subject of E-book readers June 05, 2009, 12:24:58 pm Yahoo Message Number: 102984In a message dated 6/5/2009 9:06:11 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, writes:Folks, I know we're somewhat off-topic here, and I hope we're not boring anybody too much. But for many of us, books are a very important part of our lives. Ebook readers offer a way to travel with a large library that weighs nothing and takes up no space, so they are of tremendous interest to the heavy readers among us--including me. :-) Andy: I, for one, have NO PROBLEM with this off-topic subject. I was totally ignorant on ebooks. I need to catch up to technology. I'm a VERY avid reader, as was my brother who owned our Rosie before us. One of our overhead bins was totally devoted to his books! MY only problem is that G doesn't read for enjoyment and complains about the light.. HowEVER, it doesn't keep him from snoring.....LOL, LouAnne who still can't drive Rosie cuz we STILL can't figure out how to adjust the driver's seat!_http://www.flickr.com/photos/92367173@N00/_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92367173@N00/) (2005 to present pictures) _http://gettingtocrazy.blogspot.com/index.html_ (http://gettingtocrazy.blogspot.com/index.html) _http://community.webshots.com/user/lasassone_ (http://community.webshots.com/user/lasassone) (pre-Oct.2005 pictures) _http://lulusgirl.blogspot.com/index.html_ (http://lulusgirl.blogspot.com/index.html) (my recipe blog!)Mortgage rates dropped. Record lows. $200,000 for $1,029/mo Fixed. LendingTree® (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222627882x1201465404/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.lendingtree.com%2Fborrower%2Falliance%2Ffrom.a sp%3Fwhereto%3Dpromopagev3%26promo%3D00279%26loan%5Ftype%3D2%26source%3D2889 570%26esourceid%3D2889570%26800num%3D1%2D800%2D289%2D3915%26AdType%3D2)[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: subject of E-book readers Reply #1 – June 05, 2009, 12:47:05 pm Yahoo Message Number: 102986Quote But for many of us, books are a very important part of our lives. Ebook readers offer a way to travel with a large library that weighs nothing and takes up no space, so they are of tremendous interest to the heavy readers among us--including me. :-) Andy, We too are big readers. Steve got me Kindle 1 for Christmas and we both fell in love with it. Since sharing a Kindle is not really possible (only one person can read at a time!), Steve got a Kindle 2 when they came out. It is wonderful to travel with them. We used to bring heavy bags of books with us. Now we just have our Kindles that weigh a few ounces and take up very little space. They hold thousands of books. Kindle has Whisper Net so you can download books from Amazon anywhere you get a signal (we have never had a problem getting a signal, but you can check out the coverage areas.) If you can't get a signal or want to download from another site, just download to your computer and transfer to you Kindle via USB. If you are concerned about the cost of books ,(as we are), Amazon always has free books and there are lots of sites that have free books for download. To find out everything there is to know about everything Kindle you can go to the site Kindleboards.com. There is a ton of information and a great bunch of folks that will answer any question you might have. Happy Kindler....Connie
Re: subject of E-book readers Reply #2 – June 05, 2009, 12:59:39 pm Yahoo Message Number: 102988If you can't get a signal or want to download from another site, just download to your computer and transfer to you Kindle via USB. So this brings up another question: how big are these book files? I know it probably depends on the size of the book, but let's just talk about the "average" novel. How many can one download without going over the 5GB monthly limit of most wireless modems?Linda Hylton http://map.datastormusers.com/user1.cfm?user=1167 http://earl-linda.blogspot.com/
Re: subject of E-book readers Reply #3 – June 05, 2009, 01:11:25 pm Yahoo Message Number: 102989Quote So this brings up another question: how big are these book files? I know it probably depends on the size of the book, but let's just talk about the "average" novel. How many can one download without going over the 5GB monthly limit of most wireless modems? Linda, I can't answer that since I get Kindle's Whispernet delivery at home and everywhere else that I've tried it so far. If you're worried about going over your monthly modem limit, you'd only need to use the modem when in one of Sprint's "no service" zones... like the national parks, areas with huge BLM holdings (like Utah), and probably in the Rockies. But the answer to that worry would be to download enough books to get you through, via Whispernet, in advance of going into places like that. There's a service map on Amazon's web page. Did anybody mention that the Whispernet service is *free*? Even tho it uses Sprint's network, you don't pay anything for it beyond the one-time cost of the device and the books themselves. You don't have to be a Sprint subscriber. (We use Verizon.)Martha
Re: subject of E-book readers Reply #4 – June 05, 2009, 01:33:06 pm Yahoo Message Number: 102991Quote Did anybody mention that the Whispernet service is *free*? Even tho it uses Sprint's network, you don't pay anything for it beyond the one-time cost of the device and the books themselves. You don't have to be a Sprint subscriber. (We use Verizon.)Martha That's right, it is free. It also allows you very basic internet access free. Steve uses it to check up on ESPN sports, weather and stuff like that. I also can't comment on the size of books. I have downloaded them to my home computer from authors sites and publishing sites. I also have not used the USB. I mail them to my Kindle through Amazon. They convert PDF and other files and send right to you Kindle for you. I am sure if you asked the question of file size on the Kindleboards.com site someone there would have the answer, they are very tech savy. I am not, LOL. Connie
Re: subject of E-book readers Reply #5 – June 05, 2009, 04:20:12 pm Yahoo Message Number: 102998"how big are these book files?" I have several thousand books stored in RTF (Rich Text) format; an average novel is from 400K to 700K in length. I'd expect Amazon's books to be comparable in size. My ebooks are text-only files; illustrations would push the size up, of course. Still, even if they were a megabyte apiece, you could download a hundred books--more than most folks could read in a month--and only use up 2% of your 5 GB bandwidth. And as others have pointed out, when you download from Amazon using their "WhisperNet" Sprint connection, there is *no* bandwidth limit, and of course no monthly charge. :-)Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels/
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