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Mar 7 2013 01:04pm
Thinking of buying a Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight(so I can read when I go to bed) but unsure how it'll work ;o

Do someone got any ereader and can recommend perhaps?

Only thing I'm really interested in is to be able to read ebooks that I already got AND that I'll be able to read without a light on

/E I'm living in Sweden so I dno if I'll even be able to buy one oO

/e2 If you do have an ereader, how do you like it?

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Mar 14 2013 08:50pm
I use my phone.

If you have an Android based smart phone (like me xD) you can either download books from the internet and put them on your phone, or you can buy them from the "Google Play Store."

And I'm sure if you have an iPhone, you can also download/buy books.

Also, if you have a smart phone, you can download the "Amazon Kindle" app. You need to have an Amazon account, but you can either buy books, or download books for free if they are old enough (public domain).

You can find a bunch of these public domain books here for download in different formats
http://www.gutenberg.org/

Also, here in the US some public libraries have ebooks you can download.

I personally like using my phone instead of books. It's much easier to carry around several ebooks in your pocket than it is to carry a single real book xD
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Mar 24 2013 10:36am
Kindle is $70
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Mar 24 2013 03:04pm
a teacher in high school gave me one cause i kept a near 100 percent through the whole year, but tbh i don't even use it lol
i had used one from the library and used it all the time, it was really nice having 100 books at my fingertips, however it's easier for me to just read a book i want to read rather than set it up, download, buy it etc.

i prefer the old fashion, paper book way.
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Mar 25 2013 07:49am
Was thinking of gettin a kindle paperwhite (I think?) that you can read in a total dark room as the screen is glowing, only prob is that it didn't support E-pub files :/

[URL=]• Content Formats Supported - Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion[/URL]

Also been thinking of Nook simple touch with Glowlight

But not so sure it's supported here in Sweden and that one doesn't support MOBI :<
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Mar 25 2013 09:20am
Quote (MynameFailed @ Mar 25 2013 07:49am)
Was thinking of gettin a kindle paperwhite (I think?) that you can read in a total dark room as the screen is glowing, only prob is that it didn't support E-pub files :/

[URL=]• Content Formats Supported - Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion[/URL]

Also been thinking of Nook simple touch with Glowlight

But not so sure it's supported here in Sweden and that one doesn't support MOBI :<


i wouldnt worry about file format limitations, calibre ( http://calibre-ebook.com/ ) will convert any book file to mobi, works on pretty much any book ive found so far. i really like my kindle though, easy to dl tons of books
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Mar 26 2013 08:48pm
Quote (Anemic @ Mar 25 2013 05:20pm)
i wouldnt worry about file format limitations, calibre ( http://calibre-ebook.com/ ) will convert any book file to mobi, works on pretty much any book ive found so far. i really like my kindle though, easy to dl tons of books


I could do that I guess, never crossed my mind actually :o

/e Does it work to convert pdf > mobi? or only like epub > mobi?

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Mar 27 2013 06:19am
Quote (MynameFailed @ Mar 26 2013 09:48pm)
I could do that I guess, never crossed my mind actually :o

/e Does it work to convert pdf > mobi? or only like epub > mobi?


Probably epub to mobi.

PDF isn't an ebook file, technically speaking, but it might be able to be converted to other ebook formats.
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Mar 27 2013 09:18pm
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Probably epub to mobi.

PDF isn't an ebook file, technically speaking, but it might be able to be converted to other ebook formats.


Mhh I know that, but thought about PDF, got some of those so...
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Mar 27 2013 10:10pm
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Mhh I know that, but thought about PDF, got some of those so...


If you get a popular ereader (nook, kindle) then you won't need to convert from pdf, as most read the file type already.
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