E-Readers / E-book Apps - Because paper is for grandpas.

[GodWarrior]

Hey, not sure if this thread was made already, but I am wondering about people's experiences with E-readers and the like.

I prefer a physical book in nearly all cases. However, I'm not sure if it's because the apps or formats are to blame for my distaste of e-shit. If you could answer a few questions, that would be great. Just answer whatever is applicable if possible.

• What E-Reader do you use? Pros/Cons?

• What app do you use for tablets? Pros/Cons?

• Where do you pirate your e-books? I notice some of the ones I found are a bit wonky.

This is kind of a pipe-dream but I figured I would ask anyway -
Any books you wanna send my way?

Your input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[pelicannon]

I had a Kobo e-reader that was the weird tablet hybrid.

Pros:
- Easy to transport
- doesn't take that much room up
- carries a fuck load of books

Cons:
- the hybrid of Android and e-reader made the tablet slow and clunky at times
- got distracted from reading by other stuff cause it was a mini tablet
- not a lot of support from customer service regarding a broken one

I actually really like the Kobo base app and have used that with great success.

As for where I get my ebooks, I check major torrent sites and try from there. Really any of the big guys will have an ebook section.

I'm a medieval fantasy lover so read all them game of thrones books or to get technical all the a song of ice and fire books.

 

[Arkangel]

I own a Nook Simple Touch. Second generation I think. I bought it specifically because I wanted download lots of free books onto something easy to read.

Pros:
-touch screen
-expandable storage via sd card slot (main reason I chose it)

Cons:
-some ghosting issues with the e-paper screen
-low-ish resolution which can really mess up .pdf files

I don't use it anymore. Now I do most of my reading from an Asus tablet.

 

[NumberingYourState]

I actually have two Nooks, the OG which I wanted because an actual known book store that wasn't Amazon was selling it, and then I got the simple touch, which is freaking comfy as hell.

 

[pozilei]

I use Moon+ Reader and it's okay. It just happened to be the first ebook reader I downloaded and have been using it ever since.

I still think real books are more pleasant and easier to read - there's just something about reading huge amounts of text on a screen that makes it so much harder to concentrate.
But it's obviously great that you can carry around 100s of books in one slim, lightweight device and bookmarking, adding notes etc. is kind of useful too.

As far as downloading ebooks goes: I love project Gutenberg. It has loads of (legal) ebooks of classical literature if that's what you're into. Pirating wise http://forum.mobilism.org/ is the best resource I've found.

 

[GodWarrior]

Thanks for the input, all. Keep 'em coming. I am definitely leaning towards getting something. I've been using my iphone for reading during my downtime.

Do you guys know of anything that handles annotations well? I know in my physical books, there is always something typed in the margins explaining a place of origin or certain word. Will I have that same option digitally?

 

[neverendingmidi]

I have a tablet and use Kindle a lot. It is easier, especially as fast as I read to switch to the next book in a series. But I do like real books as a back up if I really like the story/author. In 30 years I’ll be able to pick up the same book and read it, and know the publisher hasn’t edited it when I wasn’t watching (kindle is constantly updating books and covers change all the freakin’ time), and that I don’t have to re-buy it to be compatible with whatever exists then, ala VHS/DVD/Bluray/4k and movies.