benjoshua wrote:I realize this topic is really going away from D&D, but my wife's birthday is coming up, she loves to read, and she runs out of books pretty fast, so an e-Reader makes sense as a gift. She often reads right before she goes to sleep and has to leave the lights on as I fade into oblivion so a back-lit screen would be nice. She has a blackberry she loves, so she doesn't need the expanded features of the iPad. She likes murder mysteries and other novels without pictures. Given all that, which product would most of you suggest?
JasonZavoda wrote:I've heard of it but haven't tried it yet. Not sure how it can be downloaded to the kindle. I believe Amazon charges for outside pdfs and text to go from your computer to their service to the kindle, but I am not sure.
FoulFoot wrote:You can connect the Kindle to your computer and upload any .pdf you like, for free of course. .pdf's don't work as well as eBooks, though, unless they're specially authored for eReaders.... you may find that you have to zoom into the page to read it, and then drag the screen around in order to read the whole page. Very cumbersome.
benjoshua wrote:my wife's birthday is coming up, she loves to read, and she runs out of books pretty fast, so an e-Reader makes sense as a gift. She often reads right before she goes to sleep and has to leave the lights on as I fade into oblivion so a back-lit screen would be nice. She has a blackberry she loves, so she doesn't need the expanded features of the iPad. She likes murder mysteries and other novels without pictures. Given all that, which product would most of you suggest?
benjoshua wrote:After researching about an hour primarily on Amazon, the Kindle 3G is apparently what I want for my situation. The Kindle is not back-lit because that apparently causes other problems:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technol ... sleep.htmlTherefore, in order to read at night you have to get a little attachable reading lamp which is what you have to use for a book anyway. The pessimist in me can't help but wonder if Kindle is promoting this to justify not providing this feature.The thing that surprised me the most was that apparently a Kindle can go about three weeks in between charges. The worst thing about the Kindle in my opinion is that you can not replace the battery yourself. It has to be shipped off to Amazon for replacement. However, batteries last about three years, and by that time, you are likely to just get the newest machine.I'll give this thread a few more days to hear additional feedback. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.
benjoshua wrote:After researching about an hour primarily on Amazon, the Kindle 3G is apparently what I want for my situation. The Kindle is not back-lit because that apparently causes other problems:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technol ... sleep.htmlTherefore, in order to read at night you have to get a little attachable reading lamp which is what you have to use for a book anyway. The pessimist in me can't help but wonder if Kindle is promoting this to justify not providing this feature.The thing that surprised me the most was that apparently a Kindle can go about three weeks in between charges. The worst thing about the Kindle in my opinion is that you cannot replace the battery yourself. It has to be shipped off to Amazon for replacement. However, batteries last about three years, and by that time, you are likely to just get the newest machine.I'll give this thread a few more days to hear additional feedback. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.
benjoshua wrote:Kindle 3 without 3G bought! Thanks for the advice and inspiring the idea. Now I just have to wait for the delivery. Her birthday isn't until the 19th, so I should be O.K.
bbarsh wrote:Is there a particular brand that is better than another.
Badmike wrote:Something to think about:http://gizmodo.com/#!5793334/when-you-cancel-your-magazine-subscription-on-your-kindle-your-back-issues-disappear-tooalso, wasn't it just awhile back Kindle users were in an uproar because Amazon was removing books from user's Kindles?Oh yeh this was it:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/techn ... mazon.htmlMike B.
