wa8yxm
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First go to Amazon Kindle store and download Kindle for __ (__ is the computer or other device you are using just now, IE: I have Kindle for PC)
Then go here.
E-Reader FREE BOOKS FOR KINDLE
If you have a facebook account like them.
Then... after a few days worth of free books in assorted flavors.. You can do as I do and say ... "So many books... So little time"
(Just now I have about 200 free books to read)
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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hitchup
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We have an iPad2 & have apps for Nook, Kindle and of course Apple books and magazines. But still need a few cookbooks, alamanac, etc that are stored on a countertop with bookends. Shoved into a cabinet when we're rolling down the road.
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nina_70
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Both hubby and I have a Kindle. Can't recommend it enough!
Plus we have a small collection of paperbacks that we swap at various parks & stops along our trip.
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JayWalker2009
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I'd also suggest kindle. If you want to keep your books though, just put a small tension rod a quarter of the way up in the shelves to keep them from falling out.
As great as the Kindle is, I still love a real book. At least the kindle has a non glare screen tho. I could never read a book on a regular pc screen.
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The main thing I don't like about ebooks is that they usually are not significantly cheaper than buying the actual book. What I usually do is download a pirate copy of the book and start reading it on my ereader, and if I can tell I'm going to like it I buy the actual book. I thought that when I bought an ereader I would end up never paying for books again. Ironically, after getting an ereader I buy more books than ever before.
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Lady Fitzgerald
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Libertarian wrote:The main thing I don't like about ebooks is that they usually are not significantly cheaper than buying the actual book...
That's another reason I cut off the spines and scan books. It's usually much less expensive to buy used dead tree books than to buy e-books (the exception are classics published before roughly the twenties or thirties). Also, many books are not available in e-book form.
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SRT
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pasusan wrote:I also take a lot of books with me - but on a Kindle.  Think I've got over 200 in there now.
But - I know that's not what you're asking... If you do want to make shelves you can use what I think is called galley rail across the front.
Here's my book shelf:
I see that your are using "cheaters" for reading. You can make the font larger, ya know..... . I've got an older Kindle. Think I've got about 100 titles so far.
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Pawz4me
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Lady Fitzgerald wrote:Libertarian wrote:The main thing I don't like about ebooks is that they usually are not significantly cheaper than buying the actual book...
That's another reason I cut off the spines and scan books. It's usually much less expensive to buy used dead tree books than to buy e-books (the exception are classics published before roughly the twenties or thirties). Also, many books are not available in e-book form.
E-book prices may start to fall soon. The DOJ has filed suit against Apple and some of the top publishers for colluding to keep the price of e-books high via the "agency model."
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While IMO e-books were never as inexpensive as they should be, they were significantly less inexpensive before Apple got involved. One of many reasons I'll never be an Apple fan.
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garyhaupt
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Much of this is about getting rid of stuff, or 'letting go'. Books are a great source of comfort and emotional attachments. A person might stuff the important ones in a box, now and then, and mail them off, keeping the really good ones, of course.
If it's just about books..I buy at used stores, read and give away. Lots of campgrounds and other places have donation racks..take one..give one.
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ferretgrandpa
Missouri
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DW 'must' have her books. We use CD racks for paperback book shelves. I replaced the flimsy cardboard backs with 1/4" subflooring and screws to hold it on. Then they can be laid down on the floor without any damage to shelf or books.
As for the "ereader question" I just use the laptop running Calibre, 1100 + books.
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