Chucky Mama Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 oooh thanks for the tip off It does make me smile though how they charge 1/2 price on the price of a hardback book. It is an electronic download, how can they justify charging so much, they should base prices around the price of paperbacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 So far so good - the reader has arrived, and I've transferred some books using the software without any problems. Can't wait to get reading now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I really fancied a Kindle but they do not deliver to Singapore and you cannot by the books for it either here Am going to do some homework as books are REALLY expensive here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggregiousness Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I have a KIndle which I love. I have read so much more since I've had it. The iPad looks as though it would provide a great reading experience except that it is really heavy compared to the Kindle and much too big to carry comfortably in my handbag. Also the battery life is about 1/20th of the Kindle's. I also have an iphone which I read on at work during breaks (I need something that can sit u"Ooops, word censored!"trusively in my uniform pocket). I can read happily on the iphone for about half an hour (the length of my break) before the tiny screen size starts to annoy me. I can read all my Amazon books on my iphone using the Kindle App (free). Stanza (also owned by Amazon) is my favourite reading software for iphone so I convert all my non-Amazon books to epub for reading on the iphone. I have thousands of ebooks - mostly free ones I've downloaded from Mobileread.com - public domain classics. I can read them all on my Kindle. I'm happy with my Kindle. I will only give it up when Amazon brings out one with an e-ink colour screen. I know colour is not necessary for reading but I love all my pretty covers (sad I know)! Also, I use the dictionary function a lot and I wish it were not quite as clunky to navigate but I can put up with that! Amazon have the biggest stock of ebooks and that is a deal-breaker for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Stanza (also owned by Amazon) is my favourite reading software for iphone so I convert all my non-Amazon books to epub for reading on the iphone. Is that easy to do to convert books to epub? I am not great with computers I use Stanza for my iPhone but find that I cannot get all the books I want on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggregiousness Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 It's very easy. Just nownload Calibre to your pc (free). It is an amazing piece of software. I use it to organise my 6500plus books. It will convert virtually any ebook format to any other for you. The only thing I have found is that I need to change .doc files to .txt files using Microsoft Word first - but I don't often find ebooks in that format anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 I use Calibre as my Sony software wont work on my laptop, is it great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Thank you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Just downloaded it, looks very cool Just need to work out how to use it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggregiousness Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Run the Welcome Wizard - it will help a lot. Once you have all your books showing in Calibre just click on the one you want to convert, click the "Convert" button and choose the format you want. If it's for your iphone you need epub. If any of your books have Digital Rights Management encoding (which books purchased via Sony, Waterstones etc probably do) you may not be able to read them on your iphone whatever format they are. The only DRM books I have are from Amazon and I have to read them on my Kindle iphone app which I don't like as much as Stanza - it works fine however. I only have about 50 Amazon books, the rest are DRM-free. I'm not sure how you would go about reading DRM books from Sony, Waterstones etc on your iphone - maybe they have an iphone app as well. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Just ordered myself a Kindle. Naturally I will need to hide it from him indoors for a bit,then when he notices say, oh this old thing I don't have an iphone (yet ), so am I locked to ordering from Amazon (not a problem) or can i get cheaper or free editions elsewhere & convert them somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Its here,its here Its really lovely - feels great in your hand & is a nice weight. Off to do some book shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Thanks to this thread I got my Sony out and dowloaded some books for my Austria trip, Waterstones are having a bit of a sale on e-books at the mo, worth a look. It took me ages to remember how to get the files into the reader! Its just click and drag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 heyho I don't know whether or not anyone else has checked this but it took me ages and ages to think about it. Ebay has huge amounts of ebooks on disk. Really quite cheaply. Some of them are really cruddy but there is some really good stuff on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 I'm getting on really well with my Sony reader. I now have over 100 books on there and it is absolutely brilliant when going away. I'm glad I went with Sony although I don't think it looks as good as the Kindle, because you can get books from so many different sources, whereas with Kindle you are restricted to the US Amazon site. It has already saved a huge amount of shelf-space in our house and it is nowhere near full yet. The iPad looks potentially interesting too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 I think that if you have that Calibre thing,you can convert books from other sites to use with the Kindle Not 100% on this though - mine only arrived this week & I am still playing with it! Must say that I was disappointed that my favourite ever book 'The Red Tent' is only available on Kindle to US readers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
