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?
Quote from: Ash Smoker on April 22, 2011, 12:08:51 PM
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?
I phones and Androids have Kindle readers!
Im sure you could download one instead of buying the hardware
Quote from: AbbeySider on April 22, 2011, 12:35:24 PM
Quote from: Ash Smoker on April 22, 2011, 12:08:51 PM
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?
I phones and Androids have Kindle readers!
Im sure you could download one instead of buying the hardware
There's a free PC version as well.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311
Thanks. I'm still in the dark ages having neither an iPhone or an Android.
I could get it on my pc, but that's hardly handy for carrying around.
I bought one for the missus and they are a good job, the Kindle was around 110quid and then it is easy to buy/download books on it with wi-fi.
Quote from: Stevie Nicks on April 22, 2011, 01:20:04 PM
I bought one for the missus and they are a good job, the Kindle was around 110quid and then it is easy to buy/download books on it with wi-fi.
How much are the books, and can you buy them in dollars from the States?
Quote from: AZOffaly on April 22, 2011, 01:30:21 PM
Quote from: Stevie Nicks on April 22, 2011, 01:20:04 PM
I bought one for the missus and they are a good job, the Kindle was around 110quid and then it is easy to buy/download books on it with wi-fi.
How much are the books, and can you buy them in dollars from the States?
Yeah you can get books from amazon.com as well. Just click to buy and it automatically arrives onto your kindle in seconds.
I bought herself a barnes and noble "nook" by accident at christmas as the kindles were all gone. It appears to have gone down better than the kindle would have. I offered to exchange it for the kindle in the new year and she said having tried both of them she preferred the nook.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp)
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.
The kindle is brilliant.
For a pure reading experience the kindle is better. It uses e-ink, ie it is not backlit. So technically it is the same reading experience as print. You'd need the light on to read in bed. The new colour Nook and the iPad are backlit and after a while would burn the eyes out of your head. A lot of books are free on the Kindle, especially public domain books. So you can read a lot of the classics for free. I think the Irish Times is the only Irish newspaper available on the Kindle. The other great thing is no one knows what your reading because they can't see the cover so you don't have people in buses and trains looking at the cover of your book and trying to size you up based on what you are reading. I think it's a great device. It's also starting to do to book publishers what the the likes of iTunes did to the record companies. No harm. It and other devices like it however will also be the death of book shops, unfortunately.
Quote from: NetNitrate on April 22, 2011, 06:10:25 PM
For a pure reading experience the kindle is better. It uses e-ink, ie it is not backlit. So technically it is the same reading experience as print. You'd need the light on to read in bed. The new colour Nook and the iPad are backlit and after a while would burn the eyes out of your head. A lot of books are free on the Kindle, especially public domain books. So you can read a lot of the classics for free. I think the Irish Times is the only Irish newspaper available on the Kindle. The other great thing is no one knows what your reading because they can't see the cover so you don't have people in buses and trains looking at the cover of your book and trying to size you up based on what you are reading. I think it's a great device. It's also starting to do to book publishers what the the likes of iTunes did to the record companies. No harm. It and other devices like it however will also be the death of book shops, unfortunately.
Amazon have been killing book shops long before the Kindle came about.
The missus got me the wi-fi Kindle for my birthday last month and I've still to use it in anger. Still, I think it's a great piece of kit but I'll need to invest on one of the wee clip-on lights.
I have one and am becoming addicted to it ... will get a good run out on holiday. One thing though is that there are quite a few typos in the text - ie in hyphenated words and format. But will eventually become the thing to have when travelling and at home.
Thanks for all the responses. Did you all buy them from the .co.uk site or from the .com American site?
Quote from: Ash Smoker on April 23, 2011, 09:54:41 AM
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?
You can pick them up in Tesco for the same price, £111, as from Amazon.
Got one of these yokes for Fathers day, has anyone illegally downloaded books for theirs?
