One of the cool things about the Nook is that, if you're already in a B&N store, you can sample all of their ebooks for free before buying one.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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."
Kathy A - Dec 11, 2009 9:22:14 am PST #10625 of 28370
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 9:24:22 am PST #10626 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
if you're already in a B&N store, you can sample all of their ebooks for free
Does that also mean you can park your ass in the coffee store and read to your heart's content without having to mess with physical inventory? I mean, can you sample the whole thing?
Kathy A - Dec 11, 2009 9:41:58 am PST #10627 of 28370
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yep!
ETA: magazines and newspapers, too, at least those that are available for download, which isn't too many right now, but they are adding more all the time.
Calli - Dec 11, 2009 9:45:17 am PST #10628 of 28370
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That whole thing where Amazon wiped copies of 1984 off the Kindle pushed back my longing for an eReader in a big way. If I buy a book, I should damn well get to keep it. And if the publisher has problems with the original copyright holder, they can work it out between themselves without getting into my library. Ugh.
Gudanov - Dec 11, 2009 9:47:22 am PST #10629 of 28370
Coding and Sleeping
I wonder if the success of the eBook is going to be tied to a dedicated physical platform.
I think there needs to be an affordable device that is comfortable to read for a long time. Basically, I think you need something that would be good enough that you'd consider reading on the device rather than the printed book if given the choice.
Kathy A - Dec 11, 2009 9:49:09 am PST #10630 of 28370
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
More B&N stores are getting a sample Nook to look at (my store didn't have theirs yet as of last Saturday, but I hope they have it by now), if you want to check it out.
Jessica - Dec 11, 2009 10:12:49 am PST #10631 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That whole thing where Amazon wiped copies of 1984 off the Kindle pushed back my longing for an eReader in a big way.
Didn't they restore them after the kerfuffle?
Calli - Dec 11, 2009 10:15:35 am PST #10632 of 28370
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Didn't they restore them after the kerfuffle?
I don't know. But the thought of a book seller creeping into my library and stealing back my book, howsoever electronically, creeps me the hell out. It's almost visceral.
meara - Dec 11, 2009 10:17:08 am PST #10633 of 28370
One of the cool things about the Nook is that, if you're already in a B&N store, you can sample all of their ebooks for free before buying one.
If the publisher has OK'd this, which some haven't.
Atropa - Dec 11, 2009 10:26:07 am PST #10634 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I really like the Kindle app on my iPhone, but I only buy books that I already have physical copies of.