Poll of the Day > e-Books...

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What kind of e-books do you guys have? I've been thinking of getting one. Personally, I like physical books more. But e-books would be good for bringing with me to my job. And good for just having on me at all times and stuff... So, what are some of the ones you guys have and info on them? Or any information you have about any of them.
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I still use a Kindle Fire with Moon+ Reader app(the best reader app for android IMO), but I'd like to get a Paperwhite eventually because the LCD on the Fire hurts my eyes after a while.

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I just use the kindle app on my phone

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I have a kindle oasis so I could read while working out/swimming in the pool, but I'm gonna have to upgrade to something bigger soon.

You can up the font (which I did, but the screen size is limited, so if you have a hard time reading text, the kindles are not going to be too much better than normal books.

If yoo don't have that problem though, the oasis is awesome as you can read it in the rain, not worry if you place it on a wet surface, or if it falls in the sink etc.


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none, i like physical books
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these are what i have yet to read, sans 2 or 3.

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I prefer books to ebooks but ebooks are nice when you are on the go and need something distracting, so I have a lot of shut your mind off adventure stuff. Harry Potter, artemis fowl, bloody jack, the squire series, and a few comics.

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kind9 posted...

I still use a Kindle Fire with Moon+ Reader app(the best reader app for android IMO), but I'd like to get a Paperwhite eventually because the LCD on the Fire hurts my eyes after a while.

I have iPhone, so I dont know if I have it...

Mead posted...

I just use the kindle app on my phone

I thought about using gym my phone since I do the same for manga. But I think I can do it with manga because it pictures, as well... Just words can take a longer time on a phone screen...

wolfy42 posted...

I have a kindle oasis so I could read while working out/swimming in the pool, but I'm gonna have to upgrade to something bigger soon.

You can up the font (which I did, but the screen size is limited, so if you have a hard time reading text, the kindles are not going to be too much better than normal books.

If yoo don't have that problem though, the oasis is awesome as you can read it in the rain, not worry if you place it on a wet surface, or if it falls in the sink etc.

Water proof stuff is always good. So, I think I might look at this one... I like physical books, but space is an issue if I have too many...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

none, i like physical books

Same. But this would be good for traveling and stuff. Ive gone on month long TDYs where I have a shit ton of free time (even at work). So, those would be good for those times and stuff. Also, I would have to pick and choose books to take and bring.

Bulbasaur posted...

these are what i have yet to read, sans 2 or 3.

Thats Google, I see. Do you just use the computer, or a certain e-reader with it?

slacker03150 posted...

I prefer books to ebooks but ebooks are nice when you are on the go and need something distracting, so I have a lot of shut your mind off adventure stuff. Harry Potter, artemis fowl, bloody jack, the squire series, and a few comics.

Basically. If I could take a bunch of regular books without using much space, I would. But we cant yet, so...
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I take it you mean e-readers?

I currently have a Kobo Touch, a standard Kindle, a Kindle Paperwhite, a Kobo Arc, a Kindle Fire (8gb) and a Nook. I've also owned a Kindle Keyboard and a Sony PRS-505. In addition to those I use Kindle, Aldiko & various other apps on my Android, and Calibre on my laptop. (Can you tell I read a lot?)

Of all of these, the Sony was my favourite in terms of operation & features, but both of the two I owned died pretty quickly - so much so that I suspected planned obsolescence. The Paperwhite and Fire were the only designated devices I bought new, everything else was lightly used as per my usual habits.

The Kindle won't read the epub files that are the industry standard format for every other e-reader out there, which can be downright infuriating, but the Paperwhite is a good piece of kit, and if you have a Kindle that dies on you Amazon will often give you money off a new one, no matter where you bought the old one (that being how I wound up with a Paperwhite after buying a standard Kindle used that kept freezing on me).

Kobo has a decent proprietary store, the same way Amazon does, but they don't lock down their formats in the same way. Nook has a store, but it only seems to work in North America.

Aldiko is a free app for Android with a paid version. The basic version has most of the functions you may want for reading an ebook, with the exception of highlighting and notation that's become so common for e-reader users, but if you're new to that you may not miss it. It's very customisable in terms of screen use; if you're okay reading from a phone a lot it won't be much trouble, and you can change background colour, fonts, text colour, contrast etc pretty easily.

Most designated e-readers are better for long-term reading simply because of the type of screen they have, e-Ink. The storage is more than needed for the average reader on most e-readers; I have 3000+ documents and books on my Paperwhite with space to spare, and this is because most e-books, unless they're graphic novels with huge amounts of jpg or png files, or big pdfs, are quite small in size, often below 10mb even for a longer book.

Just one note, though... my sister has panic attacks trying to use e-readers, seemingly triggered by the way the black and white invert when you move to the next screen of whatever you're doing or reading. I've never seen that in anyone before or since, but felt I ought to mention it just in case. You may want to try somebody else's before you buy your own if that might be a problem for you. I know it wasn't psychosomatic, because she really wanted that e-reader and was very upset she couldn't use one.

Hope that helps!

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I highly recommend an e-ink reader.

I have a kindle oasis and get everything from the digital library. Id recommend a getting a kindle Paperwhite.