E-Readers, Suggestions and Questions

[pacanis]

Thanks for looking, Alix.

I'm reading the Jakarta Pandemic. I need to get better lighting in my living room :^(
This will prompt me to fix the lamp that needs new guts. That will be cheaper than a $53 cover, lol.

 

[Alix]

I just purchased a $23 cover. No light though. I mostly use a ziploc though.

 

[pacanis]

Great idea, Alix. Thanks!

ETA: The bookmark, not the ziploc ;^)

 

[Dawgluver]

Facepalm: Gutenberg, not Gugenheim.

Alix has info for signing up for library service

Windwalker's book actually does make Kindle life easier, I was a frustrated mess with just the manual that comes with the Kindle.

 

[pacanis]

lol... facepalm.
I was wondering what the heck you meant.
Me facepalm, lol

 

[Dawgluver]

lol... facepalm.
I was wondering what the heck you meant.
Me facepalm, lol

Just meant I felt stupid for sending you on a wild goose chase with the wrong word! Mea culpa!

 

[pacanis]

Just meant I felt stupid for sending you on a wild goose chase with the wrong word! Mea culpa!

Google knew what work you meant.
Scary, huh?

 

[Zhizara]

Pacanis: The book you want is available at Abe Books for $3.64 with free shipping. It's a DTB, and used, but I've bought from them before and been very satisfied.

Joshua Son of None - AbeBooks

 

[pacanis]

Hey, thanks Z!
I'm going to bookmark that. I'm holding hope I can download it, but for that price maybe I'll do both.

 

[pacanis]

Geez, those are hardcovers, too. I had the paperback version.

 

[Zhizara]

You're welcome. I figured you might like to have a hard copy since it's a favorite of yours.

 

[Dawgluver]

Should we break off an e-book forum as previously suggested? It looks like there are plenty of us with e-book devices, and those who want to just comment on what they're reading are getting lost. I could talk Kindle, etc, all day long, but don't think it's fair to others. Admins?

 

[pacanis]

Well, IMHO, it just strayed a little OT, like so many threads do.
If it was a reading forum I'd say break it off, but how many book forums does a food forum need?
Me getting a Kindle added a little pizzaz to an eight word per post (on average) thread
JMO

 

[vitauta]

i don't feel so bad about my nook anymore, knowing that i'm not the only one with backlighting angst. what are dtb books?

 

[Alix]

vitauta - DTB = Dead Tree Books

pacanis - no can do with a PM. Here is the screenshot.

 

[Dawgluver]

Well, IMHO, it just strayed a little OT, like so many threads do.
If it was a reading forum I'd say break it off, but how many book forums does a food forum need?
Me getting a Kindle added a little pizzaz to an eight word per post (on average) thread
JMO

You, sir, are correct. But I would love to keep the e-book stuff coming.

 

[Alix]

Dawgluver...go start an ebook thread. I'll pop in.

 

[pacanis]

Dawgluver...go start an ebook thread. I'll pop in.

Oh yeah. I guess this is just a thread in OT anyway. My bad. I thought it was it's own forum

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Yes, it's a neat little unit. Too bad you can't mark a book as "read" though. I can't imagine purchasing a reference book and always getting taken to the last page I was on, when really I'd like it to open at the beginning, or table of contents. They say they are working on that, as there is a lot of requests for it. Maybe PF can weigh in on this. I remember her saying she has some medical reference books on hers.

I now, automatically hit search when I am using my reference books. it took me awhile to get used to it and I went through quite a few 4-letter words to get it to do what I wanted. I would love a tab system.

 

[Dawgluver]

Dawgluver...go start an ebook thread. I'll pop in.

You go first, Alix!