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Buying one of those Amazon kindle things on the way home, I've been meaning to for ages and have just decided that today is the day 
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HomerTheGreat wrote: Buying one of those Amazon kindle things on the way home,
Don't you but them from amazon.com?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Or Tesco 
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I love mine to death. I had one of the first generation ones that I ordered the day they announced them. Currently I have a paperwhite (with the free 3g.)
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Despite the name, they don't burn very well.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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There's an app[^] for that!
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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Will Rogers never met me.
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I haven't read a paper book since I got my tablet - and it'd be the same with a Kindle (except the kindle battery lasts longer, but the Nexus 7 does more than "just" books).
I wouldn't be without it!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I thought my objection to e-Books was just me getting old, but you've proven me wrong! 
Anything that gives the distributor the power to prevent me from reading a book that I've purchased, prevent me from lending a book to someone else, or prevent me from leaving my book collection to someone when I die, is a Very Bad Thing, and should be discouraged at all costs.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Bl@@dy cheek! 
Ah, the great DRM debate: "Let's treat all our paying customers as criminals, and not actually inconvenience the real pirates much at all..."
A very poor attitude the publishers have, I agree.
But...just being able to carry a hundred books with you all the time is so much better than trying to lug a dozen anywhere!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: But...just being able to carry a hundred books with you all the time is so much better than trying to lug a dozen anywhere!
How often do you go on a holiday that's long enough to get through a dozen books, let alone a hundred? 
Depending on the size of the books, and assuming I'm not going to be spending all day reading, three or four will see me through most holidays.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I can read a paperback in a couple of hours, but I generally have 4 or 5 fiction books on the go at a time, so I carry more than I can read in case I don't feel like "reading that" at the moment.
But being able to carry technical PDF stuff, the manuals for all my kit - ah! That's handy!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: being able to carry a hundred books with you
I generally do "remove from device" when I finish a book. Lightens it up considerably. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I just shrink the font size: has the same effect!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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You can use one of the thinner fonts, too, for additional savings.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Richard Deeming wrote: or prevent me from leaving my book collection my hoard of books to someone when I die, is a Very Bad Thing, and should be discouraged at all costs.
Do you think anyone really wants all of your old programming books?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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But that only accounts for one shelf of one bookcase! The rest is filled with sci-fi, horror, Terry Pratchett, Robert Rankin, and Douglas Adams.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Calibre has an add in that removes almost all DRM. So I have a library of ebooks that I store on dropbox via Calibre and access on android and a fondle slab, my kids and a number of fellow SF freaks have access to the library, where's the problem.
I simply purchase and download the books, drag the file into Calibre, it cleans it, converts to epub if required and stores it in dropbox, bloody simple and easy and the DRM people can shove where the sun don't shine.
Now if only I could purchase any book I wanted without geo restrictions, I have not bothered to circumvent that as it is not too dramatic an inconvenience.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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i just started with my Paperwhite a couple of months ago. i was full of trepidation and fear, until i started using it. but it was immediately pretty much perfect.
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I started with a Nook Simple Touch. Worked fine and had great battery life but the lack of a back light and no apps drove me to a tablet (iPad Air). Haven't touched the Nook since I first powered on the tablet. 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Even the fire's have pretty good battery life(kill the brightness a bit and turn on airplane mode). Beats having to move the massive programming books around, cheaper too.
I do kinda miss having paper backs for fiction, but I'm out of shelf space for them anyway.
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I've had one for around five years and it's fantastic when I have to travel.
As far as I am concerned it is as readable as a paperback.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Gin lovers of the world rejoice as World Gin Day returns for its sixth year on Saturday 14 June 2014!!
World Gin Day is a celebration of all things gin, giving us a legitimate excuse (not that we need one) to mix up a cocktail and learn about all of the exceptional gins that are currently on the market.
Wow! That's the weekend sorted.
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I cry fowl(pun intended, although I don't know why - that Alzheimers kickinng in again) what of World Tequila day or World Bourbon Day or ...?
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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Every day is Tequila day!
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