tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879045754890624537.post4047462145780647390..comments2024-03-07T16:34:53.226+00:00Comments on Click's Clan: Come To The Dark Side... We Have eBooksClickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09478761820331036869noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879045754890624537.post-22634768995051969812012-05-13T16:23:39.923+01:002012-05-13T16:23:39.923+01:00I was a little bit wary of getting the Kindle. It&...I was a little bit wary of getting the Kindle. It's the one that I'd seen the most of and so that largely influenced my choice. I was worried that I wouldn't like it and that it wouldn't feel like reading a proper book, but I have to admit that I really am falling for it.<br /><br />So far I've just downloaded the free classics that are available on Amazon, starting with Dracula. There have been a few little errors that I've picked up on, but you're able to highlight them and send a 'Content Error' message through, I don't know what they then do about that, maybe nothing, but it's nice to be able to tell someone that 'and' has been used instead of 'an'.<br /><br />I keep a book journal and write in my favourite quotes from books and it's so good to be able to highlight favourite passages. Then when I'm ready to copy those into the journal, I can just skim through all the highlighted bits.<br /><br />It's not going to stop me from buying books and I'm not about to get rid of all of my books, but it's certainly given me an incentive to read some books which I've been planning on reading for ages but have never gotten around to. Especially the 'classics' which I used to avoid when I was younger, for some reason, but which I'm not sure I'm going to reread enough to warrant investing in a hard copy.<br /><br />I'm still getting the hang of it. I'd been kind of holding off originally in the hopes that I could get a colour eReader, but I think if a book was coming out with colour pictures and I really wanted it, I'd get it in hard copy rather than ebook format. I'd been thinking about holding out for a Nook because I'd heard good things about them, but in the end it was a bit of a spur of the moment decision (albeit after around six months of consideration).Clickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478761820331036869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879045754890624537.post-39626044777526544922012-05-13T14:04:13.797+01:002012-05-13T14:04:13.797+01:00I bought an ereader last year after Christmas. I g...I bought an ereader last year after Christmas. I got a Sony PRS-350 which is the smaller version. I want to get the Sony Wi-Fi now but the trouble is I have a coldness of feeling towards the thing.<br /><br />It feels so empty and devoid of anything and I do wonder if it affects the way I enjoy a book. Plus the last book I read on it, and PAID for was packed full of really stupid errors. I got my money back but it irritates me that despite the fact they sometimes charge you more for the ebook, they can't actually be bothered to make sure you get a decent product. <br /><br />Just because it is an ebook doesn't mean they can dispose of a decent cover - ereaders can still display images even if they are in black and white on many of them. Yet so many just have a blank cover with the title on it. <br /><br />Also, I found that a lot of the free classics would have errors as well or the formatting would be terrible especially if you download from Project Gutenberg itself. I recommend using somewhere called http://www.feedbooks.com/publicdomain which takes it's source from PG but makes it feel more like a book then a text. Although I believe Kindle offers free classics as well via Amazon's website so not sure what they are like. <br /><br />I do want to read more books on my ereader and become better acquainted with it. I think for me it was a mistake to get the smaller version, I was just trying to save money. It's just that you only really get 3/4 or 1/2 the page at a time so it's a lot of page turns. <br /><br />My Dad has a Kindle and they are good ereaders. It's just that I never buy books from Amazon because I don't like buying books at the same place I'd go to get a garden shed... which is a pity because the Kindle is undoubtedly a brilliant device.<br /><br />The Nook is coming to the UK soon though I think. Maybe I will switch to that if a windfall of money comes my way. I just like getting a new gadget.Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00378715984699756859noreply@blogger.com