Comments on: the kindle changes many things

By: Brian Ernsberger

Brian Ernsberger — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:02:56 +0000

Thanks Don, the appetite is whetted for this 21st century gizmos. But it will be a while, I think. The preaching idea is very good and would be what I would be driven to first. The book reading thing will probably come later. Just love the “feel” of actually holding that book in my hand and actually flipping those pages. While everyone is after the ipad I have noticed that my beloved Toshiba has entered the fray of tablets this past Monday. Priced lower than the ipad on each size level (16Gb, 32Gb, 64Gb). Don’t know all the specs though to do any real comparisons.

By: ox

ox — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:39:35 +0000

In reply to Joel.

@ Andy

I hear you about everyone wanting to use your iPad! It is next on my list for the preaching purpose. But the Kindle is adequate for now.

@ Joel
I also agree about the books. Just having them is part of the value. However, I have realized that a lot of the ‘preacher books’ I read are not worth keeping on my shelves. Not even worth reading, some of them! These are usually new books, so perfect for the Kindle. The good old books, if you can find them, they are worth having. The nice thing about Kindle is you can find FREE old books. I was just reading Luther on Translation this morning. Very entertaining, and instructive as well. (You can get it at Project Gutenberg.)

BTW, our library is lending out readers and e-books. I don’t know what kind of readers they are. But I can download e-books for a limited time from our library. I haven’t checked them out… that will be another source to explore one day.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:07:50 +0000

It is inevitable. Sooner or later all of us who read will come into one. And I think it will be good for the quality if perhaps not so much for the price of real books. They will become something more like a luxury good. I am hoping print-on-demand will flourish with custom bindings, etc.

I don’t know, are used book stores being flooded with paperbacks and living the last of the glory? The used book trade is going to feel it in a decade or so, my beloved used book trade. I fondly remember bookstores that are no more, that once were whole houses full of the smell of paperbacks gently growing yellow.

I wonder if libraries will start lending the apparatus as part of an account.

Part of my reluctance at the moment is downloading from Amazon here in Colombia. When I tried to buy music from them, I was blocked.

By: Andy Efting

Andy Efting — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:15:38 +0000

Still not on the read books electronically bandwagon, but I do love my iPad for teaching. I write my notes in Word, save them as PDF, send them to Dropbox, and then pick them up on my iPad, where I can either used them directly from Dropbox or (which I am doing now) send them to the GoodReader PDF app. GoodReader allows me to mark up the PDF after the fact if I want to, add notes or underline things I want to highlight.

The iPad display is bright and I can enlarge the text as needed with just a whisk of my fingers…

The only problem with an iPad is that everyone in the family wants to use it.