"FERRANTE" > wrote in message
...
>I love to read and often will go by the lake and read a book. However,
> recently I have been looking into Amazon's Kindle 2 which is small and
> its memory holds 1,500 complete books. It is pricey, about $370 and so
> I am doing as much research as I can before I decide. It would be much
> easier to take around than a bunch of books, plus you can read
> newspapers or magazines too, but the subscriptions can be expensive.
>
> I know there are a lot of readers in our group and I am hopeful that
> one of you or maybe a friend has used one and you can share your
> thoughts with me (us), both pro and con. Here is a link to it so you
> can get a better idea of what I am talking about:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00154JDAI/...l_41di7k8jq1_e
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Mark

You have to pay to download the books too, not inexpensive, and you can't
transfer them to another device

I don't think it's worth the price... in today's tech device market I don't
think the Kindle is worth more than $25. You can use any lap top or PDA for
the same thing and a whole lot more. Personally I prefer reading real
books, I can use the public library for free. Or I can buy real books (used
are very cheap), and when I'm done reading I can give them away, trade them,
or sell them. I think the Kindle is a very expensive way to read, it's
purely a gimmick. If I wanted I could download books to a memory stick and
read in bed on my big screen TV. For me a big part of reading enjoyment is
derived from holding a real book and turning pages... reading off a screen
is too sterile, it doesn't transport me.

If you have an extra $400 burning a hole in your pocket this is a far better
buy:
http://www.dell.com/content/products...=19&l=en&s=dhs

brooklyn1 wrote:
> "FERRANTE" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I love to read and often will go by the lake and read a book. However,
>> recently I have been looking into Amazon's Kindle 2 which is small and
>> its memory holds 1,500 complete books. It is pricey, about $370 and so
>> I am doing as much research as I can before I decide. It would be much
>> easier to take around than a bunch of books, plus you can read
>> newspapers or magazines too, but the subscriptions can be expensive.
>>
>> I know there are a lot of readers in our group and I am hopeful that
>> one of you or maybe a friend has used one and you can share your
>> thoughts with me (us), both pro and con. Here is a link to it so you
>> can get a better idea of what I am talking about:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00154JDAI/...l_41di7k8jq1_e
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>> Mark
>
> You have to pay to download the books too, not inexpensive, and you can't
> transfer them to another device
>
> I don't think it's worth the price... in today's tech device market I don't
> think the Kindle is worth more than $25. You can use any lap top or PDA for
> the same thing and a whole lot more. Personally I prefer reading real
> books, I can use the public library for free. Or I can buy real books (used
> are very cheap), and when I'm done reading I can give them away, trade them,
> or sell them. I think the Kindle is a very expensive way to read, it's
> purely a gimmick. If I wanted I could download books to a memory stick and
> read in bed on my big screen TV. For me a big part of reading enjoyment is
> derived from holding a real book and turning pages... reading off a screen
> is too sterile, it doesn't transport me.
>
> If you have an extra $400 burning a hole in your pocket this is a far better
> buy:
> http://www.dell.com/content/products...=19&l=en&s=dhs
>
>
>

I disagree. Ebook readers have their place. I have the Sony PRS505 and
love it. Received it as a gift, or else I wouldn't have it.

The benefits:

1) Small and light weight.
2) Screen large enough to read the text (and can change from small,
medium and large). Much better resolution then most lap/note book type
computers.
3) Can store many books on it. I have over a hundred on it, and that's
just the ones I might want to read now. Otherwise I'd have more on there.
4) Battery life is long (if shut down between uses) as I theoretically
can turn the page 1700 plus times before needing a recharge, but haven't
needed to do that yet. I can read for a week without charging. Can you
leave your laptop on for a week while you go camping?

The Minuses:

1) No back light on the model (but I have an add-on back-light).
2) Requires a recharge from time to time.
3) I don't have any cookbooks I like in Ebook format :-(

Here's the one I have, and some of the reviews others have made and the
associated back light:

http://tinyurl.com/bggk7c

http://tinyurl.com/bk42xd

Bob

On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:17:31 -0400, Bob Muncie >
wrote:

>> I don't think it's worth the price... in today's tech device market I don't
>> think the Kindle is worth more than $25.

