Fishing For A Friend

Hi,
For those who have an Amazon Kindle and read many articles on the web, I'd like to recommend Instapaper. Instapaper allows you to send webpages free of images and background colors etc to your kindle.

Here's a tutorial for those interested.
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TwoMustHaveToolsForAMoreReadableWeb.aspx

http://kindleebooks.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/how-to-set-up-instapaper-for-the-kindle/

at John. I agree, in a way a computer is an e-reader as you are reading a book from an electronic device. What I find that differentiates reading from a kindle compared to reading from a lap top is the amazing reading experience you get from it. The kindle uses this E-ink display which makes reading from it similar to reading from paper which reduces eye strain, also the kindle is a much smaller and lighter device which makes it so much easier to carry. Plus you can turn it on in less than a second whereas a laptop can take up to just under a minute. One of the things I really like is the built in dictionary which makes looking up words really easy. Also Amazon makes it very easy to load books on the device by means of a kindle email address. You just simply email the book as an attachment to your at kindle.com address, connect it via Wi-Fi to your home network and it automatically downloads on your kindle. Also as I mentioned before combining Kindle with Instapaper is awesome.

Good to hear that the Kindle is highly recommended as my wife has bought me one for xmas. I decided that my books were taking up too much room in the house, so this seemed like the perfect solution. I was a bit dubious to begin with, but I have read so many good things about it, I have had to give in!

I find kindle a joy to read, as books in general. i dont have books staring back at me, making me feel guilty that i havent read them yet. i can share quotes online with people, along the chapters im reading, and interest them in the book itself, quickly and with no typing it out. you meet others on amazon and build up a list of the books, and your favourite quotes. ordinary books have their place, a long side e-readers. and i also like that you have many languages with a dictionary that tells you what the words mean in that language as you read. you can also share the word with someone else. i will always have a few of my favourite books on my shelf, for me i like it that way, rather than books i will never read.

Well, well, well. The Kindle is getting lots of competition, of course. Today I read that Barnes and Noble have developed an e-reader they call "Nook" which has backlighting coming on when the room is too dark for reading. It means that expensive leather covers with integrated lamps or clip-on lights will no longer need to be purchased. Barnes & Noble markets the 6in device as being "amazing in bed and at the beach". Not bad for a 6 inch nooky.

I dont like the thought of books disappearing i go weekly to the library and always finding different books just dont want the next generation not knowing what a book is ( it is just too easy to find info these days phones and internet).At least when you have a book you can go back to it for information.Save the libraries please.