[AmandaFace]

kindle.

[kayoft]

aboslutely my NOOK!

[KarinaS]

Where is the best place to go to find the "free" books? Anyone?

[bjc]

wowie..just noticed its a tie so far....

[sarabethp]

KarinaS, on 17 April 2010 - 12:48 PM, said:

Where is the best place to go to find the "free" books? Anyone?

Google Books has a lot of free books. They are all classics with expired copyrights.

[princessrunningfingers]

Three Tadpoles Mom, on 16 April 2010 - 02:22 PM, said:

Get the Nook instead of the Kindle. The Nook will display the ebook standard format .epub whereas the Kindle you HAVE to use the Amazon ebooks and no others.

I agree, Sara. I had fought against it, but we finally decided to get one for each of us, and after researching it, we went with the Nook. I think the thing that sold us is that you can "lend" books. So, we can lend each other the books and not have to swap the Nooks back and forth, since we read a lot of the same books.

[princessrunningfingers]

Three Tadpoles Mom, on 18 April 2010 - 09:40 AM, said:

KarinaS, on 17 April 2010 - 12:48 PM, said:

Where is the best place to go to find the "free" books? Anyone?

Google Books has a lot of free books. They are all classics with expired copyrights.

B&N has a lot of free ones too. And I get e-mails from them offering specials on e-books. I have bought several books at temporarily discounted prices.

[MLLatscrapgirls]

Project Gutenberg is a great site for free books. And if you want Christian classics, there is CCEL (sorry I never remember - I think it stands for Christian Classics Ethereal Library.)

You can convert any pdf book for a Kindle - there is a way to do it yourself or you can email it to Amazon and they will do it for a small fee. There are also some other formats that the Kindle can read or that Amazon has linked. (Warning: some of them are done by amateur volunteers typing them out - you lose any illustrations and cope with typos.)

There is a free book for the Kindle that is all about finding free books for Kindle. (I love that!lol)

I forget who said it, but that whole "it's midnight in the motel and I just finished my last book, lets shop and get a new book in minutes" part was a big seller for me. Even at home, its handy! Just last night I finished the paper copy of the first book of a series, and was able to start the next book right away.

[kayoft]

I agree with Joyce on the Nook ... lending is really cool. Hey, Joyce, we'll have to hook up with our "libraries." And MaryLou, I love that I can finish my book at midnight and have the sequel within minutes so I can keep right on reading ... which sometimes gets me through the long nights here all by myself. Too many unfamiliar sounds ... brain knows I'm okay but subconscience won't relax. Hate it!

[Shelbi]

KarinaS, on 17 April 2010 - 12:48 PM, said:

Where is the best place to go to find the "free" books? Anyone?

I have gotten a ton of free books for my kindle at amazon.
You can get the kindle app. for your computer or your ipod touch as well.
My kids can read my kindle books on their ipods. well that is if they wanted too LOL.

[Sara Arell]

Three Tadpoles Mom, on 16 April 2010 - 02:22 PM, said:

Get the Nook instead of the Kindle. The Nook will display the ebook standard format .epub whereas the Kindle you HAVE to use the Amazon ebooks and no others.

Now that's a good bit of info - I am thinking of going for the Nook now instead of the Kindle although I voted for Lightroom because I do use it a lot - and when I read I want that book in my hands - it brings the feeling of what I'm reading into my hands somehow, but I suppose I could get that same feeling with a Nook - by the way, what is the cost for downloading a book? And since with Nook, one doesn't have to use Amazon, so where do you find books to download for that? AND, who makes the Nook? Is it as lightweight as the Kindle? Sorry, so many questions, but I really haven't done much research on these cause right now I don't dare bring up something else electronic that I need! But I do WANT! I am a huge reader - read anything I can get my hands on but do have my favs and think I might read even more with one of these thingy's - anyone else suggest a Nook over a Kindle? And since I'm a Mac person, does it matter one way or the other which I get? Mother's Day is coming up - Tee-Hee

[Sara Arell]

Told my dh I could sure use a Kindle right now - little hard to keep hold on a book right now with my fingers and hands not working too well - he did look as if he gave it a thought so maybe......................maybe I will have one soon. Keep your fingers and toes crossed for me.

[brandiev]

I said Kindle, because I think for the Lighroom you have to have a camera that shoots in RAW? If I had a DLSR, I would probably say the Lightroom since I could just do the Kindle on my iphone.