Quote from: Minder on June 20, 2011, 05:52:10 PM
Got one of these yokes for Fathers day, has anyone illegally downloaded books for theirs?
*cough* no of course not. Why would you ask?
Quote from: RMDrive on June 20, 2011, 08:57:28 PM
Quote from: Minder on June 20, 2011, 05:52:10 PM
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.
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.
Quote from: rrhf on April 22, 2011, 03:31:42 PM
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).
Quote from: Minder on June 20, 2011, 09:16:13 PM
Quote from: RMDrive on June 20, 2011, 08:57:28 PM
Quote from: Minder on June 20, 2011, 05:52:10 PM
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...
Calibre e-book management is a useful bit of software that can convert pdf files to kindle format.
Quote from: Ash Smoker on April 22, 2011, 12:08:51 PM
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.
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.
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?
Quote from: onefaircounty on June 21, 2011, 12:29:10 PM
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.
Quote from: RMDrive on June 21, 2011, 12:45:57 PM
Quote from: onefaircounty on June 21, 2011, 12:29:10 PM
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?
The one I have is a leather cover that the kindle clips in to. It's like the cover of a book.
Quote from: onefaircounty on June 21, 2011, 12:29:10 PM
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?
The sony reader is dead handy, Ive had it on holidays and it can be read easy enough. it can take epub or pdf and these are readily available on the net. I know a man who even managed to get a load of books free. Not sure it was legit though. you turn the page either by the button at the bottom or by flicking it.
Quote from: Applesisapples on June 21, 2011, 02:55:31 PM
Quote from: onefaircounty on June 21, 2011, 12:29:10 PM
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?
The sony reader is dead handy, Ive had it on holidays and it can be read easy enough. it can take epub or pdf and these are readily available on the net. I know a man who even managed to get a load of books free. Not sure it was legit though. you turn the page either by the button at the bottom or by flicking it.
Bit torrent for books!
Quote from: LeoMc on June 21, 2011, 04:29:06 PM
Quote from: Applesisapples on June 21, 2011, 02:55:31 PM
Quote from: onefaircounty on June 21, 2011, 12:29:10 PM
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?
The sony reader is dead handy, Ive had it on holidays and it can be read easy enough. it can take epub or pdf and these are readily available on the net. I know a man who even managed to get a load of books free. Not sure it was legit though. you turn the page either by the button at the bottom or by flicking it.
Bit torrent for books!
I wouldn't know anything about that sir.
Quote from: Applesisapples on June 21, 2011, 04:38:08 PM
Quote from: LeoMc on June 21, 2011, 04:29:06 PM
Quote from: Applesisapples on June 21, 2011, 02:55:31 PM
Quote from: onefaircounty on June 21, 2011, 12:29:10 PM
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?
The sony reader is dead handy, Ive had it on holidays and it can be read easy enough. it can take epub or pdf and these are readily available on the net. I know a man who even managed to get a load of books free. Not sure it was legit though. you turn the page either by the button at the bottom or by flicking it.
Bit torrent for books!
I wouldn't know anything about that sir.
but you might kniow a man that might ;)
Quote from: LeoMc on June 21, 2011, 04:41:18 PM
Quote from: Applesisapples on June 21, 2011, 04:38:08 PM
Quote from: LeoMc on June 21, 2011, 04:29:06 PM
Quote from: Applesisapples on June 21, 2011, 02:55:31 PM
Quote from: onefaircounty on June 21, 2011, 12:29:10 PM
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?
The sony reader is dead handy, Ive had it on holidays and it can be read easy enough. it can take epub or pdf and these are readily available on the net. I know a man who even managed to get a load of books free. Not sure it was legit though. you turn the page either by the button at the bottom or by flicking it.
Bit torrent for books!
I wouldn't know anything about that sir.
but you might kniow a man that might ;)
might do too! ;)
Am considering buying one of these for Christmas as I do a fair bit of reading; any changes in the fairly positive opinions since June?
