BTW, a useful fact for those just getting into this: If you’re reading kindle books, Amazon lets you have a large number of clients, over 10. So if you trust your family enough to share your Amazon password, the buying/using unit for a book is, effectively, the household, which is as it should be. -T
On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Charles Haynes <[email protected]>wrote: > I convert all my books to ePub format and host them on a Linode instance so > that I have them all anywhere I have internet connectivity. Given our > peripatetic lifestyle it's a convenient way to access our library (though > honestly the whole library fits on on 16gb micro-sd card) > > -- Charles > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Mahesh Murthy <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > I stated on the Kindle but then found much lower prices on Google Play > > Newsstand - and magazines too in full living color. > > > > I've subscribed to several magazines on there of late - and have begun > > enjoying being notified if new issues being automatically downloaded. > > On 29-Dec-2013 9:37 pm, "Ingrid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 30 December 2013 10:39, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > So I got myself a Kindle. And whether it is the novelty or the > > > > device-specific aspects (doesn't need ambient light, sufficiently > > > > booklike that one can read sprawled in bed, etc) - I have consumed 3 > > > > books in 3 days, more than in the preceding 3 months. > > > > > > > > So - have you folks noticed your reading habits change with the means > > > > of reading? Is this a special case of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis [1]? > > > > > > > > Udhay > > > > > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir_Whorf > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > > > > > > > > > The only significant impact of e-books on my reading has been a lighter > > > load while travelling. I still prefer dead-tree versions wherever > > possible. > > > > > > Ingrid Srinath > > > @ingridsrinath > > > > > >
