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498307 No.498307 [Reply] [Original]

LOOK AT THIS MOTHER FUCKER!

>> No.498315

I've always been puzzeled over wether or not I shoul get one of those.

>> No.498317

No.

>> No.498318

how much does it weigh

>> No.498322

>>498315

Depends on whether or not you wanna read a whole bunch of free books by pirating them or not.

>>498318

Around 10 ounces. Pretty hefty all things considered, but it is really balanced and feels solid in one hand, unlike the lighter but unbalanced Kindle 2 that you have to adjust while holding quite a bit due to its size.

>> No.498323

If I were to open a book store/cafe I'd put up a sign out front that said "No Kindles Allowed"

It's the corporate bullshit again that has been destroying jobs and lives and decent indie book stores. And all in the name of "convenience" and the "oh I want that techy gizmo" craze. The kindle is actually designed to rid the use of books. Why would you want to promote that kind of behavior?

>> No.498333

>>498323

Good thing this thread isn't about Kindles then, eh?

>> No.498339

>>498323

>Indie book store
>Decent

Yeah, sure. Maybe you know of one, but I have never been to one that wasn't total shit and didn't rely on some kind of fucking trade in system that deprived writers of sales.

>> No.498342

>OH NO MY BOOK RAN OUT OF BATTERIES

faggots, stop trolling with this shit. I'm tired of it.

>> No.498347

>>498342

DOHOHO

0/10

>> No.498349

>>498339

considering the money goes to the publishers and not the writers I don't really give a damn. Besides, there's maybe a handful of decent writers alive, all the good ones are dead

>> No.498354

>>498323
yeh and books are the techy gizmo that put oral storytellers out of business

really, why did we even bother coming down from the trees and making tools in the first place?

>> No.498357

>>498349

The dead ones were considered shit when they were alive most of the time too.

>> No.498365
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>>498342

Oh no my book was BURNED BECAUSE IT WAS HERETICAL, ITS AUTHOR PLACED UPON A PYRE OF THEIR HIDEOUS INFERNAL CREATIONS.

A MOMENT OF BLASPHEMY SPAWNS A LIFETIME OF HERESY.

>> No.498367

I'd buy one of it wasn't for that annoying page change delay

>> No.498381
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>> No.498426

>>498367

I know right. Same reason I don't read books all that much. Having to turn a page just pisses me off.

>> No.498441

>>498367
>>498426
sure is OCD central in here

>> No.498466

>>498307
>sony

load load load

>> No.498473

>>498466

>Book

turn turn turn

>> No.498479

>>498367
you mean sony?

>> No.498482

>>498466

From what I understand the Sony Pocket is supposed to be one of the fastest ones out there too.

>> No.498489

>>498466

You know, I just tried to time how long it takes for my page to change with my Sony Pocket, it isn't even 1 second. It took longer for me to press the button on my stop watch twice.

What the fuck are you going on about?

>> No.498490

>>498482
Thats the opposite...they are the slowest

>> No.498494

>>498489
Might be small but it does multiply over time

>> No.498507

>>498490

The old models, yeah. The Pocket, the touch screen, and the daily are all pretty god damned fast when reading though. Menus navigation and shit, they are pretty slow, but when it comes to turning pages they are noticeably faster than a Nook and Kindle.

>> No.498525

>>498490

2min and 30 seconds into the video review they show how fast the current sony readers refreshes.

Eat shit if you think that is slow refresh for an eReader.

>> No.498553

>>498525
You can watch the camparison videos of the refresh rate if you do not believe me...

>> No.498563

>>498525
What video review?

>> No.498574

built in battery - designed obsolescence
DRM - they own the work not you

>> No.498594

>>498574
Do people even understand that you can easily avoid that?

>> No.498606

Actually I've held my Sony Reader up beside a Nook and flipped the page at the same time. The Sony Reader is slower but not by much.

>> No.498696

>>498606
That always add up

>> No.498737

>>498339
>total shit

How so?

>trade-in system [as a bad thing]

Lolwut?

>deprives writers of sales

Any writer that really gives a shit shouldn't get sales.

>> No.498826

>>498737
any person who wants to feed their family should die of hunger

>> No.498873

>>498826
They are sellouts plain and simple

>> No.498895

>>498873
I really hope you're trolling.

>> No.498906

>>498895
Why would they sell?