Ooh, thanks! I'll see what's available and let you know.
Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.
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Polter-Cow - Dec 15, 2011 3:51:42 pm PST #18815 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Consuela - Dec 15, 2011 4:13:13 pm PST #18816 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It's also really useful for books that are just difficult to read physically because they're too big to carry around--like War & Peace, or Jonathan Strange.
I'm looking at replacing my Kindle (it's a 1st-gen one) with one of the new ones: let us know how you like the Touch, would you? I've seen some mixed reviews about it.
Gris - Dec 15, 2011 4:22:08 pm PST #18817 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I've almost bought Anathem on my kindle at least three times for the physical issue. I already own Crytonomicon that way. Honestly, I think the late HP books are also physically uncomfortable to read, and am ready for some HP e-books already.
I've played with the touch some, Consuela, on a co-worker's device. I liked it a lot - enough that I would get it instead of the Keyboard, which I've been using and loving for a year. The touch screen has better feedback than I would expect - plenty good even for long comments, though if I'm planning to really comment on a book I'll open it on Kindle for PC no matter what. I'm getting one for my wife to replace her Kindle 2, because the screen contrast is so much better.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2011 5:19:27 pm PST #18818 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I've almost bought Anathem on my kindle at least three times for the physical issue.
How easy is it on an e-reader to flip back and forth from the text to the glossary at the end? (That's both a real question and snark directed at Stephenson and his made-up words.)
le nubian - Dec 15, 2011 5:22:30 pm PST #18819 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have not needed to do so for REAMDE. Does that book not have a glossary?
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2011 5:23:29 pm PST #18820 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I have not needed to do so for REAMDE. Does that book not have a glossary?
I haven't picked it up yet, so I don't know. I'm still recovering from Anathem (and considering re-reading it.)
Deena - Dec 15, 2011 5:25:35 pm PST #18821 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
On the Nook, you can bookmark the glossary when you first start, and then bookmark where you are whenever you want to flip back to the glossary. It's not onerous, though I think I'd find it a little annoying.
Liese S. - Dec 15, 2011 5:25:52 pm PST #18822 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I flip to the footnotes in Pratchett super easily on the Nook. But that's tied in notes, so I don't know how easy it would be for something that wasn't linked.
Deena - Dec 15, 2011 5:27:53 pm PST #18823 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Oh, good to know, Liese. I just checked out "Snuff".
meara - Dec 15, 2011 5:47:01 pm PST #18824 of 25501
Love love my kindle, but I have extreme book needs many people don't. I also love getting library books on it. Not sure how I'd feel about touch--I rarely need the keyboard, but the physical page-turning button is handy.