'The Message'
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."
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).
Make me step away from the Quality Paperback $9.99 for everything sale. I want to buy Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein for everyone.
I can see already that my greatest Kindle temptation is going to be romance novels. They run pretty cheap, for the most part ($4).
And no one sees the covers! Per that NYTimes (?) article.
When I consider buying ebooks that I already own in actual book format.
It is tempting. I have yet to buy an e-book though, everything I've gotten is free so far. I would have bought two by now, but they weren't available as eBooks. Didn't end up buying them at all.
What's the recommended starting point with Discworld? I've read a few of the books, but in no particular order, and it was a long time ago and I don't even remember which ones.
I think Guards! Guards is a good Discworld starting point. Then again, I prefer Vimes to Rincewind, so others may well disagree.
I'm with Calli, start with the Guards books. I always want to drown Rincewind. There are guides to the Discworld books that will show the various character groups: the Guards and Ankh-Morpork, Rincewind, Granny Weatherwax and the witches of the Ramtops--you'd like Granny Weatherwax, ita.
I've bought a few new releases on the Kindle - cheaper than the hardback and more instantly gratifying than waiting for the library's copy to become available.
The only characters I remember clearly are Death and Susan. And...Death of Rats?
Okay, I'll grab Guards! Guards! if it's available as an ebook. I've just realised I'm way behind on Dragaera books, and grabbed three of those. I think I should be set up well for vacation.
Yeah, I`m a Vimes girl myself, although I also love Granny Weatherwax and Susan. So I am just finishing up a reread of the guards series, although I`m missing my favorite from that, Night Watch. I am not up to it in my buying order yet. I don`t know what I`m going to do with my Pratchett buying plan once I get my Nook. I think I`ll have to see where my reading habits lie overall. I am tempted by those giant compendium purchases where it`s like three bucks for fifty books. I know I can get much of that on Gutenberg, but I will have to see if it`s more convenient this way. Oh, can you get books straight from Gutenberg over 3G? You can`t I bet, huh?
It`s supposed to come tomorrow but it`s not in Phoenix yet tonight, so I am dubious. The SO`s gift was delayed, late flight in Jersey.