Kindle 3 or Nook?

Which eBook reader?

  • Kindle 3

    Votes: 12 37.5%
  • Barnes & Noble Nook

    Votes: 6 18.8%
  • Borders Kobo

    Votes: 1 3.1%
  • Other

    Votes: 13 40.6%

  • Total voters
    32
Joe, I've read 5 books since receiving the kindle for my Birthday (30 November) and have 4 more going now.

It's one of those "How did I live without this?" devices.
 
I looked through the top 100 free books and obtained a few.

Is there a way to find cheap (IE under 5 bucks) books? Most of the freebies are classics, and I have many of them already. I don't plan to go whole hog on buying all my new books this way, but I'd like to have more to read. If Kindle books were a LOT cheaper than printed, I might change my tune, but the average price is 13 bucks (I read somewhere) and I usually can find books I want for cheaper than that.
 
Joe, I've read 5 books since receiving the kindle for my Birthday (30 November) and have 4 more going now.

It's one of those "How did I live without this?" devices.
After reading the thread, I did buy it. I went for the free shipping so now I have my fingers crossed it will get here by Christmas.

Joe
 
I looked through the top 100 free books and obtained a few.

Is there a way to find cheap (IE under 5 bucks) books? Most of the freebies are classics, and I have many of them already. I don't plan to go whole hog on buying all my new books this way, but I'd like to have more to read. If Kindle books were a LOT cheaper than printed, I might change my tune, but the average price is 13 bucks (I read somewhere) and I usually can find books I want for cheaper than that.
Great idea. I did a little searching and found this article:

http://pragmaticenvironmentalism.com/2010/06/02/how-do-i-read-library-books-on-my-kindle/

I'll be doing more when her Kindle gets here, I'm sure, because if there's anything Viveca likes it's free stuff. So if it works for you please let us know.

Joe
 
This thread prompted me to go back through my long and ever growing list of items in my Amazon cart.

As you may know, merely putting it in your cart doesn't mean you have to buy it right then. You can click "save for later" which will keep track of what caught your fancy. Later - who knows?

At any rate, I remembered a friend of mine said she swears by AZ's used books. Many of them are like-new. It will tell you the condition.

At any rate, when you go through your "saved for later list", frequently you will see "BUY USED FOR .01!" or some low low number.

If it ALSO says "eligible for free shipping" then you are in good shape.

I just bought the below:

1 of: The Lure of the Law: Why People Become Lawyers, and What the Profession Does to Them [Paperback] WHO CAN RESIST THIS TITLE??]
By: Richard Moll
Condition: Used - Very Good
$2.81

1 of: Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover [Paperback]
By: Jancis Robinson [GOOD ARTICLES IN THE FIN-TIMES]
Condition: Used - Like New
$3.78

1 of: Love by the Glass: Tasting Notes from a Marriage [Paperback]
By: Dorothy J. Gaiter, John Brecher [I READ GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS BOOK]
Condition: Used - Very Good
$5.50


1 of: A History of the World in 6 Glasses [Paperback]
By: Tom Standage [I THINK I SAW THIS WHEN I WAS POKING AROUND FOR JANCIS' BOOK
Condition: Used - Very Good
$7.98


1 of: Wine People [Hardcover]
By: Stephen Brook [DITTO]
Condition: Used - Very Good
$4.95



25 bucks, all in, for 5 books, delivered. not Kindle btw
 
I think my post count answers that question. :D:D:D

Just means you type a lot and click on Submit. :D

With regard to a previous comment about using commercial flights and having to turn the e-book reader off during takeoffs and landings, I can see how that might be an inconvenience of any of the e-readers vs actual paper. I'm not so sure that I agree with their policy of making us turn off all of our electronic devices. I'm pretty sure that those people with electronic watches do not turn off their watches during those flight phases. In fact, I would hazard to guess that most battery powered watches do not even have the provision to be turned off without removing the back of the watch and physically removing the battery. Some of the electronic watches are a bit more full featured than others and have calculators in them and I have even seen some that have cell phones in them. I think that we need a bit more real world common sense with respect to what might cause interference. If a calculator is not expected to interfere with the cockpit avionics, then something like the Kindle should not as long as it is possible to turn off the wireless features of it. Of course from a control standpoint, it is just easier to tell people to turn off their devices than to tell them to reconfigure them so that they are not broadcasting on any RF frequency.

Watches draw far less power from their battery than the devices the airlines get excited about. Draw less power, create less RF energy and lower signal levels. Keep in mind that the airlines are dealing with Part 121.306 of the FARs which says,

"
§ 121.306 Portable electronic devices.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no person may operate, nor may any operator or pilot in command of an aircraft allow the operation of, any portable electronic device on any U.S.-registered civil aircraft operating under this part.
(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to—
(1) Portable voice recorders;
(2) Hearing aids;
(3) Heart pacemakers;
(4) Electric shavers; or
(5) Any other portable electronic device that the part 119 certificate holder has determined will not cause interference with the navigation or communication system of the aircraft on which it is to be used.
(c) The determination required by paragraph (b)(5) of this section shall be made by that part 119 certificate holder operating the particular device to be used."

The airline has to make the determination as to which devices may be used. They are NOT going to evaluate each device on the market. And a Kindle looks like a tablet computer to someone who is in a hurry checking all seated passengers during their safety check. That and they don't want items like that unsecured during takeoff and landing. I think you are going to lose this discussion with an airline operator. It's not worth their time to do the investigation and they're quite satisfied with the status quo.

As to the actual EMC ramifications, suffice to say that the recent article in the Boston Globe saying that cell phone usage on airliners is safe according to a paper written by the IEEE EMC Society has drawn a strongly worded letter from the President of the Society (with input from several of us on the Board of Directors of the Society) taking exception to the article for a number of reasons (one of which is that the Society has written no such paper). And the papers cited in the article had portions taken out of context and the authors made no such claims. While cell phones put out stronger signals than the typical unintended emissions from a laptop or a Kindle, you get the idea. Please leave these determinations to those who are tasked with making them.
 
I ordered a Kindle DX last and two days later, poof!! there it was, in all its red leather covered glory. I love this thing!
 
...SNIP...
1 of: The Lure of the Law: Why People Become Lawyers, and What the Profession Does to Them [Paperback] WHO CAN RESIST THIS TITLE??]
By: Richard Moll
Condition: Used - Very Good
$2.81
...SNIP...
This the same Richard Moll who served as bailiff on "Night Court"? I'd wonder if it were tongue in cheek.
 
It's here! It's here! Kindle Haiku:

Oh little Kindle
I am happy to see you
To the gym you go

Anyway, how do you get Instapaper on the Kindle? Do you have to be subscribed to all those papers? I just joined instapaper on the internet, but how do I get them to go to the Kindle?
 
FWIW:
Kindle Book Lending
Lend eligible Kindle books to other Kindle or Kindle app users. Each eligible book can be lent once for a period of 14 days. Not all books are lendable - the publisher or rights holder determines which titles are enabled for lending.
 
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