Anyone use an e-reader? I grabbed the paperwhite on cyber monday without researching beforehand. I kinda don't want it if it doesn't show page numbers like on the kindle software.

Nyxisto

Germany6287 Posts

November 29 2016 20:53 GMT

#304

you can display page numbers on the paperwhite.

farvacola

United States18858 Posts

November 29 2016 20:56 GMT

#305

I refuse to use an e-reader. I'm a man of principle.

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

November 29 2016 22:50 GMT

#306

I am using Kindle for 3 years now and almost never use anything else to read. Biggest advantage is all the space you safe when not having physical books. And you never need to search for a book, you just have it instantly.

goody153

44280 Posts

November 29 2016 23:00 GMT

#307

about to finish book 3 of Malazan series (not as heartbreaking as book 2 so far surprisingly)

and afterwards i'm gonna be reading

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Mort , Death series(book 1) from Discworld by Terry Pratchet

idk i've been long curious about his work and i hear alot of good things about it being inspiring, funny and having to have good reread value

IgnE

United States7681 Posts

November 30 2016 01:27 GMT

#308

On November 30 2016 07:50 Redox wrote:
I am using Kindle for 3 years now and almost never use anything else to read. Biggest advantage is all the space you safe when not having physical books. And you never need to search for a book, you just have it instantly.

unless you lose your kindle?

i dont mind reading on kindle but i prefer a pen to their clumsy highlighting system

CosmicSpiral

United States15275 Posts

November 30 2016 02:06 GMT

#309

I enjoy the physical sensation of a book too much.

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Heian Japan is such an odd culture compared to what I usually read about.

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

November 30 2016 02:07 GMT

#310

On November 30 2016 10:27 IgnE wrote:

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unless you lose your kindle?

i dont mind reading on kindle but i prefer a pen to their clumsy highlighting system

I have all books on PC as well of course. Calibre is a fantastic program for organizing your ebooks.

Mr. Wiggles

Canada5894 Posts

November 30 2016 05:29 GMT

#311

I use an e-ink device (Kobo) specifically for reading things that I can't easily buy/find on paper, and that I don't want to print out.

I work in computing science, so there's lots of online resources that you can't easily (cheaply) get physical copies of. This usually includes pdf versions of textbooks/references only available online or easily accessible through my University library account, conference proceedings/papers, and the occasional PhD thesis.

I actually find that the e-ink is very pleasant to read from, and is a decent enough substitute for paper. I use the following software: https://github.com/koreader/koreader to provide nicer formatting options and margins for what I'm reading. It works well enough on plain pdfs.

IVOie

Ireland8 Posts

November 30 2016 13:48 GMT

#312

I recently started the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
Just finished the 3rd book, The Dragon Reborn, yesterday and I have started the 4th book, The Shadow Rising.
Absolutely in love with the series. The last couple chapters of book 3 had me enthralled until 2 am.
Apparently book 4 is one of the best in the series, so I'm looking forward to it.

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21244 Posts

November 30 2016 22:09 GMT

#313

oh yeah everyone should read The Recognitions by William Gaddis

one of the best book I've read in years

farvacola

United States18858 Posts

November 30 2016 22:47 GMT

#314

Gaddis is fucking awesome.

Thermia

United States866 Posts

December 01 2016 07:14 GMT

#315

On November 30 2016 22:48 IVOie wrote:
I recently started the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
Just finished the 3rd book, The Dragon Reborn, yesterday and I have started the 4th book, The Shadow Rising.
Absolutely in love with the series. The last couple chapters of book 3 had me enthralled until 2 am.
Apparently book 4 is one of the best in the series, so I'm looking forward to it.

If you can make it through the 7-10 slog (honestly I thought 7/8 were fine, 9 was slow but some important stuff happened at least, and 10 was almost entirely pointless), knife of dreams and the books by Sanderson are all great.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 02 2016 23:50 GMT

#316

my kindle paperwhite arrived today, first time using a kindle, I'm surprised that e-ink looks like it's a DOS era technology that's 10x less responsive than a tablet and regularly turns the screen into a photo negative when I press on it too much. Not sure how anyone manages to read on this thing.

Nyxisto

Germany6287 Posts

December 03 2016 01:40 GMT

#317

do you have the brightness turned all the way down? I think it's much easier on the eyes than a tablet screen.

IgnE

United States7681 Posts

December 03 2016 03:12 GMT

#318

It's way better than a tablet screen.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 03 2016 12:22 GMT

#319

I've been trying to read PDF scans that have been converted to MOBI and almost all of them become unreadable once converted. Are other e-readers or e-reader formats better for PDFs?

Acrofales

Spain18299 Posts

December 03 2016 12:54 GMT

#320

On December 03 2016 21:22 zulu_nation8 wrote:
I've been trying to read PDF scans that have been converted to MOBI and almost all of them become unreadable once converted. Are other e-readers or e-reader formats better for PDFs?

I've never had problems with mobi (at least, I think that's what calibre converts to for kindle). Then again, my kindle is first or second generation, so maybe things were different. Don't new kindles read pdf directly? Anyway, just try. Convert to epub (which is basically html) and see if you like it better.