Amazon Kindle

[Tony Baloney]

Thanks for all the responses. Did you all buy them from the .co.uk site or from the .com American site?

Why would you buy from .com if you live in Ireland?

[LeoMc]

You can pick them up in Tesco for the same price, £111, as from Amazon.

[Minder]

Got one of these yokes for Fathers day, has anyone illegally downloaded books for theirs?

[RMDrive]

Got one of these yokes for Fathers day, has anyone illegally downloaded books for theirs?

*cough* no of course not. Why would you ask?

[Minder]

Got one of these yokes for Fathers day, has anyone illegally downloaded books for theirs?

*cough* no of course not. Why would you ask?

I didn't know you could, but a gentleman has informed me you can, I will have to have a word. Or you could PM me like a good lad.

[Eamonnca1]

I hear you can jailbreak the Nook and turn it into a simple Linux tablet.

I think I'd prefer the Kindle though, I've tried using my iPhone as a book reader and the constant glare of the screen would put your head astray eventually.

I'd be all in favour of getting a Kindle but I might wait for the price to come down a bit more.

[Eamonnca1]

I think people are mad to spend this money on what is effectively technology gone backwards, In my day we had these so called kindles in the history class.  They were called Microfiche/ film readers at that time. You can pick up a second hand fiche or film reader for the £50 mark, to do exactly the same job, just make sure the bulb still works, or if you really dont want to read a book take up swimming.   

I think I've found the error in your statement (assuming you're not joking, which I assume you are).

[Tony Baloney]

Got one of these yokes for Fathers day, has anyone illegally downloaded books for theirs?

*cough* no of course not. Why would you ask?

I didn't know you could, but a gentleman has informed me you can, I will have to have a word. Or you could PM me like a good lad.

Have you no shame!* I take it this gentleman is a resident of West Belfast?




You'll of course let me know how it's done...

[Mac hinery]

Calibre e-book management is a useful bit of software that can convert pdf files to kindle format.

[Applesisapples]

Does anyone have one of these and how do they find them to use?
I have looked on Amazon and it seems I have to buy it in from the USA, but then buy the books off amazon.co.uk
With all the postage charges and import tax, it starts to become expensive.

Is there a cheaper way of acquiring one?

Look at the Sony reader in Waterstones or on line. Does the same job but isn't as bulky.

[RMDrive]

The kindle will accept many different file types (azw, mobi, lit, txt, doc, pdf)
I use Calibre which is an ebook organiser. It will also convert files into kindle-friendly ones.
pdfs are the only real challenge. The kiindle shows them no problem but you have to change the orientation to landscape in order to have the text be a comfortable size.

[onefaircounty]

Lads I don't know a whole pile about it.

If someone was a big reader would they notice much difference, how do you turn the page and how is it on the eyesight? How is it for ease of use?

[RMDrive]

Lads I don't know a whole pile about it.

If someone was a big reader would they notice much difference, how do you turn the page and how is it on the eyesight? How is it for ease of use?

I've been using it solid since Christmas except for a few days when I read the Club. If easy on the eyes - there's no backlight and I find it reads just like a paper book. You turn the page by pressing a little button on the side (there's one on both sides).
It took me about 2-3 days to get used to it but now I don't even notice that it's not a real book.
Only downside is that if there are maps or glossaries or character lists, it's not easy to flick back and forth to them like it would be with a normal book.
If you are getting one I'd recommend that you buy the Kindle cover - essential for protecting the screen.

[Minder]

Lads I don't know a whole pile about it.

If someone was a big reader would they notice much difference, how do you turn the page and how is it on the eyesight? How is it for ease of use?

I've been using it solid since Christmas except for a few days when I read the Club. If easy on the eyes - there's no backlight and I find it reads just like a paper book. You turn the page by pressing a
little button on the side (there's one on both sides).
It took me about 2-3 days to get used to it but now I don't even notice that it's not a real book.
Only downside is that if there are maps or glossaries or character lists, it's not easy to flick back and forth to them like it would be with a normal book.
If you are getting one I'd recommend that you buy the Kindle cover - essential for protecting the screen.

I got a cheap holder/cover from Amazon the other day, it doesn't cover the screen though. Do you need a "skin" for the cover?

[RMDrive]

The one I have is a leather cover that the kindle clips in to. It's like the cover of a book.