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I’ve been looking into them because a guy in one of my classes uses one and I have ereader envy.
I feel like the features on them really do not vary much, but the big thing I noticed was the DRM seems pretty *edited*ed. Are there any ereaders that allow you to a) load books you actually own or
don’t taunt you with the idea that you own the ebook but really you don’t?I already know that I probably won’t be too happy with the answers to that based on the hour I spent looking at these suckers, but any input is still appreciated.
MasterP said:
I used the Nintendo DS. Reads PDFs like a charm.
that is a terrible suggestion for an e-reader lol.
My mother in law has the kindle and I admit it is really nice. I think with most ereaders it will allow you to load PDFs on no problem. You just cant take off any of them you buy from an online marketplace i.e. amazon, barnes and noble etc.
dare i say ipad? (although it isn’t just a ereader)
but still beautiful screen, beautiful color, and if you get bored reading you can switch to one of the cool games. that is if you have 500 dollars to waste. then again, might as well get a badass netbook with a 234262341234 more uses.
I’m going to have to agree with the OP on this though, if you get an ereader that’s based on a book purchase system you never REALLY own any of the books you buy.
It’s almost like buying Bioshock, you own it until the developer has determined that you’ve installed it too many times then you have to buy another copy.
MasterP said:
I’m going to have to agree with the OP on this though, if you get an ereader that’s based on a book purchase system you never REALLY own any of the books you buy.
It’s almost like buying Bioshock, you own it until the developer has determined that you’ve installed it too many times then you have to buy another copy.
Basically.
I was checking pirate bay and they seem to have a decent selection of books, but funny thing I read in the legal agreement. If misused, they will just repossess your ereader. It’s almost like you are leasing the ereader. The parameters of what “misused” is is very vague. And with Kindle and Nook, you can ONLY use the wifi to download and search for other books.
The more I read about them the less I like them. The premise of them is so nice. I would love to condense my entire bookcase down to a small tablet, but the fact that I own my books, can photocopy them and move them around and lend them out still give them superiority over ereaders.
MajorMajorMajor said:
MasterP said:
I’m going to have to agree with the OP on this though, if you get an ereader that’s based on a book purchase system you never REALLY own any of the books you buy.
It’s almost like buying Bioshock, you own it until the developer has determined that you’ve installed it too many times then you have to buy another copy.
Basically.
I was checking pirate bay and they seem to have a decent selection of books, but funny thing I read in the legal agreement. If misused, they will just repossess your ereader. It’s almost like you are leasing the ereader. The parameters of what “misused” is is very vague. And with Kindle and Nook, you can ONLY use the wifi to download and search for other books.
The more I read about them the less I like them. The premise of them is so nice. I would love to condense my entire bookcase down to a small tablet, but the fact that I own my books, can photocopy them and move them around and lend them out still give them superiority over ereaders.
I imagine they are afraid of what the internet has done to the music industry, in the sense that, people can download and share music for free and it cost the industry a ridiculously large amount of money. Corporate America is just evolving (or you could say adjusting) and trying to prevent another catastrophe.
NuRayZ said:
MajorMajorMajor said:
MasterP said:
I’m going to have to agree with the OP on this though, if you get an ereader that’s based on a book purchase system you never REALLY own any of the books you buy.
It’s almost like buying Bioshock, you own it until the developer has determined that you’ve installed it too many times then you have to buy another copy.
Basically.
I was checking pirate bay and they seem to have a decent selection of books, but funny thing I read in the legal agreement. If misused, they will just repossess your ereader. It’s almost like you are leasing the ereader. The parameters of what “misused” is is very vague. And with Kindle and Nook, you can ONLY use the wifi to download and search for other books.
The more I read about them the less I like them. The premise of them is so nice. I would love to condense my entire bookcase down to a small tablet, but the fact that I own my books, can photocopy them and move them around and lend them out still give them superiority over ereaders.
