My main point is try before you buy.
Yes, agreed.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
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amych - Sep 29, 2010 9:08:30 am PDT #15034 of 25505
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
javachik - Sep 29, 2010 9:08:42 am PDT #15035 of 25505
Our wings are not tired.
I never in a million years thought I'd love my Kindle so much. What I love is that I just read. No bells or whistles or web (the web interface is painful, and I have the iPhone for that, anyway) to distract me. It's incredibly easy on the eyes. I read it for 5 hours straight on the plane back from Philly and didn't feel the eyestrain I would get from a book. Like Gud and Gris have said elsewhere, I'll still buy the hardcopies for my home library if I love a book and want to have it on my shelves. But I love all of the free classics and not having to buy "throw-away" books. I also love being able to read the first few chapters as a sample before I buy the rest.
Gudanov - Sep 29, 2010 9:09:24 am PDT #15036 of 25505
Coding and Sleeping
Yeah, I definitely can't disagree with getting your hands on one first. Keyboards and monitors are the same way for me, I like to go to a store where I can actually see/touch them.
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2010 9:10:15 am PDT #15037 of 25505
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Have Nooked. I'm not much interested in the ability to browse the web, so I didn't test that. Page refresh was...well, that's e-ink. Page display, nice and crisp. Feel in hand, very nice. Fits in purse very well, and now I just have to buy a small sleeve for it that doesn't take up much more real estate.
Neatly, it charges with the same mini-USB as my phone, so it's charging in my trunk right now.
Typo Boy - Sep 29, 2010 9:10:19 am PDT #15038 of 25505
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Oh, and again Ipad will be in target in a few days, so you will have a chance to try that too if you don't have a friend with one.
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2010 9:11:25 am PDT #15039 of 25505
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Since I'm not buying a Kindle, and I don't want an iPad's extra stuff, it's pretty much Nook or offbrand. The Nook will have to do something extra-surprising over the next couple weeks to go back.
javachik - Sep 29, 2010 9:11:55 am PDT #15040 of 25505
Our wings are not tired.
Yay, ita! I hope it makes your ER visits a little easier.
I've never seen a Nook up close. My Kindle was a birthday gift.
Gudanov - Sep 29, 2010 9:21:59 am PDT #15041 of 25505
Coding and Sleeping
I'm a weirdo and have a Sony PRS-600, I haven't used it for a purchased book yet. Just for looking over and editing my and other people's stuff, and library books. The ability to take notes with a stylus was the big selling point for me. For just reading, the Sony e-Readers just don't seem competitive to me anymore.
javachik - Sep 29, 2010 9:23:04 am PDT #15042 of 25505
Our wings are not tired.
It was so nice not to be loaded down with books and magazines for the cross-country flight. New Yorker and San Francisco Chronicle are both delivered to my Kindle as well.
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2010 9:26:31 am PDT #15043 of 25505
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's so freaking small! And the current book I'm reading is Kushiel's Dart--I don't necessarily need to have that cover evident everywhere, especially near work. I would totally buy an e-version so I could read my S&M-lite on the down low.
But first I think I will go with the Hunger Games books. And that Last Unicorn stuff. Reading books on the phone just wasn't hacking it, although it's fine for websurfing.