How to get used to E-readers?

[Morning]

Originally Posted by Ducky

At least one book I'd like to read costs money and I am extremely tight on that right now sadly.

Check out the Amazon Top 100 Free books. Classics, older books by authors with new books out, promos, and well, lots of other things. There is no charge to download them to the Kindle (I'm not sure about to the reader, but would expect it to be the same.)

I've found quite a lot of interesting works out there; you should try it.


Morning
likes the adjustable type, too.

[JoeBentley]

Yeah you could, theoretically, buy any major branded e-reader and have amass a massive collection of the classics and other public domain works for nothing.

[E. Q. Taft]

One friend I have uses his Kindle almost exclusively for free books, from Gutenberg Project and elsewhere. I have urged him to start a blog reviewing some of his finds - he's found some obscure authors from the late 1800's and early 1900's that he really likes, and I think it would be very useful for those overwhelmed by the selection of older stuff with no idea where to start, at least once you get past the big names.

I myself keep an eye on Amazon's Daily Deals, which offer titles for as low as 99 cents, as well as their monthly "100 Books for $3.99 or less." Found several good picks among these.

It took me a small amount of time to get used to my Kindle, but that was partly because I was already used to a smart phone, and my Kindle does not have a touch screen. Once I figured that out, no problem. I won't say I prefer reading on it to reading books, but it's certainly a lot easier to carry around, compared to a hardcover or a paperback with more than a few hundred pages....

[Sue]

Originally Posted by Ducky

At least one book I'd like to read costs money and I am extremely tight on that right now sadly.

Try your public library! I know ours has lots of great titles that are available for loan.

Originally Posted by Morning

You have been assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness has been added to ours.


Welcome to the collective!

any technological distinctiveness I have will be a sorry disappointment to the collective!

[thorny locust]

Originally Posted by Scout

I have the paperwhite, and have tried my Mum's original kindle. I much prefer the paperwhite, it doesn't create any of the eyestrain of reading on a computer (unlike the kindle fire, which I have also tried. I realise that the fire isn't really an e-reader, it's a tablet, but the kindle in the name confuses some people).

You can adjust how bright you want the light on the paperwhite, I usually have it turned very low, but if I'm finding it difficult to read in the conditions I can turn it up. .

Thanks, Scout.

The Fire's not an issue; I can't afford it. The question's between the paperwhite and the basic model. I spoke last night to a couple of people who didn't see much difference; but they're in their teens, and don't have my vision problems. I used to need much less light to read.

[Morning]

Thorny Locust, I have the standard, not paperwhite, Kindle. My vision isn't great due to extreme nearsightedness and glaucoma, but I haven't had any problems with reading on my Kindle that tilting the "page" toward a light source or increasing the font size a bit didn't help. I've also used a clip on light source in order to not bother a companion at night and that worked as well as it does on a physical book.