I imagine they are afraid of what the internet has done to the music industry, in the sense that, people can download and share music for free and it cost the industry a ridiculously large amount of money. Corporate America is just evolving (or you could say adjusting) and trying to prevent another catastrophe.
Information should be free to use in any manner once you pay for it.
But I still understand what your saying. It just makes me facepalm.
A glimmer of hope.
I stumbled across FBReader, a linux free application that works with most ebook formats. Couple of upsides, I could add any book regardless of company or format, but I would either have to download them illegally or purchase them and find a way to break the security on the file for viewing.
I would also have to find an ereader that I could put a functioning version of linux on.
I’m not sure if avoiding DRM is worth that trouble yet.
I really have been looking for an ereader service that varies from the you buy it, we own it bull*edited*. I would pay a monthly fee if it meant I could access any book at anytime. Even if the fee was really high. I do enough reading from textbooks to reading for research (gg history) that I would pay for it. Yea I wouldn’t own the book, but I would have the ability to see ANY book ANY time. I think that is worth the trade off.
meh wishful thinking.
I was gonna get the kindle my brother has one and he likes it but I changed my mind and decided to probably get an ipad instead.
I wouldnt get an ipad for ereader purposes. Since it uses a normal LCD, it is going to have the same readability problems associated with any PC/laptop, mainly increased eye strain. Simply put it is more of a strain on your eyes to look at a backlit screen like that for long periods of time than a screen like the kindle/nook, which has much more of a paper look.
Plus I would rather chop off my hand than give any money to apple.
Nickname said:
I wouldnt get an ipad for ereader purposes. Since it uses a normal LCD, it is going to have the same readability problems associated with any PC/laptop, mainly increased eye strain. Simply put it is more of a strain on your eyes to look at a backlit screen like that for long periods of time than a screen like the kindle/nook, which has much more of a paper look.
Plus I would rather chop off my hand than give any money to apple.
I tend to agree with that entire statement. I was looking at the iPad, but it seems to bright to use as a reader.
I also want to avoid ereaders that are bloated with features. I understand wifi and browser to buy books, pdf reader, and thats about it. I do not want games, video player, music, or anything else on it. Ereaders today seem to think they can be MULTI-TOOLED or something. I do not want to use the reader to play bejeweled or listen to ac/dc. Its a *edited*ing READER. i want to READ.
So yeah got an ipad and its actually really useful as an ereader I use it every night for at least an hour and it seems to work great.
torankusu said:
Woot was just acquired by amazon. They have the latest Kindle for $150 as today’s woot.
wat
this is relevant to my interests
I decided that if ereaders use the idea that itunes has by “authorizing” 5 computers to use the bought music and at any time you can delete and add new computers then I would get them. I’m going to call apple and amazon and see what they say in regards to that. If my main issue is that I cannot lend my books, then this solution would suffice. Those who can use ebooks can borrow my copies and vice versa.
I got the wifey a kindle 2 and she loves it. They are pretty sweet, the fact that they come with FREE 3G is flat out awesome
Capitalist Cakes (Majr) said:
torankusu said:
Woot was just acquired by amazon. They have the latest Kindle for $150 as today’s woot.
I decided that if ereaders use the idea that itunes has by “authorizing” 5 computers to use the bought music and at any time you can delete and add new computers then I would get them. I’m going to call apple and amazon and see what they say in regards to that. If my main issue is that I cannot lend my books, then this solution would suffice. Those who can use ebooks can borrow my copies and vice versa.
Problem with that is apple stuff only likes to be tied to one pc. So you let your friend authorize his pc so he can dl the book but apple likes to make you transfer the item you already downloaded back onto the pc. So the book will go from your pc to your ipad (or straight to your ipad if you skip the pc part) then you let your friend authorize on his computer and he haso to borrow your device to put it on his pc first but in the process it will delete what he already has on there. so you wont be able to borrow his books. i cant think of an easier way to explain this. I think the only way around it would be to bring in a 3rd pc and have that be a go between but who knows.
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