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29-08-2017, 02:08 AM
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Don't mind either a book or ebook. The advantage of an ebook is that it is so small and portable.

The charging business is a furphy - the ebook lasts for weeks on one charge because of the way they work, so it is only a matter of occasionally plugging it in to your computer or charger when you remember. I have never had a flat battery with an ebook.

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18-09-2017, 06:26 PM
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I'm full in with ebooks and only have a few paper ones left.
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25-11-2017, 10:08 AM
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I prefer e-books because they are so portable. I tend to go for long reads and handling a thumping thick book whilst reading in bed is just too cumbersome.
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28-12-2017, 06:36 PM
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I thought I'd never like anything other than a paper book and I've still got several that I'll never get rid of, and one or two still to read, but then I got a kindle and wouldn't be without it.
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28-12-2017, 06:50 PM
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For someone living abroad and wanting to read English books an e-reader is invaluable. I have one of the original kindles and it's still going strong after
about 7years almost daily use and I've just bought myself a Kindle Fire which is great for reading in bed, no more moaning OH about the lights being on.
I do still read paper books that are passed on from other expats but find them not as easy to hold as an e-book.
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28-12-2017, 08:23 PM
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I have 118 books on the device, and 389 on cloud.
Could you imagine carrying all them books in tree mode.
It’s not that I have read them all, but as they are ‘FREE’ from Amazon daily downloads, well I like free.
Many of them I start to read, don’t like them for one reason and another, and delete them. But they don’t get deleted, they go to cloud.
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28-12-2017, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Emjay ->
I have 118 books on the device, and 389 on cloud.
Could you imagine carrying all them books in tree mode.
It’s not that I have read them all, but as they are ‘FREE’ from Amazon daily downloads, well I like free.
Many of them I start to read, don’t like them for one reason and another, and delete them. But they don’t get deleted, they go to cloud.
That's what I like about the Kindle, I can try a sample and just delete it if it's rubbish.
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28-12-2017, 09:31 PM
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I love my Kindle, but I do like hardback books, they seem so permanent and reassuring.
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28-12-2017, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Rehab44 ->
I love my Kindle, but I do like hardback books, they seem so permanent and reassuring.
Yes, I have hardback books as well. The bookcase would look a bit weird without them.
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28-12-2017, 09:46 PM
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So have I. Most of my tree books are non-fiction.
 
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