Gris, I'll do that! That would be great. I wouldn't feel bad about it; I mean, I bought the books and it's not like I'm gonna be giving 'em away. I just want to be able to read them away from my desktop.
Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.
'Lessons'
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."
Strix - Feb 01, 2010 11:23:45 am PST #10901 of 28359
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
beth b - Feb 01, 2010 11:52:53 am PST #10902 of 28359
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
My library finally has iPod compatible audiobooks. But they list that as a separate category from their main list, which is kind of annoying.
But they have a different format.
A lot of thsoe separtae lsst are because no one wants to play nice.
How ever, searching by authour or title in the catalog should give you al the formats a book is avalible in
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2010 11:56:28 am PST #10903 of 28359
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But they have a different format.
I know--that's the annoying part. It's a small slice of what they have available.
beth b - Feb 01, 2010 12:06:17 pm PST #10904 of 28359
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
cost was the factor
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2010 12:09:48 pm PST #10905 of 28359
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, I'm glad they resolved that. They had one format for the longest time. Now they can go to PC, Mac, iPod, MP3, WMA, and burn to CD (yeah, I know some of those overlap).
beth b - Feb 01, 2010 12:14:13 pm PST #10906 of 28359
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
It is a good thing . Now, we get to see who wins.
Calli - Feb 01, 2010 12:53:56 pm PST #10907 of 28359
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'll consider an eReader when I can get any book I want--old or new--on it and there's no way for the seller to take the book back. That whole 1984 think with the Kindle freaked me out.
Jessica - Feb 01, 2010 1:14:04 pm PST #10908 of 28359
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Whenever my MiL asks my advice on formats I've said "get the most open one you're allowed - people who want to steal library ebooks will do it regardless of format, and people who don't just want to be able to read on their own device."
Gris - Feb 01, 2010 2:23:01 pm PST #10909 of 28359
Hey. New board.
One of my favorite long-term possible benefits of e-readers is the end of "out of print". I can't tell you how long it took me to find a readable copy of "The Many-Colored Land" by Julian May back in high school. Noe, of course, I could probably find it online quite easily, but I don't love buying used books online.
Liese S. - Feb 01, 2010 2:49:00 pm PST #10910 of 28359
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, the 1984 Kindle scandal was a product purchase deal breaker for me. You`ll note that I am getting a canner and not an ereader as this year`s gift. I still want one, but I`ll let the market settle first.
Of course I am the wrong market for this though, as I am a 5 dollars for a bag book buyer.