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Post by marksamuels on Dec 13, 2010 17:14:21 GMT
With a real book, if you're reading something ultra-Vaultish on the tube or the bus, you can put people off sitting next to you when they see the nightmarishly mad cover and actually cause them to draw away in fear.
Can't do that with a kindle. Heh, heh.
Mark S.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Dec 13, 2010 18:11:04 GMT
before I give up "books" altogether and take up stunt guinea pig farming instead I think I might consider what I call "extreme sleeping" as an alternative activity if it came to that. But I already own more unread physical books than I could ever read in a lifetime, so unless they are planning to take those away from me I should be fine. |
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Post by lemming13 on Dec 14, 2010 10:20:36 GMT
Mark, it depends what you put on your Kindle cover - mine is personalised and seems to have a disturbing effect on the hoi polloi (on the other hand it appears to have a magnetic attraction for geeks like me, lol). John - I love an old fashioned gent. :DMy kindle hasn't needed an update at all, it only updates when I've acquired a new download. And there are no discs involved, only files which can be backed up in any format you choose. I'm creating my own Russian horror collection by slicing and dicing plain text files and then resaving them as Kindle books using the handy free software for Kindle publishing from Amazon. Oh, and the battery can be charged via usb, so I just plug it in while my pc is on anyway - like now. But anyway I also have more unread books than I could get through in a month of snow days, so I'm still covered even if it dies; and all my ebooks will be safely stored elsewhere, whatever becomes of my wicked little electrobook. But no, I don't read it in the bath; I never read in the bath. Always had a horror of losing precious bookies to the water (which you'll see was justified if you check the Wicker Man thread). And anyway my knees are not yet cyberised, so I don't get to do the bath thing any more, only the wretched chilly and uncomfortable bath board, which is not really suitable for reading on. Far from luxurious, it would be more like sitting on a park bench in a rainstorm in March, trying to read a book. But don't mind me, go on, flaunt your mobility...  |
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Post by Dr Strange on May 23, 2012 14:12:46 GMT
Just had to share this, from spoof online newspaper The Daily Mash -
Battery-powered book a surprise hit
A type of book with a battery has proved popular despite being pointless. The Kindle electronic book does essentially the same job as a book, except it looks shit and you sometimes have to plug it in. Despite this, the device has proved a huge success, mainly with menopausal women determined to maximise the amount of Lynne Truss they can consume in a day.
Technologist Nikki Hollis said: “Have you ever been reading a paperback book and thought, this is a nightmare, the design of it is awful, just doesn’t work at all?
“Exactly.
“Despite this someone took it upon themselves to create a book with a screen and buttons. Effectively mimicking the tedium of computer-based toil, but in your leisure time.
“Apparently it’s really convenient for going on holiday because you don’t have to carry lots of books. But unless you’re Brian Sewell, how many books are you really going to read on holiday? One and a half, max.
“Although with the electro-book you can strap it into a black leather carrying case so it looks like an S & M Gameboy, which is quite funny.
“Otherwise it’s like a proper book that got shot up by criminals and rebuilt as a soulless machine called robobook that is always sad and has lucid dreams about the halcyon days when it was made of paper.
“Still, it’s really caught on. Probably because of how much humans like to buy new things.”
Electro-book fan Emma Bradford said: “Thanks to this gadget I’ve been able to get rid of all those books that were cluttering up my house and making it look interesting.
“I’m really excited about the drab, unemotional future age we are entering.”
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Post by DemonSpawn on May 23, 2012 14:36:37 GMT
Hehe.
I have a Kindle, and I like it, but that was pretty funny, and I have to admit to little reduction in the number of paperbacks I am buying.
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