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Thanks everyone!!! I’ve been running all ove the place, doing errands, and am ready to fall over now.
Had a pretty good day. I got two Jean Slaughter Doty horse books (that I read repeatedly when I was a kid) and a Kindle (it’s backordered). Can’t wait for that to get here because I LOVE to read!! (if you don’t know what a Kindle is, take a look on Amazon.com, or Google it–they are supposed to be awesome) We shall see!
Oh–and nobody’s belated! I turned 38 at 7:27 this evening.
Cake, ice cream, and bear hugs to all of you! 😀 😆 😀
Not for me thanks. I need the visceral feeling of having the book in my hands. That first tiny crack when the book is opened for the first time. The sliding of pages, heck even the smell of the books.
I can’t see ever giving up real books, but I would like to know how you like the Kindle when it arrives…
Good point, Jasmine! I love the way books smell, too! It’s awesome! And, the faintly yellowed pages. (I don’t like some of the new typesets and really bright white pages–gives me headaches…)
I have lots of out of print and first editions, and my Dad buys stuff for me all the time. (I hide my really special ones when he visits because he breaks their spines and I get really upset!! 😯 )
Doubt I’d ever give up the real thing–that would just be too weird!
Think this will be great for trips so I won’t feel like I’m back in college, dragging 23 pounds of books everywhere I have to go. I don’t take the special ones out of the house unless I have several copies.
These things are NOT supposed to mimic a computer screen, and are supposed to be very easy on the eyes–you can even adjust the font sizes when ever you want to! Will let you all know how it turns out! 😀
I’m thinking about getting one, I think it’s the MOST AWESOME IDEA EVER! but, the cost of each “book” is still too expensive I think. For a book that I’m going to read once or twice and then I can’t resell. Now, if you could sell the “book” back to amazon for half of the price and use that to buy more books…that’d be awesome…
I’d also prefer to be able to change the color of the display ( I don’t know if that’s possible or not) because black backround with white text is easier on the eyes than white backround and black text. There were a few other things I didn’t like, but I don’t remember them off hand.
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