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HarryLong		#1101	[-]
Posts: 25161 Jun 24 12 8:30 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, you might have made it up... The Mysterious Mr. Long
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Ken Hanke		#1102	[-]
Posts: 71309 Jun 24 12 8:36 AM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Fiddle faddle.
King Of Jazz		#1103	[-]
Posts: 11389 Aug 19 12 8:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This might be a disturbing trend to the trendy, but I've been reading quite a number of library books lately, along with ordering a few discounted books. See? I haven't been e-book possessed fully.
bengi		#1104	[-]
Posts: 3038 Aug 19 12 10:38 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	But were the library books Kindle books? Ben ------------ “Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this―one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.” ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
Ken Hanke		#1105	[-]
Posts: 71309 Aug 19 12 11:15 AM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He may be using those books for kindling, for all we know.
King Of Jazz		#1106	[-]
Posts: 11389 Aug 19 12 12:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ha. No, genuine due-in-two-weeks library books as in days of yore. I used to have quite a circuit of libraries, but now it's diminished 80% not because of e-books but because I read so much else on the internet.
Ken Hanke		#1107	[-]
Posts: 71309 Aug 19 12 1:45 PM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	One-handed?
King Of Jazz		#1108	[-]
Posts: 11389 Aug 19 12 3:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	All newcomers on this board reaaalllly need to be ready for you!
doctor chu chow		#1109	[-]
Posts: 1751 Aug 19 12 4:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	> No, genuine due-in-two-weeks library books pre-appism/kiki.
Ken Hanke		#1110	[-]
Posts: 71309 Aug 19 12 5:39 PM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	King Of Jazz wrote: All newcomers on this board reaaalllly need to be ready for you! Yes and...?
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The Right Honourable Bill Maynard		#1111	[-]
Posts: 6760 Aug 22 12 11:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A serious question for His Majesty: the only ebooks I've read have been on my Kindle for PC (the free download from Amazon). These have mainly been review copies, but there has been the odd title I can't find through interlibrary loan or on ABE for a reasonable price if at all that I've opted for an ebook rather than not reading it at all. What I've found is that most scans of old books and even some of the new review titles sent my way contain numerous scanning errors where the wrong letter is "read" rendering the word and sometimes the sentence incomprehensible. Usually I can figure out what it should be from the context, but it quickly becomes tiresome. Is this a problem with many of the older books you read or is this problem unique to the Kindle for PC software? Also, for reasons I cannot fathom, I can read articles online quite happily - even archived newspaper scans - but find reading ebooks very irritating. The lines seem far too long for my liking. So many characters across the screen tires my eyes out quickly and I never want to read ebooks for very long as a consequence. Admittedly, I have a definite bias against ebooks. They never really feel like something I own when its just a file sitting in my hard drive. "Never expect much from your fellow man. It save a lot of disappointment." - Samuel A. Peeples
Ken Hanke		#1112	[-]
Posts: 71309 Aug 23 12 12:15 AM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Right Honourable Bill Maynard wrote: So many characters Like a Russian novel.
The Right Honourable Bill Maynard		#1113	[-]
Posts: 6760 Aug 23 12 12:20 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Russian novels I can handle reasonably well. Tolkien's posthumous Middle Earth works - now that's too many characters to keep straight. Judith Crist, I tried revisiting THE SILMARILLION recently and gave up in despair. I don't know how I ever read these when I was younger. That said, I'm hoping His Majesty gives me a serious response as I am curious on both points. Once satisfied, I can resume making lewd and suggestive remarks about electronic devices. However, it's late and my medicine is kicking in. Fare thee well, Northumberland. "Never expect much from your fellow man. It save a lot of disappointment." - Samuel A. Peeples
Ken Hanke		#1114	[-]
Posts: 71309 Aug 23 12 12:23 AM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Right Honourable Bill Maynard wrote: I don't know how I ever read these when I was younger. The greater question might be why.
King Of Jazz		#1115	[-]
Posts: 11389 Aug 23 12 7:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Right Honourable Bill Maynard wrote: A serious question for His Majesty. My only response is that I've avoided downloading free scanned books for the very reasons you state. I've heard of these travesties. If it isn't a "regular" Kindle ebook, I don't order it. I'd rather buy an actual book of, say, an old novel (though I rarely read novels). I have yet to have a problem reading ebooks the way you do, often reading many pages at a time. Also, you'd be surprised how little I resort to an ebook--it's been well over a month or so; instead Ive been reading "real" books from libraries or discounted ones from Amazon. But I have some ebooks to look forward to that are already downloaded--and nary a scanned one!
The Right Honourable Bill Maynard		#1116	[-]
Posts: 6760 Aug 23 12 8:35 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ah well, when it comes to obscurities they are likely to be scanned. Not that I know how one tells if they're scanned or not before ordering. The reading problem I have is likely because I find it tiresome to read lines of text that fill my widescreen laptop. Add the errors and it starts to feel like an eye exam that lasts far too long. And no, your Majesty, I would be surprised by nothing concerning you. You are a man beyond my expectations though I thank you for your response all the same. And Ken, I read Tolkien's Middle Earth fiction as a kid because I enjoyed THE LORD OF THE RINGS and wanted more. I didn't actually find it, but there have been far more posthumously published works than there were titles he completed in his lifetime. Sadly much of it reads like a history book or a book of mythology about lands that never existed outside of his considerable imagination. There are so many variations of the same stories (creation myths, romances, tragedies, epics) in print the mind boggles, but the unending stream of weird character names and place names and lack of a narrative framework leaves my head spinning. I've had to simply set it aside and conclude that I cannot read fantasy any more. "Never expect much from your fellow man. It save a lot of disappointment." - Samuel A. Peeples
King Of Jazz		#1117	[-]
Posts: 11389 Aug 23 12 9:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Right Honourable Bill Maynard wrote: Ah well, when it comes to obscurities they are likely to be scanned. Not that I know how one tells if they're scanned or not before ordering. The reading problem I have is likely because I find it tiresome to read lines of text that fill my widescreen laptop. Add the errors and it starts to feel like an eye exam that lasts far too long. And no, your Majesty, I would be surprised by nothing concerning you. You are a man beyond my expectations though I thank you for your response all the same. I now better understand your problem--reading a scanned book on a laptop seems far less comfortable than using a Kindle. I avoid free downloads since I usually figure they're trouble! On a sidenote, I've never read fantasy or sci-fi novels (never mind other novels too). Taking on multi-volumed sagas on planets and mythologies and whatever realms makes me tired just thinking about them. I haven't looked at the LORD OF THE RINGS DVDs for the same reason. Too. Much.
Ken Hanke		#1118	[-]
Posts: 71309 Aug 23 12 9:11 AM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	King Of Jazz wrote: I rarely read novels Not enough pictures.
King Of Jazz		#1119	[-]
Posts: 11389 Aug 23 12 9:12 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ken Hanke wrote: King Of Jazz wrote: I rarely read novels Not enough pictures. Stick figures would do just fine.
Ken Hanke		#1120	[-]
Posts: 71309 Aug 23 12 9:13 AM Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Right Honourable Bill Maynard wrote: I enjoyed THE LORD OF THE RINGS Well, there's the problem right there.
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