e-book sales in decline - Page 2

vanjast · 04-01-14, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II

Hey, me too! Say, are you having problems with your SD card going offline?

When I first got the tablet.. it did this - all I did was re-insert the card.
Then the tablet crashed - can you believe that ?- I thought windoze was bad.

Anyway I pushed the Reset button.. and haven't had a problem since ...'touch wood'

MH · 04-01-14, 04:55 AM

Format your sd card from within your tablet.
Might solve the issue.

ReallyDedPoet · 04-01-14, 02:17 PM

Love the ipad. Read books, magazines, comics and graphic novels on it. With the retina display everything is ultra-sharp

Tango589 · 04-01-14, 03:07 PM

I've never gone in for e-books, for me you can't beat the sight, feel and smell of a good book. I tried a kindle for 5 minutes, but the 'press the button to turn the page' thing just felt awkward.

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 04-01-14, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MH

Format your sd card from within your tablet.
Might solve the issue.

ASUS disabled that functionality on the tablet.

ReallyDedPoet · 04-01-14, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Tango589

I've never gone in for e-books, for me you can't beat the sight, feel and smell of a good book. I tried a kindle for 5 minutes, but the 'press the button to turn the page' thing just felt awkward.

With the ipad you turn the pages like you would with a real book

I read now more than I did before. But like music, the ones I really want I get in hard-copy.

Platapus · 04-01-14, 07:09 PM

I do like reading some stuff on the Ipad. And thanks to Project Gutenberg I can get digital copies of books I would have a harder time finding in print.

But nothing can take the place of my dead tree library. I like books, I like the way they look, they way they smell, and I like the way they feel when you read them.

August · 04-01-14, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Garion

I have just under 2000 books on my Kindle and have not paid for any of them.

They ain't pirated neither.

Cheers

Gary

And if you drop it or loose it they're all gone. The thousand or so real books I have in my library would not be so easily destroyed or lost.

ReallyDedPoet · 04-01-14, 08:25 PM

I have most of mine backed up on a hard drive. Also if you purchase from iBooks they are saved in the Cloud.

ReallyDedPoet · 04-01-14, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

But nothing can take the place of my dead tree library. I like books, I like the way they look, they way they smell, and I like the way they feel when you read them.

For sure, I just bought Thunder Below, the hard copy. It really depends what I am buying. I do however like the portability of digital.

The flip-side is nothing compares to a nice bookshelf.

STEED · 04-03-14, 10:51 AM

I will stick with the real deal that of real books thank you.

Ducimus · 04-03-14, 11:12 AM

I would have thought one of the major points of sitting or laying down and reading a book was to get away from computers to begin with. Merging the two seems like an anachronism.

STEED · 04-03-14, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

I would have thought one of the major points of sitting or laying down and reading a book was to get away from computers to begin with. Merging the two seems like an anachronism.

Post of the day.

The Borg are fiction but the way the human race is going makes you think.

ReallyDedPoet · 04-03-14, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

I would have thought one of the major points of sitting or laying down and reading a book was to get away from computers to begin with. Merging the two seems like an anachronism.

I thought so as well. But to be honest I read much more than I used to with it. Just because of the diversity in one package

- books
- magazines
- stuff in pdf format ( I coach so there is a ton of stuff available in that format, drills etc., and it saves having to print off everything. Though for some stuff I do )
- comics and graphic novels are excellent with the retina display on the ipad. And it feels like a book, slightly larger, but not by much.

Just need to install the " smells like a book app "

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ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,888 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Love the ipad. Read books, magazines, comics and graphic novels on it. With the retina display everything is ultra-sharp __________________ Back in the Day

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Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	I've never gone in for e-books, for me you can't beat the sight, feel and smell of a good book. I tried a kindle for 5 minutes, but the 'press the button to turn the page' thing just felt awkward. __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I do like reading some stuff on the Ipad. And thanks to Project Gutenberg I can get digital copies of books I would have a harder time finding in print. But nothing can take the place of my dead tree library. I like books, I like the way they look, they way they smell, and I like the way they feel when you read them. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,888 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	I have most of mine backed up on a hard drive. Also if you purchase from iBooks they are saved in the Cloud. __________________ Back in the Day

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	I will stick with the real deal that of real books thank you. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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MH Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,184 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0	Format your sd card from within your tablet. Might solve the issue.

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I would have thought one of the major points of sitting or laying down and reading a book was to get away from computers to begin with. Merging the two seems like an anachronism.