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ha! I'd like one that just sync's with my Amazon cloud account and just updates with what ever is on that. Then some simple ipod type wheel to page and make changes, simple stuff. The keypad makes me want to buy a book.

In the kingdom of the wrong bodied the wrong faced man is king.

So when you change the text size, does it recalculate the entire book? It'd have to, I suspect.
The Kindle, as said, doesn't really do pages. This is most obvious when you get to the end of a chapter and there is only the last bit of the chapter on the screen. Hit 'next page' and you'll get the start of the next chapter. Hit 'prev page' and you'll get a whole screen of text, with the little bit of text that was a the top now at the bottom.

That's pretty much how the Sony works, with chapters and whatnot. I have spoiled my experience somewhat by using mainly downloaded files, mostly not optimised for the device.

There should be a references button, and when you press each paragraph gets a number placed in front of it. So references can easily be given as chapter 4, paragraph 14.

Do they have pre-defined locations? The above two posts got me wondering if a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' type thing would be possible.

From metafilter yesterday:



(Ignore the over the top and harsh criticism of the free mobile internet)

I havent seen this posted before "Black Library" Friday Free Books - mainly warhammer based :

http://www.blacklibrary.com/Getting-Sta ... loads.html

I posted it in the nerdlinger thread, but I can see why that would be overlooked

I'm more interested in knowing when they'll let me buy their fucking books, forget giving out selected ones I've already read for free.

Kindle is getting a clone of Nook's "lend books to friends" functionality, by the way.

But with the option for publishers to say "but not on my books you don't!".

Pretty sure Nook has that too, though. It's a shame but it's not unexpected on a platform that allows the publishers to also opt out of autogenerated audiobook readings.

Yeah, I can't say I'm surprised that they're throwing the publishers a bone on that one.

Ooh, free books. Is .epub or .mobi best for the Kindle?

.mobi. Kindle doesn't support ePub.

Oh FFS, I've converted from sony reader format, to ePub format for the iPad and now i'm going to have to convert again for the Kindle?

joy.

Yup.

Calibre is your friend : http://calibre-ebook.com/

Hardly a friend, more a person I have to tolerate coming round everytime I move house...

Is there a cheap ebook reader that's not shit and does all the formats? I've got 2500 sci-fi books here in epub I think it is format that I'd like to read but I'm not buying one of these machines until it does the lot and/or you can stick the codec you need on them in future.

The best for format support is the Sony, I think.

But to be honest, you can pretty easily set Calibre to just churn through your library for a bit and convert the lot. I wouldn't use format as your prime motivator, unless you're doing a lot of reading across different devices.

Yeah, a PC.

I'm using Aldiko on my HTC Desire at the moment but I can do about a chapter a night before my eyes give in.

Fuck you, Stephen King, and fuck your publisher too.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Tower-I-Gu ... gital-text

!!!!!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003 ... s-os-doi_0

Kindle eBook: £17.99
Paperback: £4.99

Is it possible to "legally buy" ebooks for these readers then?

Oh, goodness yes. There's a highly variable quality factor though - if a book is never released as an eBook at all, most of what you find is OCRd self-scans.

I bought that for $8.26 on 29th April. Part II was $11.74 and part III the same.

This is also true of stuff you buy on Kindle, of course. You still can't buy jPod for Kindle because of me.

True - but yarred stuff has a much worse hit rate.

I can "lend" them to you when they make that possible, Cras.

I'd be surprised if the 'Agency model' publishers, such as the above example, don't opt out of the lending functionality.

Eh? I get Kindle price as £4.49

Oh yeah! They must have seen this thread.

Yeah, that's changed in the last couple of hours. The other link (Dark Tower Book 1) hasn't though - still twice the price of the paperback.

But why get that when you can get alternate (More expensive) Vampire book "The Hunger"

It features Bratwursts and everything.

FeeX.

Hahahah!

In other news, I've just got the Stephen King book* UR. It's about a man that has a Kindle.

*It's the first thing Kindle has suggested that I buy that wasn't "The Girl With The dragon Tattoo".

Ooooh.

Yeah, interesting one that. I saw an estimate somewhere that 60% of top-selling authors had contracts with publishers that didn't cover rights to digital works.

Is this good for people like me who want cheap books? I'd guess so.

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In other news, I'm quite liking my kindle so far. Although I feel the need for a forward button to counter accidental presses of back losing my place in a book

So, I finally have a Kindle! Turns out Jen read this thread to see if I wanted one
I've not bought myself a book for ages which is a situation I'd very much like to change as I used to read tons. Has anyone got good recommendations? I like sci-fi, fantasy and enjoy a good series. I have so far bought 'the Painted Man'.

oddly enough. Except the Painted Man.

Also are there any other clever tricks it can do? Already painfully replied to an email with it

100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. is my favourite book. Pure, wonderful fantasy realism

I'd also recommend Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. It's a novel about English magic, set mostly in London (though the action travels to other parts of the UK, Spain, Italy, and other places entirely) around the time of the Napoleonic war.

It's almost like an alternative history of Britain if there were 'still' practising magicians in the country. It's a fantasy, but also an interesting historic novel, if you can be accepting of the alternative.

Arthur & George is another great book. It's about the lives of two men - Arthur Conan Doyle and George Edaligi, and how their lives cross and influence each other. Arthur Conan Doyle you know, but George is a vicar's son of Indian descent accused of crimes and sent away to prison. Arthur picks up the investigation...

Completely unrelated to what you asked for, here's the one I was on about the other night. It's funny/sad & can be a bit ranty but then it's mostly from his blog & it's free anyway.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Sweat-Tea ... 73-3051541

Has Jen been buying Kindles for everyone?

Except me

What did she buy for you?

Oh, yes, don't forget that there are loads of free books available for the Kindle from Amazon, especially classic works.