MrChupacabra Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 as long as you're reading mccarthy's ridiculously huge vocabulary i recommend hopping right into SUTTREE. its my favorite piece of his, but the first 20 or so pages are harder than anything i've ever read, but the work was absolutely worth it. Done and done. I've been reading on a Kindle and really need to slow myself down and start using the word lookup function more often. At least when I'm reading McCarthy. I generally consider myself to be relatively intelligent, but there were portions of Blood Meridian where the vocabulary made me feel very, very retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 that is the one real selling point of kindle for me, i usually make a list of words that i check when i'm done with the book unless i absolutely can't figure it out from context, but if its too good of a read i just keep going thinking i'll come back to a word and never do. maybe someday i'll get one, i don't like the feel of a kindle enough to commit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I got a cover for mine, that i fold back and its right around the same weight and feel of a medium sized paperback. It also has a little LED light that pulls out of the back of the cover and runs off the kindle battery. edit: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 can you dog ear pages or something like it? and also how big is the pirate ebook world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREIGHTYONE Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Can you look at porn on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Yeah, you can bookmark or notate along the way and refer back to it, or look at all your bookmarks/notes at once. And to be honest, i have no idea about the pirate ebook world. I've just been buying books from amazon, since it's so goddamn easy. Edit: there are new models coming out in a few weeks too. Touch screen and the general lowering of prices on everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREIGHTYONE Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 This was a good, quick sci-fi/post apocalyptic trilogy that i recently read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Edit: there are new models coming out in a few weeks too. Touch screen and the general lowering of prices on everything. Kindle Fire is $199...seen an ad for it today. heres some comparisons of different ereaders: http://ebook-reader-review.toptenreviews.com/ if youre able to use pdf on your ereader (which is pretty much all of them), you can download certain books for free on sites like ebookee.org or manybooks.net...or google the pdf's of certain books (I have found about a good 15 books ive been looking for by doing this) and use the pdf's on your ereader. i don't really annotate books (unless its a textbook for school), but the first time i used a kindle, i really liked the word look-up feature. but, its still cheaper for me to go to the thrift store and buy the paperback version of the book, so thats what im sticking to. the public library here in my city let's you actually check out kindles with the books programmed into them (each library has about 4 or 5, each programmed with a specific genre)...so if youre city has a similar program, you can check out the kindle for a couple of weeks to try it before you buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rail junkie Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Sometimes a Great Notion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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iloveboxcars Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 almost all books you want to read are in pdf form and free if you know where to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grd Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Currently reading this, new to Will Self, his style of writing is different to say the least. Half-way through, overall a good book. Will Self is a great writer, he's just great in general really. I'd highly recommend Great Apes. currently... It was REALLY hyped and while it's an interesting read I'm not sure it's living up to it all. oh and demonoid has a grip of books, I have all of Adams' stuff on my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qawee Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 can you dog ear pages or something like it? and also how big is the pirate ebook world? not sure but i believe you can set bookmarks. pirate ebook world is big man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Got myself a Pandigital Novel Shit is way nicer than Kindles. Color screen. Built in backlighting. Surf the pornternet. Bookmarking and I get books on the lo lo. Free lo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 hunger games trilogy wasn't bad. pretty harsh for a teen book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 the pirate ebook world is indeed big. i belong to a site specifically for ebooks/audiobooks/pdf books and it currently has 43350 torrents available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 To be honest, no backlighting was a bit of a concern for me at first, but I'm very happy it isn't. I'm on a computer all day at work and a computer 90% of the time I'm at home. No backlight gives my eyes a bit of a break. And not having easy internet access makes me less likely to get sidetracked when I actually sit down to read. Anyways, enough Kindle fanboying, because that wasn't my intention. I've been meaning to start Suttree, but after your description of the first 20 pages, I need to wait for a better time than my lunch break to jump into it. Hopefully I find some time this weekend to pull myself away from the computer and world series baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T4M* Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suca Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 so glad ive never ever touched an "e-book" in my life. real books FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 actually really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 i love my kindle i would not have purchased it, it was a gift but being able to carry my entire music library and a massive book selection on vacation with me was simply unbeatable. we don't check bags and do a lot of walking, so the space even one paperback takes up can seem like too much when i know there's a good chance i'll finish it before the trip is even over. they probably won't ever replace cookbooks for me, or coffee table books, but they serve an amazing purpose. porpoise. and anyone who isn't into them can continue to go to bookstores and swap books and pay money for them i will add them to the list of shit i no longer pay for ILB maybe i'lll check that one out. looks cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suca Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 i can see how it might be nice for travel, however this summer i took one backpack across europe for 5 weeks walking countless miles and collected 8 paperbacks by the end. well worth it. what does one even need when traveling really? a change of clothes and some soap and a camera? cant think of anything better to fill the extra space with than books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kluse-One Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Im currenly reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, fucking legend of a book it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blankxpression. Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Needed a break from Ulysses so read this today.. And started.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NightmareOnElmStreet Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 fucking left my 1984 book on the plane last week. 10 pages left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 inside the third reich. memoirs by albert speer pretty good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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