Tell me about e-readers!

[helle]

Oooh... Maybe I want one too XD

[phebee]

My DH and I really want to get one but it's a bit of a dilemma cause if we get Kindle, you can only buy books from Amazon as the Kindle only uses their format. But if we get another brand, there's more choice but the books are more expensive than Amazon ones.


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[Boo Boo]

Don't you miss holding a book?

[skybie]

not really, i usually read lying down and find books akward lol

[EiffelTower]

not really, i usually read lying down and find books akward lol

Totally agree!

[Boo Boo]

Sorry to hijack SammyRo, think this thread has just talked me into getting one for DH's birthday in November, think will be going for the kindle.

[Miss H]

Doesn't it limit you to get the Kindle and you can only get books from Amazon? Wouldn't it be better to get a Sony and then you can download from everywhere? I have had a look and Amazon doesn't have all the books I want to start with. WDYT?

[LuluHB]

What do you ladies do for light when you read in bed? Is it light enough with something like a bedside lamp, or do you need a special book light or something? Thinking of getting one for my mum for Christmas and she is a big reader in bed. Thanks

[Astrolady]

I don't have a Kindle, but I have an Acer Iconia (like an Ipad) downloaded a pile of books to it from all different sites. I can use the Kobo app, the Dymocks app, the Amazon app etc etc etc. Acer has all the other "fun" benefits too like being able to play games, listen to music, watch movies etc when you are sick of reading.

I use it mainly to read though, in bed. Handy when you are sick although the other day I put two movies from my computer onto my USB and then plugged the USB into the Acer and watched them in bed. The screen brightness is adjustable, so you can adjust it so it is comfortable for your eyes and you can read in the day or in the night You can also toggle it so it is a black page with white writing, but that is a bit hard on the eyes.

I don't think I could ever go back to a real book again.

[teresa]

with the kindle you arent just limited to the amazon store. there is a website that you can download books for the kindle for free but you need to download another program which is like a library or something like that.

[AngelPants]

Ok, im getting me one of these. I want one that's got electronic ink but does any format of ebook. At the moment I am using an adobe program (which will take any format) on my laptop but the backlit is killing me and its not very portable...