It's Tuesday again.

[mrv3000]

Reminder: Go forth and commit D/R comment fic! WRITE ME FLUFF, DAMMIT.



Also, I keep finding reasons not to buy an eReader. $130 min. is a chunk just so I can read fic. (If I could check out library books on it, it'd be a different story.) Plus I keep thinking that in a couple of years the technology is going to get way better.

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[j-guda.livejournal.com]

The new Sony eReaders can check out library books.

http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/sony-meetup-new-reader-roundup/

It's the entirety of my Christmas list, since I can't afford to buy one for myself right now.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I wonder how that works though. As far as I know my library doesn't do that kind of thing.

[j-guda.livejournal.com]

Is this you, or are you suburban?

http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/catalog-databases/ebooks.shtml

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I'm in a suburb, but I could easily get a SD library card. My work is right across the street from a SD library branch. :)

[diavestra.livejournal.com]

The Sony eBookstore has a library finder: http://sonysearch.overdrive.com/?in_merch=Homepage_LibraryFinder_Rt_1

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Nice! Yeah, the one by my work is on there, but not my local one.

[firstofoct.livejournal.com]

That's such an adorable picture! Awww, OTP, why so cute?

I'm a huge technology nerd, but I can't bring myself to get any type of e-reader. I think I'd be more apt to get it if I could get the hard copy of the book and it would include a digital copy as well. There's just something about having an actual hard copy of the book that I love. However, you do bring up a very good point about being able to read fic on it! :P

Also, this is totally random, but I looked on your sidebar, and saw you watched SG-1? That was my main fandom a few years back. Love that show. Good ship even if it never really got resolved.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

They ARE too cute! XD

I do love reading books, but if the reader is nearly like a book, it probably wouldn't be that much of a transition for me. Mainly I want to read fic without squinting at a monitor. :D

And I watched SG-1 ages ago! I used to be into Sam/Jack.

[elismor.livejournal.com]

OMG HE LOVES AMY BEST OF ALL YOU HOSEBEAST.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

NUH UH. HE LOVES JACK BESTEST OF ALL. HE GAVE HIM AN ALONZO.

[aj.livejournal.com]

Note: How can reading technology get better? Mind you, I'm a bare-bones kind of girl, and if it has buttons to turn the page and a decent battery... what else do you honestly need? I mean, wifi, etc. but if you're buying it to read fic, you don't actually need anything shinier.

And go look at your library page. I googled it and you DO TO have access to downloadable library books. They work on the same concept as audio books, in that you use the Overdrive client to DL the item. It has DRM built into it, so after three weeks (or however long the borrowing period is), it kills the file. The file is still on your device, it's just inactive until you check it out again.

Still, I always tell people to do a cost/benefit analysis on whether you're actually going to use it. I have a long commute and mostly use public transport, so I like something to keep with me to read all the time. And this is WAY lighter than the 2-3 books I used to carry with me. Each person's needs are different.

STILL. I love it for reading long fic. LOVE IT.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Note: How can reading technology get better? Mind you, I'm a bare-bones kind of girl, and if it has buttons to turn the page and a decent battery... what else do you honestly need? I mean, wifi, etc. but if you're buying it to read fic, you don't actually need anything shinier.

It seems like everything out there has not one, but several "cons" to it. This one might have wifi, but it doesn't read txt files. And so on. It seems like the basic stuff needs to settle itself out a bit yet.

And go look at your library page. I googled it and you DO TO have access to downloadable library books. They work on the same concept as audio books, in that you use the Overdrive client to DL the item. It has DRM built into it, so after three weeks (or however long the borrowing period is), it kills the file. The file is still on your device, it's just inactive until you check it out again.

Really? HUH. I wonder how many they have.

Still, I always tell people to do a cost/benefit analysis on whether you're actually going to use it. I have a long commute and mostly use public transport, so I like something to keep with me to read all the time. And this is WAY lighter than the 2-3 books I used to carry with me. Each person's needs are different.

STILL. I love it for reading long fic. LOVE IT.

Well if there would actually be library books I'd want, it'd probably be worth it. I probably go through 3-4 books a week. :D

[aj.livejournal.com]

This one might have wifi, but it doesn't read txt files. And so on. It seems like the basic stuff needs to settle itself out a bit yet.

Okay, I see what you mean. This is kinda true. I went with the Sony because it has the widest diversification of format type (if you have Calibre, you can read pretty much ANYTHING on it). And it doesn't have wifi, but I am not big on buying stuff on the fly (lie. I do it TOO MUCH and thusly, can't be trusted), so it didn't matter to me to have that capability. Whereas, the Sony was fine with .rtf formats on stuff, and yaaaaaay, fic!

Re: Library books. Yeah, the selections can be somewhat limited for that. But that's kind of true of all digital formats. I'm still reading real, paper books (library books!), but I will say that my reader is very convenient for traveling and moving around. Go chat up Splash! She just got one! And has probably done her research more recently than I. *cuddles her PRS-505*

Oh, and yada, yada, tons of free books online that are older than 1930, etc.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Since I'd use it at home, I think I'd want wifi. That way I could try reading fics on the browser and/or hopefully not have to use a plug to transfer files.

I might have to sign up to get access to the library's ebooks first, just to look and see if there's anything I actually would read like that.

[juliet316]

I don't do ebooks. I love the feel of flipping paper pages.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I usually read in bed, so often books are just cumbersome. But books are much easier to read than monitors.

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

Aww, that pic!

Yeah that's what I keep telling myself as well. Ereaders are so SHINY though! XD

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

WRITE ME FLUFF!

And they are shiny, aren't they?

[genericzombie.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say that I LOVE that you still do Doctor/Rose spams. I've been mostly out of the fandom for a season or two now but these two will always be my OTP and it's just awesome to see them pop up on my flist. :)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

:D :D I think they'll always have a special place with me as well.

[diavestra.livejournal.com]

Um, you can check out and read electronic books from many libraries these days. Don't know about the Kindle or Nook but I can do it with my Sony...

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

My little local town doesn't have that ability (They just sent out a survey of "would you use audio book downlods?" Bless.) but I could get a San Diego card very easily.

[listeningirl.livejournal.com]

Awww. I miss Ten and Rose. Echoing genericzombie, I also love that you still do picspams. :)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

*pets them*

[shinkonokokoro.livejournal.com]

Yarg... Now you've got me hooked on these writing ficlets!
Dislike on the ereaders. I prefer to have the physical books as I just like the smell and feel. But it's really to each their own. If you travel a lot and read a lot, I would probably recommend an ereader just because it would cut down on things you have to take with you. :)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Yarg... Now you've got me hooked on these writing ficlets!

\o/

Dislike on the ereaders. I prefer to have the physical books as I just like the smell and feel. But it's really to each their own. If you travel a lot and read a lot, I would probably recommend an ereader just because it would cut down on things you have to take with you. :)

I'd say I like the visual of books. The printed word is much easier to read for me. But I wouldn't mind giving up the bulk, or having to run down to the library all the time.