Quote from: Sandy Hill on December 09, 2011, 06:06:44 PM
Am considering buying one of these for Christmas as I do a fair bit of reading; any changes in the fairly positive opinions since June?
Nope. Don't waste your money on 3G.
Quote from: RMDrive on December 09, 2011, 06:08:25 PM
Quote from: Sandy Hill on December 09, 2011, 06:06:44 PM
Am considering buying one of these for Christmas as I do a fair bit of reading; any changes in the fairly positive opinions since June?
Nope. Don't waste your money on 3G.
3G is a good job, especially if you are travelling and want to download a book. Are you annoyed cos there is no coverage out in the backwoods of Donegal ;)
Can you download the normal books i.e. the ones you pay for on Amazon, for free through torrent sites?
Quote from: RMDrive on December 09, 2011, 06:08:25 PM
Quote from: Sandy Hill on December 09, 2011, 06:06:44 PM
Am considering buying one of these for Christmas as I do a fair bit of reading; any changes in the fairly positive opinions since June?
Nope. Don't waste your money on 3G.
+1. I have about a hundred books on mine and even if you were travelling you won't be that far from wifi should you want to download a book.
Got the mother the new model for Christmas in the US for $79. Can't be bad til it.
Quote from: Archie Mitchell on December 09, 2011, 06:38:37 PM
Can you download the normal books i.e. the ones you pay for on Amazon, for free through torrent sites?
A large percentage of books I have on my Kindle would be down to this.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 09, 2011, 06:41:28 PM
Quote from: Archie Mitchell on December 09, 2011, 06:38:37 PM
Can you download the normal books i.e. the ones you pay for on Amazon, for free through torrent sites?
A large percentage of books I have on my Kindle would be down to this.
Details please!! Same way you download movies and the likes? What websites and what format do they come in?
Quote from: Archie Mitchell on December 09, 2011, 06:45:17 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 09, 2011, 06:41:28 PM
Quote from: Archie Mitchell on December 09, 2011, 06:38:37 PM
Can you download the normal books i.e. the ones you pay for on Amazon, for free through torrent sites?
A large percentage of books I have on my Kindle would be down to this.
Details please!! Same way you download movies and the likes? What websites and what format do they come in?
I loaded mine from a cd of torrent files. From what I remember it's very easy - connect the Kindle to computer via supplied USB cable and transfer downloaded files (PDF, txt, doc and lit files) by drag and drop into Kindle file structure.
Bollocks to buying one of them. HMV do cheap PC tablets for the same price. You can read, watch videos, listen to music and browse internet with em.
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=289;16;-1;-1;-1&sku=187928
Books are finished. The kindle and look alikes will do do books what napster and all that followed have done to CDs.
I suspect amazon have canibalized their original core market now unless they intend to set up a spotify for books . Pirate bay/ utorrent, calibre software from download.com and you have an online library ..just need to cut and paste downloads to device.
they can e-mail it. the challenge will be teaching then how to cut and paste,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000423913&tag=googhydr-21&hvadid=7117595286&ref=pd_sl_5taagv9eoy_b
Quote from: bcarrier on December 09, 2011, 09:33:14 PM
Books are finished. The kindle and look alikes will do do books what napster and all that followed have done to CDs.
I suspect amazon have canibalized their original core market now unless they intend to set up a spotify for books . Pirate bay/ utorrent, calibre software from download.com and you have an online library ..just need to cut and paste downloads to device.
Imagine (Books: The Last Chapter?) on BBC1 now is about that very topic.
Is it possible to read the local newspapers on the kindle?
Quote from: Armaghgeddon on December 17, 2011, 11:25:35 PM
Is it possible to read the local newspapers on the kindle?
Aye the Lurgan Mail is on it.
I got my kindle last christmas. To be honest I have only bought 3 books from amazon via the Kindle since and I have not bought any paperbacks.
I (probably like others who post on here) have a large ebook library which has been shared among internet users.
