tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post2706530578744731111..comments2024-02-25T17:01:10.739+13:00Comments on World of the Written Word: How do I like my Kindle?World of the Written Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695926585496640941noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-83381667047935698152012-06-16T08:21:59.333+12:002012-06-16T08:21:59.333+12:00Brilliant post, Mark. It doesn't need proofing...Brilliant post, Mark. It doesn't need proofing -- as far as I noticed -- but it you would be willing to tweak it until you are really happy with it, I would be really happy to put it on the blog as a guest post. I would give it the subject line "Kindle pros and cons."<br /><br />A good friend has an equivalent of an iPad, which is fun and easy -- but also so easy for emailing and surfing that I notice he is distracted from reading a lot. And unfortunately I am easily distracted, particularly if it is a book for review ...<br /><br />I hadn't heard about the battery business before, so that was really interesting.World of the Written Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695926585496640941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-14687863596752581142012-06-15T17:47:44.162+12:002012-06-15T17:47:44.162+12:00You do have some serious issues to consider.
Kind...You do have some serious issues to consider.<br /><br />Kindle is great for traveling as with eInk (not backlit) I can read a whole novel on a single battery charge (or, normal use, reading in bed every night, probably three weeks to a month on single charge. Plus you can read outside (but not in the dark unless you buy the cover with the light - which you must.<br /><br />Main problem with Kindle: you can only read Amazon Kindle books, so you're stuck buying basically all content there.<br /><br />iPad: lousy for battery charge. When I'm working I'm charging every three days just to read in bed (though I'm doing email, browsing, etc, so slightly unfair).<br /><br />But the major advantage of iPad is there seems to be an app for every reading platform, so on mine I have Kindle loaded (for Amazon books), Kobo (for books from Whitcoulls), also Overreach, which is brilliant, as through that reader I'm linked through my Christchurch library card to ebook library loans - same terms as dead tree books, you download a book and have 21 days to read before it locks itself. So you can have library lending - no charge - from anywhere in the world, which if really handy as my reading budget is constantly going over the limit.<br /><br />As much as I love my Kindle that multi-platform and library lending capability for iPad wins for me (other than traveling).<br /><br />Also, another tip, as you sound to be new to ebooks: make sure you and your husband buy all your ebooks through the same Amazon account, then you can download your whole purchased library to any machine(s) you own. My wife and I both have kindles and iPad's each, so it makes good sense. One of my sisters has herself, two sons, the in-laws and grandchildren all on the same Amazon account so they basically can buy and build their own library for all the family to read. If you don't do that, then you can only take one ebook purchase to one specific machine.<br /><br />Have a good weekend ... (sorry for any typos above, no time to proof).Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-54290379260227620642012-06-15T17:25:30.671+12:002012-06-15T17:25:30.671+12:00Maybe I'll buy Ron an iPad!Maybe I'll buy Ron an iPad!World of the Written Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695926585496640941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-86424591424620546212012-06-15T17:25:17.411+12:002012-06-15T17:25:17.411+12:00I too adore my Kindle, it goes everywhere with me!...I too adore my Kindle, it goes everywhere with me!Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974206679853189199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-68492952573406664682012-06-15T15:46:24.456+12:002012-06-15T15:46:24.456+12:00I swore I'd never leave dead tree books.
When...I swore I'd never leave dead tree books.<br /><br />When I got my Kindle, I swore I would not read on any device other than my lovely Kindle.<br /><br /> ... Anyway, the only thing I read on now is my gen 3 iPad ;)Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.com