HP isn't available for the Kindle? That's ridonkulous.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Consuela - Dec 21, 2010 4:49:51 pm PST #13315 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
javachik - Dec 21, 2010 5:04:37 pm PST #13316 of 28282
Our wings are not tired.
IKNOWRIGHT?!
Rayne - Dec 21, 2010 5:58:56 pm PST #13317 of 28282
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
HP isn't available in any ebook format officially (you can find unauthorized versions if you look though). JK Rowling has been against them, but it sounds like she's rethinking it. (Hmmm.... more money, yes please!)
That's when ebooks start making me cranky. When I consider buying ebooks that I already own in actual book format.
javachik - Dec 21, 2010 6:00:36 pm PST #13318 of 28282
Our wings are not tired.
I am a big fan of legal copies of everything. I can wait. I've already waited years.
Rayne - Dec 21, 2010 6:04:06 pm PST #13319 of 28282
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I'm also a big fan of legal copies. I just wish there were digital copies of books available when you buy a book. Kind of like when you buy a Blu Ray these days. You get a Blu Ray, sometimes a DVD and a digital copy. It would be cool if books could do the same things. Buy the books, get a free ebook version.
Consuela - Dec 21, 2010 6:28:18 pm PST #13320 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Buy the books, get a free ebook version.
that's what Baen did with the latest Bujold: the book came with a CD loaded with RTF versions of nearly every Vorkosigan book in the franchise.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2010 11:10:36 pm PST #13321 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm pissed because I wanted to reread Dirk Gently and I lost my copy in Katrina. No ebook! I have the Hitchhikers on paper already, thank you. No use to me digitally. I bought the Liff thingy, out of sentiment, but I really wanted Dirk.
I have to decide what books to buy before I go on vacation. Will I finish The Game of Thrones? Probably. Should get the second one. Neuromancer and Snow Crash piqued my interest, and maybe I should see what Gaiman I don't have on paper.
meara - Dec 22, 2010 5:52:29 am PST #13322 of 28282
Hopping on from Budapest to say LOVE my kindle for the long trip here and train etc. Even used as a guidebook it isn't so bad, though hard to flip through (and not many available). I also recommend calibre. And the "collections" (which is folders/tags)
DavidS - Dec 22, 2010 6:22:33 am PST #13323 of 28282
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Today is Kenneth Rexroth's birthday. I wrote about him for Hilo.
flea - Dec 22, 2010 6:24:45 am PST #13324 of 28282
information libertarian
I have somehow made Amazon recognize me as a US resident! And successfully downloaded Moby Dick (my lunchtime reading for the spring semester.)
I can see already that my greatest Kindle temptation is going to be romance novels. They run pretty cheap, for the most part ($4).