[Vision2020] eBooks

[Sam Scripter]

My wife is an avid reader of fiction. She has a Kindle account and her own collection of "books".

I read only a little fiction, mostly buying how-to and technical references for computers, cameras and software, including operating systems, app and web development. I have accounts for both Kindle books from Amazon and Nook books from Barnes and Noble.

My wife's reader of choice is the Kindle Reader for Windows running on her 15" laptop.

Secondarily, she reads directly on our Kindle Fire, which we bought more for its web and email abilities via WiFi. With the Fire, we can do airline travel withot lugging a notebokk PC. Having some books in memory is more of an extra than our main need.

The Fire is an Android device. Hence I also run the Nook Reader for Android on the Kindle Fire.

My PC of choice runs Linux Mint as its OS. My preferred web browser there is Google Chrome. Hence I run the Kindle Cloud Reader app within Google Chrome on my Linux PC to read my Kindle books. I do this because Amazon does not provide a Kindle Reader for Linux.

I cannot read my Nook books on my Linux laptop.

I have two Windows 7 desktop machines. Both run Kindle Readers for Windows.

I read Kindle books on my Samsung Galaxy Note phablet via the Kindle Reader app for Android devices.

I have two negatives about ebooks:  Navigation within a book, and graphics/illustrations. Free, old books for Kindle usually do not have Tables of Contents nor clickable links for navigation. Even very recent, tech manuals do not have their illustrations optimizrd for e-readers. Some illustrations cannot be viewed for small details viewable in a hard copy volume.

Enuf said!

Sam Scripter



-------- Original message --------
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] eBooks 
From: Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com> 
To: Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>,Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>,vision2020 at moscow.com 
CC:  

We have two older Kindle’s and I was wanting to upgrade to a Fire (they do look great and Christmas is coming,) but mainly now I use my I-Pad and I-Phone because I can see the type so much more plainly.  Even with the small i-Phone it’s pretty amazing.  I have always done all my downloading of  books, etc, on my computer anyway. 
 
Sue H.
 
From: Paul Rumelhart
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 9:55 AM
To: Art Deco ; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] eBooks
 
I bought a Kindle second generation as soon as they came out.  I don't buy physical books any more unless they are really cheap or I'm on vacation or something.  It's much easier to browse Amazon's book selection right on the Kindle, buy one, and have it delivered to you Kindle in a few seconds.

The e-ink display I think is a must if you plan to read for long periods of time.  No "flashlight in your eyes" effect that you get from a tablet, phone, laptop, or desktop.  I'll occasionally use the Android Kindle app to read one of the books I have in my electronic collection (around 50 right now) on my phone if I'm waiting for someone or something and don't have my Kindle on me.

One of these days I'll make a project of finding a way (legal or otherwise) to strip the DRM from the e-books I buy from Amazon so I can back them up in case there is ever a problem (such as Amazon going out of business or getting out of the e-book business).  I haven't worried too much about it since it stays out of your way and I don't have another e-book reader to try to transfer them to.  The DRM is the only real downside I've found, and I can live with it for now.

Paul
 
From: Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>
To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 7:28 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] eBooks
 
We are amidst a real paradigm shift for the delivery of books, reading material, and other media.

I wonder how many V2020 readers have eBook readers, what kind they have, what their purchasing/acquiring experiences have been, and their overall experiences with eBooks and readers.

w.

-- 
Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
art.deco.studios at gmail.com




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