/lit/ - Literature

>>5608898
Your computer/laptop, it has a high amount of storage

>>5608928

master trole 2012

Kindle PW2/Voyage

/thread

Now I have another question. How do I tell that the ebooks that I pirated are retail or not?

>>5608942
I honestly read about 15 books on my laptop this year. It's pretty great.

>>5608956

OP here.

What do you mean? All 'retail' means is that you paid for it, so...

I use bookfi.org for free ebooks, and they pdfs they have are pretty close to what you get in bookstores.

>>5608964

Isn't that a strain on your eyes?

Kobo H2O

>>5608956
Like I said in another thread yesterday, I expect the Voyage to be much better than the Paperwhite.

I have a Paperwhite and the touchscreen navigation is annoying, when I want to turn a page back I usually manage to turn a page into the other direction, and about once in a 100 turns I set a bookmark instead.
Voyage has that "squeezing" function similar to the old 3G which I predict to be more precise.

you already made this exact thread. stop spamming.

>>5608971
Strain on the eyes is a spook

>>5608971
I meant if the books are retailed version with its DRM stripped or some shitty scanned version. Recently read Do Androids Dream and the formatting was horrible--all the lines are left-aligned. It was at least error-free so I could finish it but still. Other time, I read Zen and the Art with a whole chapper missing, had to look for some other shitty version. Bookfi and libgen are okay but I would much prefer some places where all books are official kindle version. Such versions of newer books are easier to find though.

>>5609018
Generally I've found that mobilism has mostly high-quality ebooks (either actual retail books or very clean edited scans)

>>5608971
>Isn't that a strain on your eyes?
if you're a retard who doesn't know how to take a break once in a while

>>5608971
>Isn't that a strain on your eyes?
Isn't browsing 4chan all day a strain on your eyes?

>>5609017
>>5609033
>>5609054
> I will stare into a lightbulb and read shit-tier pixellated letters rather than beautiful, print-quality typography because I'm a contrarian faggot like that.

>>5608972

really tempted by the thought of reading in the bath tub, but I just bought my aura recently.

>>5609062
>muh remediation
keep sticking to the old ways pal.

VOYAGE RELEASE TOMORROW

GET HYPE
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I'm only worried about the glass being reflective that aside I don't expect any problems. Except for the design of the backside, but eh, it'll be in a cover all the time anyway.

>>5609018
Bibiliotik tags retail books as [retail]. It's a private tracker.

>>5609076
Same concerns here mate. I actually read from pcmag that the glass is not reflective due to clever etching but wait for review just to be sure.

>>5609083
Yeah, I heard about it. I don't know how to get an invite though.

>>5609099
Yeah, I read that it's etched too, but I don't know how good that is. More etching means more blur, less etching means more reflection. I hope they found a way to get rid of virtually all reflection without noticeable blur.
Reflections would really kill it for me.

>>5609076
I hate when people use 'eh' in a non Canadian way. It's such a fucking disgusting sound to put right in the middle of your sentence and serves zero fucking purpose other than nail-on-chalkboard tier dialogue.

>>5609112
That's how I really talk...

>mfw I always loved reading but lately I wasn't bothering anymore, between uni, work and gf

>suddenly my gf gives me a Kobo Touch for Christmas

>ten months later I've read on it 54 books in over five hundred hours

ereaders changed my life for the better.

>>5609114
I know, and I hate you for it.

>>5609117
I also use "like" a lot.
>Do you, like, really want to eat that?

Reviews for Voyage are out.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/20/7010293/amazon-kindle-voyage-review

http://gizmodo.com/kindle-voyage-review-the-best-e-reader-lots-of-money-c-1648278525

>>5609122
Yeah, that cover looked like bullshit.
Weird idea.

No mention of reflection, which is good I suppose. Still waiting for customer reviews that would show problems in serial models.

My phone. Fuck having to carry a larger-than-pocket sized device everywhere.

>>5609199
>he doesn't know the glory that is e-ink.

I use the Nook glow light. I'm not trying to shill or anything, but I really love it.

>>5609122
Well that sounds promising, but I guess I'll still wait a couple of months, my Paperwhite's still working great after all.

>>5609227
Always wait for customer reviews and for the potentially faulty first batch to be sold out.

>>5608898
>e-reader

lol

plebs are the masses

>>5609292

I'm sure people must have said the same thing about horses and automobiles back in 1900.

Stay obsolete.

>>5609277
How do I know when the first batch is sold out?

>>5609341
You don't, you just wait a while.
If no problems are known after a couple weeks, all is probably fine and you're over those first awkward devices the factory put out before everything ran smoothly.

>>5609345
So ordering one as a Christmas present would be fine you'd say?

>>5609355
It's most likely okay to just order one now, but sometimes there are problems that are not know beforehand like that screen problem that plagued the 2012 Paperwhites that were sold during the first 3-4 months or so.

Who /paperbackmasterrace/ here?

>>5609358
It's planned as a Christmas present anyway, thanks Anon.

>>5609076
the backside looks ugly and the glass will probably be a bit reflective. I like the material of the paperwhite although it scratches really easy. I'm not too sure the side buttons are a good idea, they look really easy to hit by mistake. the off/on button placement is nice though, but I'm too happy with my PW to buy another one.

>>5609388
I have a 2012 Paperwhite and the processor is really fucking slow. Having to wait 1-4 seconds for pageturns or things to pop up doesn't sound like much, but it feels like an eternity.
The voyage would also allow me to read manga, which I always wanted but was never able to do.

>>5609396
I have a Paperwhite too and reading manga isn't too bad. There's some program called Kindle comic converter which creates azw3 from cbr or pdf I think, works rather flawlessly for me so far, though I've only tried it with some Eva manga.

The old Kindles with the keyboards because the touchscreens on the newer ones suck ass.

>>5609467
How do they suck?

>>5608898
>>5609208
>op pic related
This.

>>5609467
Early Touch models sucked, Paperwhite is fine. The keyboard models are shit compared to the Paperwhite, get the Voyage if you don't like swiping to turn the page

is buying a used e-reader viable for someone who's never used one before?

>>5610325
Yes.

>>5610348
what should i look for in a good reader?

>>5608898
Is that one in OP pic alright?

I have a used nook that is like a little tablet. I want one that doesn't have a backlight, or at least not one that just looks like a larger smart phone.

Recommend plz

>>5610372
Just get the Paperwhite 2. If you can't afford it, get the regular Kindle. If you don't want to use the touch screen to turn the page, get the Voyage (but listen to the guy telling you to wait).

Just go kobo.

Design is cool, you can put epub on it, and now it's even waterproof !

I once had a kindle, then a kobo, and i will never go back to amazon and their shitty azw files.

KOBO + CALIBRE=LIFE

>>5610462
there are no problems at all with filetypes
just use calibre and convert everything to mobi
you retard

if you're retarded like this guy, get a kobo. otherwise, get a kindle

I bought a paperwhite in december last year after my keyboard, may it rest in peace, died. I love it. I've never had any issues with it only being able to read mobi. For one thing, generally when I pirate its already in mobi and secondly, its a huge piece of piss to convert on the occasion it isn't.

I will admit though, the waterproofing in the kobo really appeals. I like to read in the bath but you know, steam, water, general moisture, not very good with the majority of electronics. Generally have to whip out the cheapo paperbacks.

>>5610462
>azw
>buying ebooks

>>5610589
hurr ur killing the industry support the writers

>>5609115
Your girl seems nice. Congrats.