Amazon should be treating these just like a mobile phone. You give
the phone away...but require a two year contract.

It would be easy to sell them requiring two one year subscriptions to
NYT and WSJ. Plus a required four per month download of a
different book. They would have themselves covered in full for the
cost of a Kindle.

With the current "green" mentality, paper publications are going to
become taboo.

"Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
...
> brooklyn1 wrote:
>> "FERRANTE" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I love to read and often will go by the lake and read a book. However,
>>> recently I have been looking into Amazon's Kindle 2 which is small and
>>> its memory holds 1,500 complete books. It is pricey, about $370 and so
>>> I am doing as much research as I can before I decide. It would be much
>>> easier to take around than a bunch of books, plus you can read
>>> newspapers or magazines too, but the subscriptions can be expensive.
>>>
>>> I know there are a lot of readers in our group and I am hopeful that
>>> one of you or maybe a friend has used one and you can share your
>>> thoughts with me (us), both pro and con. Here is a link to it so you
>>> can get a better idea of what I am talking about:
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00154JDAI/...l_41di7k8jq1_e
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>> Mark
>>
>> You have to pay to download the books too, not inexpensive, and you can't
>> transfer them to another device
>>
>> I don't think it's worth the price... in today's tech device market I
>> don't think the Kindle is worth more than $25. You can use any lap top
>> or PDA for the same thing and a whole lot more. Personally I prefer
>> reading real books, I can use the public library for free. Or I can buy
>> real books (used are very cheap), and when I'm done reading I can give
>> them away, trade them, or sell them. I think the Kindle is a very
>> expensive way to read, it's purely a gimmick. If I wanted I could
>> download books to a memory stick and read in bed on my big screen TV.
>> For me a big part of reading enjoyment is derived from holding a real
>> book and turning pages... reading off a screen is too sterile, it doesn't
>> transport me.
>>
>> If you have an extra $400 burning a hole in your pocket this is a far
>> better buy:
>> http://www.dell.com/content/products...=19&l=en&s=dhs
>>
>>
>>
>
> I disagree. Ebook readers have their place. I have the Sony PRS505 and
> love it.
> Received it as a gift, or else I wouldn't have it.


That's too funny... I rest my case.

"Mr. Bull wrote:
>
> Amazon should be treating these just like a mobile phone. You give
> the phone away...but require a two year contract.
>
> It would be easy to sell them requiring two one year subscriptions to
> NYT and WSJ. Plus a required four per month download of a
> different book. They would have themselves covered in full for the
> cost of a Kindle.
>
> With the current "green" mentality, paper publications are going to
> become taboo.
>
>
Too funny... what, yer gonna wipe yer ass with a RAM chip? LOL

The computer age generated more paper in the past year than has been used in
total since the begining of time... don't get more green than paper.

brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
> ...
>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> "FERRANTE" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I love to read and often will go by the lake and read a book. However,
>>>> recently I have been looking into Amazon's Kindle 2 which is small and
>>>> its memory holds 1,500 complete books. It is pricey, about $370 and so
>>>> I am doing as much research as I can before I decide. It would be much
>>>> easier to take around than a bunch of books, plus you can read
>>>> newspapers or magazines too, but the subscriptions can be expensive.
>>>>
>>>> I know there are a lot of readers in our group and I am hopeful that
>>>> one of you or maybe a friend has used one and you can share your
>>>> thoughts with me (us), both pro and con. Here is a link to it so you
>>>> can get a better idea of what I am talking about:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00154JDAI/...l_41di7k8jq1_e
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>> Mark
>>> You have to pay to download the books too, not inexpensive, and you can't
>>> transfer them to another device
>>>
>>> I don't think it's worth the price... in today's tech device market I
>>> don't think the Kindle is worth more than $25. You can use any lap top
>>> or PDA for the same thing and a whole lot more. Personally I prefer
>>> reading real books, I can use the public library for free. Or I can buy
>>> real books (used are very cheap), and when I'm done reading I can give
>>> them away, trade them, or sell them. I think the Kindle is a very
>>> expensive way to read, it's purely a gimmick. If I wanted I could
>>> download books to a memory stick and read in bed on my big screen TV.
>>> For me a big part of reading enjoyment is derived from holding a real
>>> book and turning pages... reading off a screen is too sterile, it doesn't
>>> transport me.
>>>
>>> If you have an extra $400 burning a hole in your pocket this is a far
>>> better buy:
>>> http://www.dell.com/content/products...=19&l=en&s=dhs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I disagree. Ebook readers have their place. I have the Sony PRS505 and
>> love it.
>> Received it as a gift, or else I wouldn't have it.
>
>
> That's too funny... I rest my case.
>
>
>

