you and I went through the same decision making process and have the same preferences and cares :D

[mikelesq]

I love going on vacation with my eeepc and catching up on the classics. I tend to get them from feedbooks.com instead of Gutenberg because I think the formatting is more consistent (I prefer epub), but that's just me.

I organize with calibre, but read in fbreader. I think it renders epub a little better (it needs more features, though).

[abbylee]

Hmmm. Their logo looks familiar as a site I looked at back when I was trying to do ebooks on my phone before I just decided to do websites, but their layout doesn't look familiar. WEIRD.

/me bookmarks. Thanks!