Which e-Book Reader Should You Buy? - Comments Page 2

Another great article. It never ceases to amaze me all of the different ways we use our toys. The past 8 months or so have found me on the road so I've had to depend on my toys (an old Kindle, an IPad mini, and an IPhone)to keep me entertained. I have discovered that I find the Kindle cumbersome now and not as handy as the two Apple products. I have the Kindle App on each of those. If my IPad mini had telephone capability, I would probably get rid of the IPhone. Thanks for the link to other relatively inexpensive ebooks.

Gave my Kindle keyboard to my adult kids and got this Kindle Fire HDX instead. Kindle app on my computer or phone is o.k. in a pinch, but only a real Kindle reads most books aloud (without paying extra for audible) so I can listen while driving and walking the dog (2-3 hours of my day) I mainly read non-fiction, so don't need an expressive actor gushing over the latest in teaching techniques or game theory.

Kindle Fire HD. I started with the original Kindle (second generation), broke it and moved on to the Kindle fire HD (1st generation) sunk it in a lake. I am now on me 3rd Kindle Fire HD.
I read about 2 to 3 books per week and have over a thousand in my library. Not all are on me current Kindle as I had no reason to download those I have already read once I got a new device. All of the books purchased for the Kindle from Amazon are stored on their servers, so I can access them at any time.

We have a NOOK HD+ - I love it! Great for reading, but also a tablet. We originally bought it as a more-versatile alternative to a portable DVD player for our daughter - we travel by car A LOT. As a paper-book lover, I never expected to enjoy reading on it as much as I do - and there is a never-ending selection of cheap-to-free books to download for it. Anything downloaded from B&N can be "shelved" to their cloud to free up space on the device without having to delete anything, and (in addition to the usual vast assortment of freebies) they have "Free Fridays" every week that feature one (usually, occasionally there will be an additional "bonus" selection) each of a book and an app; lately, they've also been offering an episode of a TV show. It is a fabulous way of carrying all the books you can read (and more!) when you travel. I'll be buying another.

The 7 inch Azpen tablets make great ereaders. THey are light with good battery life. They are available from 20$ to 80$ for decent lightweight readers. The Azpen 727 can be expanded with 32 gigs of memory. It also does a decent job with video. The App Moon Reader is a full featured app that reads almost every format - epub, mobi, cbr, cbz, and pdf.

You can read library books on a Nook too - I do it all the time. I have a Nook, an iPad, and an iPhone - I have read on all 3. I prefer the Nook, as the formatting is designed for books, where (even with Nook and Kindle software), the iPad is designed for other uses.

I bought an early Kindle for travelling. Much easier and lighter to carry a dozen books in a Kindle than in print. I was hooked by the time I came back from that first trip.

Subsequently I dropped it and replaced it with a Kindle paperwhite. The fact that it is possible to read without any illumination is a great bonus on a night flight when the flight attendants want the lights off "so people can sleep". I don't sleep on airplanes so if I can't read I get really grumpy and fidgety.

I also like the way Amazon keeps track of your purchases, when I replace my Kindle and registered it and deregistered the original, all my books were downloaded very quickly.

I have a Kindle touch (generaton before paperwhite)as well as an iPad, Antroid tablets, laptop and desktops. I still prefer the Kindle over any of the other devices for reading books.

The three main advantages are:
1. Readable in bright sunlight (eg. reading books on the beach which is my favourite pastime)
2. LONG battery life. An iPad or Kindle HD will not last more than 10 hours
3. Light when travelling. This is more an advantage compare to "real" books. When I go on holiday I have more than a hundred books with me in the hand luggage.

I liked this tweet from @garwboy:

'Last night my mate asked to use a USB port to charge his cigarette, but I was using it to charge my book.

The future is stupid.'

I get worried about privacy. I believe Amazon can track my book-reading habits on my Kindle. Do you know to what extent this is true? Do other companies do it too? Does going into aeroplane mode reduce the information-leakage - or just store it up until the next time I'm on wifi?

I read a lot. Have had three Kindles so far. PW now. Loved my Keyboard because I could organize the books better. Stored them all on my computer, too.

My problem is with the lack of "hands-on" instruction at Amazon. They are fine on the phone but I probably need to look someone in the eye. I would assume that I can do what I could do with the older one but cannot figure it out.

I charge every three or four days and I read 3-400 pages a day and have 2-3 books going at once.

I would buy a Fire but live in Canada and my government and yours cannot get that protocol settled.

To manage the books on your e-reader, install the free e-reader management "Calibre" program. Download books in any compatible format and use Calibre to 'Copy to Device,' it's great for non-store books.
I've two Kindle e-readers and two Kindle Fires, all good devices. The e-readers are naturally better for just reading; the Fires are full-blown color tablets.
For reading in the dark, the reverse video (white text on dark background) of the Kindle Fire is best for minimizing eye strain. Oddly, the 1st generation Fire is superior in this mode than the newest Fire HDX; the HDX uses grey, not black, for the background while reading books and documents. Somebody picked grey for esthetics, not readability. :-(