Comments on: The Future of the Book – Part 2

By: My Experience at BEA and How I Won a Kindle | Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin'?

My Experience at BEA and How I Won a Kindle | Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin'? — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:41:05 +0000

[...] A KINDLE, I’ve since changed my mind (long before this drawing happened!) and must admit that Chartroose was right and I was wrong. *blech ech gag* (that was me eating my words…they don’t taste too [...]

By: chartroose

chartroose — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:19:24 +0000

Jeane –
I thought glare would be a problem too, but it really isn’t. The screen is non-glare and neutral colored, so it’s easy on the eyes. If I make the font large enough, I can sometimes read the Kindle without my glasses, which is amazing because I have terrible vision. This has to be in the morning when my eyes aren’t tired, though.

By: jeane

jeane — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:05:29 +0000

So far my dislike of the idea of Kindle has been purely emotional. You’ve made me reconsider! But there is one thing I don’t know how to get around: reading text on a screen always ends up giving me a headache. Print on paper doesn’t. If they can make electronic reading devices that don’t emit light and give me headaches, I’ll probably end up using them!

By: chartroose

chartroose — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:50:36 +0000

Thank you Juli! I’ll be checking out your site too.

By: Juli (Can I Borrow Your Book?)

Juli (Can I Borrow Your Book?) — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:12:59 +0000

Stopping by your blog from weekly geeks! I had never heard of a Kindle until now! Wow! I’m off to learn more about it after I visit a few more blogs. To me it sounds really awesome.

By: rebeccareid

rebeccareid — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:56:11 +0000

I sometimes download etexts from project gutenberg and use them on my handheld device–but I think the kindle seems limiting with the digital rights. I haven’t tried it though. I agree with you Chartroose–the words should be the most important thing. I ended up reading East of Eden electronically and the words were so powerful, it didn’t matter to me what format I was reading them!

By: chartroose

chartroose — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:10:15 +0000

Lisa –

I don’t think you can, which is one of the pitfalls. I also think your purchases are erased after 10 years or so.

By: lisamm

lisamm — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:03:28 +0000

I have a Kindle question.. not sure if you’ll know the answer.. but once you buy a book electronically, can you lend it to a friend if they also have a Kindle, the way you can lend paper books?

By: chartroose

chartroose — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:23:42 +0000

Thanks, Natasha! I’m really worried about our decline in literacy. Maybe e-books could help with this somewhat because kids like to fool around with electronics. It certainly can’t hurt!

I just checked out your blog. It’s really neat! I’m adding you to my blogroll and bloglines feed.

By: I Must Be Missing Something About the Kindle « Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’?

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:51:39 +0000

[...] to add: Here is the link to Chartroose’s rebuttal to my post and the comments therein. She’s right: my reasoning (and most of the comments) are [...]