Calibre is a freeware app that converts formats, so I download stuff in .epub or whatever and just convert it to .mobi.
Hello? Gay now!
Willow ,'Showtime'
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."
Dana - Aug 15, 2011 6:29:49 pm PDT #16065 of 28291
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
meara - Aug 15, 2011 6:37:35 pm PDT #16066 of 28291
Yeah, I am with Dana and convert stuff to read on the kindle. I did read on the kindle app on my phone for a while, before I bought it, but now I pretty much only read on the kindle.
The Nook is probably better right now because you can borrow from libraries. I haven't actually tried one, but we got my mom one for Christmas.
§ ita § - Aug 15, 2011 7:07:03 pm PDT #16067 of 28291
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Borrowing from libraries without getting off your slack ass and not having to worry about when to return? God, it's like magic.
Connie Neil - Aug 15, 2011 7:20:00 pm PDT #16068 of 28291
brillig
I adore my nook, though I think my reading time is throwing off the battery charge predictions--what, I can't read for four hours straight for three days in a row on one charge?
DawnK - Aug 15, 2011 9:24:23 pm PDT #16069 of 28291
giraffe mode
Man, the best part of my Nook is that not only can I read tons of books almost all at once, my son can play Angry Birds and I don't have to worry about returning a book to the library.The plus about e-readers in general for me is that I can read in bed at night without disturbing my husband by having the light on. He loves that part too!
flea - Aug 16, 2011 12:08:44 am PDT #16070 of 28291
information libertarian
The plus about the Kindle for me is that you DO have to have the light on - it's NOT backlit. I find the e-ink much easier on my eyes, and especially for reading before bed. I mean, I spend a shocking number of hours each day reading backlit screens as it is.
We have a very odd book by E. Nesbit out of the library right now called Cockatoucan. Casper is sort of fascinated by it. And it was her birthday yesterday (E. Nesbit's, not Casper's). She led a very unusual life for someone born in 1858.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2011 3:31:11 am PDT #16071 of 28291
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The plus about the Kindle for me is that you DO have to have the light on - it's NOT backlit.
The black and white Nook isn't backlit either. It's e-ink too.
sumi - Aug 16, 2011 4:16:41 am PDT #16072 of 28291
Art Crawl!!!
Jessica - Aug 16, 2011 4:33:17 am PDT #16073 of 28291
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I love the Nook 2 - it's so elegant and sleek. But if I were going to buy a new e-reader I'd probably stick with Kindle because that's where my books are.
sj - Aug 16, 2011 5:02:18 am PDT #16074 of 28291
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I love my kindle for reading, but I keep thinking I might want a nook color for magazines. I have too many stacks of them everywhere. You probably can't print up a recipe off of a nook though, can you?