Kindle or actual books

[guitarpete247]

I like the idea of e-books but I'd feel much less anxious leaving a real book by my sun lounger on the beach, when I went for a cooling dip, than a Kindle or the likes.

Missed the last post having gone to sort out my lunch.

 

[Melonfish]

bit of both, i have the original kindle and i use it lots but occasionally i like the feel of turning pages

 

[Lullabelle]

We are slaves to technology so I like to step away and bury my nose in a good book

 

[bicyclos]

I like to hold a book in my hand then put it back on the book shelf if the book is worthy of another read. I also have an android which you can get hold of epub files quite easily to which I have a large library! open source android for me anytime than ipad and kindle.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I'm a convert, if only because I do not pay for the books

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[Supersuperleeds]

I like to hold a book in my hand then put it back on the book shelf if the book is worthy of another read. I also have an android which you can get hold of epub files quite easily to which I have a large library! open source android for me anytime than ipad and kindle.

Calibre converts epub to mobi, which can then be used on the Kindle

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

I run the kindle app on android as you can import books into it, last time I used Google books you could not, although that might have changed

 

[tribanjules]

nook for 30 quid for my dad then plenty of free epub books to keep him going

 

[fossyant]

Couple of pointers for folk who may be new to Kindles.

The non-fire versions, I.e the cheaper ones are visible in daylight. It's a serious factor if you want to read books outside.

The semi-tablet ones aren't visible.

We have a 3G keyboard edition kindle, it's has been sent for repair as the screens are fragile, so that is a big concern, compared to a tablet with gorilla glass. That said, a kindle is easy on the eye to read outside, the tab editions are not the same.



But, of you have a kindle account, then its very simple to have numerous devices synchronised, we do.

 

[hopless500]

Horses for courses.
I prefer an actual book, but the Kindle is undoubtedly better for holidays - I used to take a load of books away, now I just take the Kindle. Or use the Kindle app on my phone if I'm travelling really light...

same here

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

I am perfectly happy with books and can't see myself getting a Kindle or anything like that any time soon.

 

[Chris Norton]

Kindle app on phone. But I like the book.

 

[Piemaster]

Free Kindle books. Lots of free books
I have paper books bought for me (birthdays, xmas). The ones I choose are are kindle now.
And for those concerned about bath/kindle incidents, paper gets wet too and have you never heard of ziplock bags? And you can still turn pages with the kindle in the bag, not so easy with a paper one.

 

[PeteXXX]

I still enjoy the pleasure of browsing the shelves my local libraries...
I have nothing against kindles and their ilk, but I have no particular desire to own one. A few friends have succumbed and love to boast how many e-books they have. I wonder how many they have actually read rather than just 'collected'.

 

[laurence]

books all the way.

a few months back i bought a first edition of a book, published in 1890 or thereabouts. it is a thing of beauty, you can't get that 'thing' with kindle.

also found a lovely US paperback first edition of a Raymond Chadler collection in the 2nd hand stall at wetlands. it had a lovely smell and the feel of the pages was just.... aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh.

i can understand the convenience of the kindle, but just don't 'get' them.