So you just flip forward until the next chapter...I mean, I guess I figured that was the scenario, but it's also worst case since...I just stop reading when I don't want to read any more. Your way sounds like work.
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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§ ita § - Sep 06, 2012 12:00:02 pm PDT #20835 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
beekaytee - Sep 06, 2012 12:16:38 pm PDT #20836 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
I hate when I stop an audiobook and then when I start it again I discover I was, like, fifteen seconds from the end of a chapter. Dammit!
This is what I'm saying.
-t - Sep 06, 2012 12:29:45 pm PDT #20837 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just stop reading when I don't want to read any more.
I rarely want to stop reading, it's more that I should stop reading for some reason but there's some leeway in how soon exactly that ought to happen. But if the end of the chapter is an hour away, I'd better bookmark now.
Liese S. - Sep 06, 2012 12:33:31 pm PDT #20838 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Last night I knew I was dreaming because I was reading (yes, I dream that I'm reading) and I didn't have enough pages left in the book to get to the denouement. And then my subconscious tried to stick all those pages back in without me noticing, and I was all, I'm onto you, dream state.
le nubian - Sep 06, 2012 12:40:37 pm PDT #20839 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
In graduate school - especially during the Spring and Summer months- I had a really difficult time reading. I read physical books back then, but if I was into a story, I would stay up the rest of the night into the morning to read them. It messed with my sleep. In some ways, I think it is better that Kindle apps kind of eclipse that for me since I don't really know how long I have, I can stop and not think: oh, I can read just a bit more and I'll soon be done.
Gris - Sep 06, 2012 5:23:31 pm PDT #20840 of 25501
Hey. New board.
All the features about the PaperWhite kindle sound awesome to me except that blasted touchscreen. I want more pixels and a non-annoying optionally on backlight! I just want it on a device that doesn't turn pages every time I accidentally hit it with my covers.
I'm interested in the continued low-price Android tablet price war Amazon is waging, but I wish the Fire were a little more traditional. I kind of hate their interface (I jailbroke mine, which makes it better, but it's a little touchy)
Rob - Sep 06, 2012 6:42:13 pm PDT #20841 of 25501
And, I'd rather do it as professionally as possible
Sound is really important. I found Producing Great Sound for Digital Video very helpful.
Polter-Cow - Sep 07, 2012 5:41:27 am PDT #20842 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
All the features about the PaperWhite kindle sound awesome to me except that blasted touchscreen.
Heh, I thought of you when I saw that. Sorry, touchscreen is the wave of the future!
Gris - Sep 07, 2012 6:55:07 am PDT #20843 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I still miss physical keyboards on my phone, though not as badly as I thought I would. I had decently high hopes for the Kindle touch, but it really doesn't work for me.
I've owned 6 kindles at this point (first gen, two second gens, third gen (my favorite, now only available with 3G for extra dollars), touch, and fire). They should modify their product line just for me!
omnis_audis - Sep 07, 2012 9:49:11 am PDT #20844 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
There are a number of slide out keyboards for smart phones. Here is an example for the iPhone: [link]
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