Glad you chose to ignore the rest of my response as it reinforces the
reason why I'm putting you in the killfile. You add zero value, and you
are generally rude.

Bye-Bye

"Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
...
> brooklyn1 wrote:
>> "Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> "FERRANTE" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> I love to read and often will go by the lake and read a book. However,
>>>>> recently I have been looking into Amazon's Kindle 2 which is small and
>>>>> its memory holds 1,500 complete books. It is pricey, about $370 and so
>>>>> I am doing as much research as I can before I decide. It would be much
>>>>> easier to take around than a bunch of books, plus you can read
>>>>> newspapers or magazines too, but the subscriptions can be expensive.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know there are a lot of readers in our group and I am hopeful that
>>>>> one of you or maybe a friend has used one and you can share your
>>>>> thoughts with me (us), both pro and con. Here is a link to it so you
>>>>> can get a better idea of what I am talking about:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00154JDAI/...l_41di7k8jq1_e
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>>> Mark
>>>> You have to pay to download the books too, not inexpensive, and you
>>>> can't transfer them to another device
>>>>
>>>> I don't think it's worth the price... in today's tech device market I
>>>> don't think the Kindle is worth more than $25. You can use any lap top
>>>> or PDA for the same thing and a whole lot more. Personally I prefer
>>>> reading real books, I can use the public library for free. Or I can
>>>> buy real books (used are very cheap), and when I'm done reading I can
>>>> give them away, trade them, or sell them. I think the Kindle is a very
>>>> expensive way to read, it's purely a gimmick. If I wanted I could
>>>> download books to a memory stick and read in bed on my big screen TV.
>>>> For me a big part of reading enjoyment is derived from holding a real
>>>> book and turning pages... reading off a screen is too sterile, it
>>>> doesn't transport me.
>>>>
>>>> If you have an extra $400 burning a hole in your pocket this is a far
>>>> better buy:
>>>> http://www.dell.com/content/products...=19&l=en&s=dhs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I disagree. Ebook readers have their place. Received it as a gift, or
>>> else I wouldn't have it.
>>
>>
>> That's too funny... I rest my case.
>
>
> Glad you chose to ignore the rest of my response.

After that line there was no reason to read further... that is just too, too
hilarious.... PRICELESS! LOL

Hello,

I am new to ebook world. Can you suggest any site for buying ebooks? http://www.fun-guide.org/ is one site for buying that one of my colleague suggested.

I have surfed the site and found interesting. I dont like Kindle and Fictionwise much. However, if you know any other good site, please tell me.

Thank you very much.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:05:03 +0000, anna.shams
> wrote:

>
>Hello,
>
>I am new to ebook world. Can you suggest any site for buying ebooks?
>'http://www.fun-guide.org/' (http://www.fun-guide.org) is one site for
>buying that one of my colleague suggested.
>
>I have surfed the site and found interesting. I dont like Kindle and
>Fictionwise much. However, if you know any other good site, please tell
>me.
>
>Thank you very much.

Hi,
E-mail me privately and I can help you out with sites and stuff.
No use in posting the stuff here as our exchanges would be OT.

Mark