tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post4473534398095793605..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Where in the world...?Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-65337675822189216862010-05-30T08:01:35.652-04:002010-05-30T08:01:35.652-04:00I can't even read books on the computer much l...I can't even read books on the computer much less on a Kindle or other device. I totally agree, Cara. It's not the same. It would make for faster reading, but...Harveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490108303790217277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25800201349526919172010-05-29T22:32:27.270-04:002010-05-29T22:32:27.270-04:00Cara, Jane Austen is definitely in the public doma...Cara, Jane Austen is definitely in the public domain. Most of what I have read electronically has been Austen, Conan Doyle, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Now, I have taken a detour into Thucydides in preparation for a trip to Sicily. I don't own a Kindle, and I am thinking of holding out for an iPad. A friend who is a major techie has been reading Wind in the Willows to his kids on his new iPad, complete with beautiful reproductions of the original illustrations. But I have to say, I still have my childhood copy, the one I read to my daughter and am now reading to her kids. They are visiting for the weekend and the older two fell asleep with real books in their hands. I love to see that!Annamaria Alfierihttp://www.annamariaalfieri.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-76676900910685687872010-05-29T18:57:03.016-04:002010-05-29T18:57:03.016-04:00Pretty sure you were in Foyle's cafe. Did you...Pretty sure you were in Foyle's cafe. Did you ever shop at the store in the old days when you took the book you wanted to buy to a clerk who gave you a handwritten receipt that you then took to another clerk to pay?<br /><br />Bought a Kindle a few months ago, primarily as a space-savings device. (You gotta put books somewhere.) I'd guess at least 50 percent of the books I want to read are not available in Kindle format, so paper will still factor in my life. That's a good thing. I do seem to be reading a bit more. I've read all the Aimee Leduc novels (write faster!), and read the last one on the Kindle. <br /><br />By the way, for anyone considering a Kindle purchase, it is great for straight text, but it falls down in the handling of non-textual material for which design and layout is important. Content tends to be displayed in the order it appears in the printed book, which means that sidebars, photos, illustrations, may or may not show up in the expected place.justcorblynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-83783190082784417522010-05-29T13:38:40.209-04:002010-05-29T13:38:40.209-04:00Interesting subway sighting, Annamaria.
Stan I...Interesting subway sighting, Annamaria.<br /><br />Stan I've got a roller bag of books and this 'machine' too...go figure. I'll try it out when I fly to DC in June. <br />After visiting Bath with Yrsa (Oly and Matt Hilton and his wife too) we kept talking about Jane Austen so if her books are in the public domain I'll try the 'machine'!<br />CaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-16220349520239802922010-05-29T12:26:46.378-04:002010-05-29T12:26:46.378-04:00Having just shipped lots of books home and travell...Having just shipped lots of books home and travelled lightly, I can see the allure of 20 books in a single gadget. It's a pleasure not to have a sore back! StanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-8447183998314883382010-05-29T12:09:57.394-04:002010-05-29T12:09:57.394-04:00I am with you, Cara. Technophile that I ordinaril...I am with you, Cara. Technophile that I ordinarily am, I MUCH prefer the tactile pleasure of a old-fashioned book. With one exception: I have an iPhone and have downloaded two apps for reading books, both of them for classics in the public domain. I read them for short subway rides and insomnia times when I want to read in the middle of the night without turning on a light and waking my husband. The screen is small, but the print is plenty big, and since it is back lit, I can read in the dark.<br /><br />By the way, on the New York City subways, almost everyone who is reading (and almost everyone is)is reading a newspaper or an old fashioned book. I love to note what books they have. My favorite recent sighting: a young man in his late teens, wearing scruffy jeans and t-shirt and sporting a large tatoo on his upper arm was deep into Orlando Furioso.Annamaria Alfierihttp://www.annamariaalfieri.comnoreply@blogger.com