Quote: keewik @ May 3 2013, 11:59 PM BST'Lone Wolf' - Jodi Picoult. Now I'm becoming an expert on wolves.
You're going to start feeding them left over sdpam as well?
Just finished a delicate truth by john le cards
One of those rare ones when I go hey I rasn out of book!
Quote: Lazzard @ May 7 2013, 2:55 PM BSTAs soon as you get into backlit you risk eyestrain IMHO.
You shouldn't read in the dark.
The basic £69 Kindle is brilliant ( I have a 3 with the keyboard but it's not really necessary) - not tried the Paper-white, it's meant to be even better, but you're into the back-lit thing again...
Battery life is brilliant - it only uses power when you turn the page.
Lasts about a fortnight for me - recharges off a plug in a few hours.
Of course the biggest advantage of Kindle is Amazon.
If you have wi-fi at home you can be lying in bed, finish a book and buy the next in the series and be reading it within 3 minutes.
Storage is huge - over 2000 non-illustrated books ( illustration are pretty hopeless, so don't bother).
I love mine - and I said I'd never get one....
Thanks for that. Yes, I'm not looking for Kindle Fire or any bells, whistles and colours. Just something to read books from that won't strain the eyes and has loooong battery life. An eink kindle it is then, perhaps. And keep the bedside lamp on.
I have recently downloaded a whole bunch (over 600) of ebooks, in various file formats: mostly epub, then mobi, then pdf, fb2, CHM. Looking at online specs, I see Kindle does not support epub, which seems odd. But presumably it just takes a click via an ebook program/app such as Calibre to convert an epub file into a mobi (Kindle friendly) without buggering up the formatting?
Also be curious to see how a simple kindle would cope with pdf scans of old books in Chinese characters. Need a bit of width or they'll be too compressed.
The Black House - Peter May. Makes me want to go back to Lewis.
Quote: Kenneth @ May 7 2013, 3:49 PM BSTThanks for that. Yes, I'm not looking for Kindle Fire or any bells, whistles and colours. Just something to read books from that won't strain the eyes and has loooong battery life. An eink kindle it is then, perhaps. And keep the bedside lamp on.
I have recently downloaded a whole bunch (over 600) of ebooks, in various file formats: mostly epub, then mobi, then pdf, fb2, CHM. Looking at online specs, I see Kindle does not support epub, which seems odd. But presumably it just takes a click via an ebook program/app such as Calibre to convert an epub file into a mobi (Kindle friendly) without buggering up the formatting?
Also be curious to see how a simple kindle would cope with pdf scans of old books in Chinese characters. Need a bit of width or they'll be too compressed.
My eyesight is appalling so I have my Kindle on the children's book setting, I find it a lot easier to read than standard print books
Quote: Pingl @ May 10 2013, 11:12 PM BSTMy eyesight is appalling so I have my Kindle on the children's book setting, I find it a lot easier to read than standard print books
My eight year old is dyslexic and he loves it on the 'big writing' as he calls it - it's really fired him up to read books.
Quote: Lazzard @ May 10 2013, 11:44 PM BSTMy eight year old is dyslexic and he loves it on the 'big writing' as he calls it - it's really fired him up to read books.
God I wish I could get my eleven year old to read anything except for magazines about Justin Bieber. I offered to get her a kindle, she was not enthusiastic.
ebooks aren't popular with kids. They prefer the feel of real books.
At least one age group has some integrity! 
Quote: zooo @ May 11 2013, 12:03 AM BSTebooks aren't popular with kids.
Reading full stop isn't popular with mine, she says books are well boring. I was told kids who see their parents read would do the same, mine just think my reading is some kind of illness I have.
Aw. 
Hopefully she'll get into them when she's a bit older.
Tell her Justin Bieber reads all the time. Or something.
Quote: zooo @ May 11 2013, 12:18 AM BSTTell her Justin Bieber reads all the time. Or something.
I'm banned from mentioning Justin Bieber in case I accidentally say something sarcastic and uncomplimentary 
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Quote: zooo @ May 11 2013, 12:03 AM BSTebooks aren't popular with kids. They prefer the feel of real books.
At least one age group has some integrity!
Kids get their reading habits from their parents.
We both have kindles, and the boys see us reading them a lot.
My older girls are less keen - but then they grew up seeing us read paperbacks etc.
How many times do I have to say this? Ebooks are the work of the Devil. 
Quote: keewik @ May 11 2013, 4:29 PM BSTHow many times do I have to say this? Ebooks are the work of the Devil.
Why?