Before I got my kindle I would have bought 1 book every 2 or 3 weeks. Now it is a lot less.
I now still wait for the latest (Lee Child, Stephen King, Cormac McCarthy) book to be issued.
Has the literary world become part of the internet age where only new works generate revenue and anything older than 6 months has been shared to such an extent that it is no longer financialy viable to publish it.
Anyone bought a 3g kindle in the US? Any issues using the 3g in Ireland?
Quote from: thebigfella on December 20, 2011, 04:06:00 PM
Anyone bought a 3g kindle in the US? Any issues using the 3g in Ireland?
As far as I know it is essentially the same yoke is designed to travel so I would say it's fine. I bought the wi-fi only version in the States a couple of weeks ago and have registered it to an amazon.co.uk address.
There should be something covering your question here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/forum/kindle?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3IRFCNF3E5K2W&cdThread=Tx1JKR2FYLJPKJB (http://www.amazon.co.uk/forum/kindle?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3IRFCNF3E5K2W&cdThread=Tx1JKR2FYLJPKJB)
Have just bought my mother in law a kindle for Christmas. Is there anyway to get ebooks downloaded from torrent sites onto them or is it through the kindle itself?
I also have an iPad with the kindle app. Is it the same story with this?
Quote from: flantheman82 on December 20, 2011, 06:33:48 PM
Have just bought my mother in law a kindle for Christmas. Is there anyway to get ebooks downloaded from torrent sites onto them or is it through the kindle itself?
I also have an iPad with the kindle app. Is it the same story with this?
Through the Kindle bookstore. Most of
The Classics are free (as there is no longer any copy-write - I think) so if she was in to that sort of thing you could pre-load it with lots of books.
Quote from: muppet on December 20, 2011, 06:48:47 PM
Quote from: flantheman82 on December 20, 2011, 06:33:48 PM
Have just bought my mother in law a kindle for Christmas. Is there anyway to get ebooks downloaded from torrent sites onto them or is it through the kindle itself?
I also have an iPad with the kindle app. Is it the same story with this?
Through the Kindle bookstore. Most of The Classics are free (as there is no longer any copy-write - I think) so if she was in to that sort of thing you could pre-load it with lots of books.
That's the problem though. She's more into her celebrity autobiographies, more recent books. Not very computer literate so was wondering how hard it would be to set up an amazon account. Is it a one click purchase type of set up to buy the books?
Quote from: flantheman82 on December 20, 2011, 07:10:00 PM
Quote from: muppet on December 20, 2011, 06:48:47 PM
Quote from: flantheman82 on December 20, 2011, 06:33:48 PM
Have just bought my mother in law a kindle for Christmas. Is there anyway to get ebooks downloaded from torrent sites onto them or is it through the kindle itself?
I also have an iPad with the kindle app. Is it the same story with this?
Through the Kindle bookstore. Most of The Classics are free (as there is no longer any copy-write - I think) so if she was in to that sort of thing you could pre-load it with lots of books.
That's the problem though. She's more into her celebrity autobiographies, more recent books. Not very computer literate so was wondering how hard it would be to set up an amazon account. Is it a one click purchase type of set up to buy the books?
It still has a rapidly rising catalogue of books available in the bookstore. I use wifi and it downloads the books really quickly. The software is a little less intuitive than say iPad but for reading only it is far better. She will get the hang of it very quickly.
And yes you will need an Amazon account. But the books are cheaper as there are no publishing/printing/distribution costs.
the wife got me a kindle for Christmas and I have bought a few books from amazon already which downloaded easily.
However, is there another repository that I could purchase books from other than amazon - one that may be reasonable in book costs preferably...
TIA
Try mobilism.org, it's very reasonable - as reasonable as it gets.
thanks Billy
Quote from: camanchero on January 17, 2013, 03:18:00 PM
thanks Billy
You'll get books on torre ts too if that interests you ;)
thanks Tony,
I might have a look at that too !