Comments on: in real book

By: cynthia

cynthia — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:13:34 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to email your comment, Andrys. Sorry for the problem. Thanks also for your tips about the Kindle. I look forward to checking them out.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:29:20 +0000

Posted for Andrys, who was unable to post a comment for some reason. Please let me know if anyone else is having this problem.

Hi,
I came back to see how you ultimately did with your Kindle on your vacation after we talked in June 2009

And found this page. Glad it went better the 2nd time.

Re highlighting and clippings, etc., you can pull up both the highlighting and notes you took for any particular book because they’re kept on a private password-protected page at Amazon for each Kindle owner. And when you choose a book to see your annotations, you have the option of seeing all of them on one scrolling-page (the offered link for that is normally at the bottom of the ‘first’ page of results for that book).

And you can copy/paste them or print them. See http://bit.ly/knotesweb
to see more on this.

Will catch up some more with your blog soon. Some great reading here.

- Andrys
kindleworld.blogspot.com

By: cynthia

cynthia — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:04:54 +0000

Hi Tricia-It is totally freeing not to lug all those books around. And if I run out, I can download another one. I would imagine that the price will come down–just like the iphone and everything else after it’s been out for a while. Sorry it took me so long to reply. As you may know, I’ve been having computer issues. Thanks for your comment!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:44:09 +0000

Kim-I was afraid I would never like the Kindle too and I really wanted to. It makes so much sense, especially for travel. If you try it, I’d be interested in knowing how you like it. Thanks for adding to the conversation!

By: Kimwithak

Kimwithak — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:12:53 +0000

I’m glad to hear someone adjusted to the Kindle. i was beginning to think it was one of those things you either got or just failed to understand. I still am apprehensive about trying it, but it’s not out of the realm of possibilities now.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:52:45 +0000

Yoshi-
Thanks so much for all those great details about reading a book on the iphone AND the Kindle. I didn’t know about the sync feature. I’m going to try the Stanza app to see what those tiny iphone “pages” look like. I also didn’t know about that extra step for overseas downloading. I figured if you had an internet connection, it would all work just the same. Amazing what you have read on your commute!

By: Yoshi

Yoshi — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:34:20 +0000

(US *billing* address, rather.)

By: Yoshi

Yoshi — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:31:32 +0000

Actually, the iPhone and the Kindle have the same number of words per page; or, at least, the same number of locations per page, depending on the font size you choose. It does take some getting used to, but I found that I’ve been reading so much more than I was before. I was using the Stanza app on my phone and downloading all the out-of-copyright books for free, so I made it through Anna Kerenina, Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Middlemarch, etc (all those books I was supposed to have read during college…) during my NYC subway commutes.

You don’t have to pay for another copy of the book, since Amazon keeps a record of all of your electronic purchases and will allow you to download them again to either your K or your iPhone on demand. I’ve also read that if you’re taking your Kindle overseas, I think as long as you have a US mailing address, you’ll still be able to buy books for the Kindle; you’ll just have to go to Amazon.com and download them to your computer and then upload them to the Kindle. An extra step, but very handy when you’re in a country with limited English-language books!

Regarding finding one’s place, the two devices have the ability to synchronize to the furthest place read on either device — however, what with the needing to flip to end notes all the time, this function is sadly unusable for IJ! I just have to make note of what location I’m at and then go to that location on whichever device I’m switching to.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:13:59 +0000

Sarah, as far as Tender is the Night, I’m glad I tried reading it as a real book with pages before I gave up on it. I ended up loving it and writing several posts about it. I hope I continue to enjoy the Kindle for travel as it is super convenient. I think I read a post of yours about always taking along extra books on a trip for fear of running out–well with the Kindle, no worries there. You can have a new book in minutes as long as you’re in cell phone range. And there’s a simple way to highlight passages that would enable you to mark those perfect sentences and then call them up again. BTW, I’m not trying to sell the KIndle, just trying to get the pros and cons out there.

By: Sarah Laurence

Sarah Laurence — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:23:08 +0000

Interesting observations in this post and comments on real books vs. Kindle. I loved Tender Is The Night when I read it (high school?) Perhaps a classic book needs the classic format. It would be nice to have something lightweight for travel. I’d miss not being able to mark perfect sentences in the margin with a pencil.