[sarabethp]

brandiev, on 25 April 2010 - 07:09 PM, said:

I said Kindle, because I think for the Lighroom you have to have a camera that shoots in RAW? If I had a DLSR, I would probably say the Lightroom since I could just do the Kindle on my iphone.

You don't have to shoot in RAW to use Lightroom. I've used Lightroom with pictures I took on my P&S and they are jpegs.

[sarabethp]

Sara Arell, on 23 April 2010 - 06:07 AM, said:

Three Tadpoles Mom, on 16 April 2010 - 02:22 PM, said:

Get the Nook instead of the Kindle. The Nook will display the ebook standard format .epub whereas the Kindle you HAVE to use the Amazon ebooks and no others.

Now that's a good bit of info - I am thinking of going for the Nook now instead of the Kindle although I voted for Lightroom because I do use it a lot - and when I read I want that book in my hands - it brings the feeling of what I'm reading into my hands somehow, but I suppose I could get that same feeling with a Nook - by the way, what is the cost for downloading a book? And since with Nook, one doesn't have to use Amazon, so where do you find books to download for that? AND, who makes the Nook? Is it as lightweight as the Kindle? Sorry, so many questions, but I really haven't done much research on these cause right now I don't dare bring up something else electronic that I need! But I do WANT! I am a huge reader - read anything I can get my hands on but do have my favs and think I might read even more with one of these thingy's - anyone else suggest a Nook over a Kindle? And since I'm a Mac person, does it matter one way or the other which I get? Mother's Day is coming up - Tee-Hee

The Nook is made by Barnes and Nobles. They have an ebook store at their website and you can also buy them on the Nook just like the Kindle can from Amazon.

[Becca]

I wish you all could have seen this discussion at the get-together this weekend. On one side of the room, I had the Kindle/Nook gals and then the other had Lightroom gals. And my husband was in the room for it all! Just shaking his head at the whole thing!

So where am I in my decision?

I'm thinking I'm going to go with both eventually. Bobbie (bjc) made a good argument about Lightroom and the way it stores what edits you make to your photos. Laurie (Laurie in PA) with her Kindle and Kay (kayoft) with her Nook let me play with each of them. And while I prefer the Kindle's feel and buttons, the Nook wins out because of the sharing books and the "not only Nook books".

It may take me longer to save up for these two "toys", but I think it'll be worth the wait.

[kayoft]

Yeah, Becca! Fell asleep reading my Nook last night ... woke to search internet this morning for more info on Lightroom Let me know when you get your Nook so we can lend books back and forth.

[Becca]

After 6 months, I made my decision!

I ordered Lightroom 3 yesterday.

As I see more and more ebook readers coming out on the market, I decided to wait. Of course, it helps that my mother keeps me in stock of books, as we share the same taste in novels and she buys a lot of books.

That's actually one of things that I was having a hard time about purchasing an e-reader. The lack of sharing books with my mom. I know the Nook has the capability to lend out books, but I'm still trying to convince my mom that we both need to get a Nook to take advantage of this feature. Mom's got her sights on the iPad, though.

[scrapper11]

I would love to purchase a Kindle

Can sometime tell me if you can listen to Audible Books on a Kindle too ??

[April Showers]

scrapper11, on 09 November 2011 - 06:21 PM, said:

I would love to purchase a Kindle

Can sometime tell me if you can listen to Audible Books on a Kindle too ??

You sure can. I got some for a loooooong drive last summer. I listened to them on my mp3 player, but they play just fine on the kindle too.

[Ro]

Becca, I just got my husband a Kindle Fire for Christmas. It's an awfully lot like an iPad. You ocan browse, do email, read books, and more. I love my iPad and I suspect you'd really LOVE this.

I can't wait for him to see it. He's so jealous of my iPad because I use it constantly.

[ArizonaAngel]

I'd go with Lightroom, but my vote probably should't count because I don't really read much.

[mimes1]

We are a 5 nook family and love them. We have two of the color touch, one original, and one of the new small e-ink touch screen versions. Also, you can hook up to 6 devices on one email account so that you don't have to lend or re-purchase as long as they are all on the same email address.

[Dotted]

If your a techie (or hubby is) you can have Android on your nook.
I have dual boot with my micro SD. I can use the original Nook or switch to Android. Best of both worlds. I can read ebooks in many formats, watch movies, I have my Bible program on it with several books, a few games, Magazine reader, Kindle app.... the list goes on. I've really enjoyed it.