Sorry, lady! Come to Bitches!
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Glamcookie - Dec 11, 2009 7:31:50 am PST #10611 of 28370
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Sue - Dec 11, 2009 7:32:02 am PST #10612 of 28370
hip deep in pie
Glam, you have the greatest excuse in the world, you're about to pop. I'd love to see you all but..."I'm just not feeling up to it." "I'm not good in large groups right now." "My doctor told me I need quiet time." But really, you are at a point where you can just say, I'm not up for it, and who needs another excuse.
ChiKat - Dec 11, 2009 7:33:01 am PST #10613 of 28370
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
"My doctor told me I need quiet time."
Nice. You can always blame it on the doctor if they won't just back off with your word that you're not up for it.
Fred Pete - Dec 11, 2009 7:35:10 am PST #10614 of 28370
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm thinking of getting an e-reader in the near future, probably one of the Sonys. Unless I find out something to send me toward the Kindle or Nook.
Kathy A - Dec 11, 2009 7:44:30 am PST #10615 of 28370
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The BN.com Nook webpage links to various online reviews (all positive, of course!), so take that into account, but I liked this look at the Nook. It points out the future potential of the thing, especially its use of Google's Android, which can lead to a lot of hackability in the future and the possibility of loads of aps if it takes off. Kindle is proprietary, so no aps unless they support them.
Gudanov - Dec 11, 2009 8:17:00 am PST #10616 of 28370
Coding and Sleeping
I like the look of the Nook, but it's still too much money. Once these things hit the $100 price point, I think they'll take off like crazy.
Atropa - Dec 11, 2009 8:40:52 am PST #10617 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Once again, I am going to sigh wistfully about Microsoft Reader. ClearType is awesome, and the Reader is the best damn ebook program I've ever seen. I'm still angry that Microsoft stopped actively developing it, and have a fond daydream that they'll decide to start supporting it again, and that the team will need me back as content queen.
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 8:46:10 am PST #10618 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder if the success of the eBook is going to be tied to a dedicated physical platform. On the one hand, buying and carrying yet another device in the today's age is going against the flow, but putting books for regular use on a phone's screen is more like putting a phone in a camera than a camera in a phone. At least at the size of phone I'm willing to carry, since I like a physical keyboard.
Jessica - Dec 11, 2009 8:53:15 am PST #10619 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
On the one hand, buying and carrying yet another device in the today's age is going against the flow
OTOH, a book is already a separate "device," so you're not adding, you're replacing.
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 9:05:17 am PST #10620 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
OTOH, a book is already a separate "device," so you're not adding, you're replacing.
In the case of an ebook, the bulk of the add-weight is up front cost. But in the age of consolidation, yet another thing to charge and another piece of relatively delicate electronics that needs to be carried around and removed to pass through airport security--it's more fraught than the paperback I used to jam in my pocket, or even the hardcover I can leave lying in my car without worrying someone's going to break in and steal it.