tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post2198455036397480763..comments2023-03-29T10:25:18.702-04:00Comments on Read Me Deadly: Search and AnnotateSister Mary Murderoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13721665989818474295noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-30323686288598756912011-10-06T10:32:33.389-04:002011-10-06T10:32:33.389-04:00Periphera asked if my K3 had page numbers. I still...Periphera asked if my K3 had page numbers. I still haven't looked for page numbers. I forgot while I was trying to locate something on a finished ebook and did find the location number.<br /><br />I know that isn't what you asked----- just saying I forgot (then) and will try to remember the next time.cave76https://www.blogger.com/profile/07747693389489609091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-90438143705745728372011-10-01T07:51:16.232-04:002011-10-01T07:51:16.232-04:00Oh! Cave76, I had Suzanne Collins, author of the H...Oh! Cave76, I had Suzanne Collins, author of the Hunger Games, confused with the blockbuster chick-lit author. A near future post apocalyptic rework of the Theseus theme sounds much more interesting.<br /><br />Trawling the Amazon Author threads yesterday, I found one who is writing ebooks based on the minor characters from Homer. I'll have to find his post again. It really is time for a new ereader; my poor K2 is charging again, the battery slowly dying of overwork.Peripherahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534717949547090473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-62778602340141790812011-09-30T20:58:34.959-04:002011-09-30T20:58:34.959-04:00I haven't checked out if my Kindle has paginat...I haven't checked out if my Kindle has pagination or not. I guess I'll have to see someday. (grin)<br /><br />BTW---- just finished book two in the Hunger Games trilogy (Catching Fire) One more to go---- Mockingjay.<br /><br />I'm completely captivated by them! Is anyone else reading them?<br /><br />I was just thinking the other day how great this trilogy would be as a movie (IF done right!) I was thinking maybe Spielberg but lo and behold----- I just read that Lionsgate is making it---- for release in the UK in 2012!!! I SO hope that it keeps the flavor of the book.<br /><br />One thing I liked about the book (of course it's written as Young Adult) is that there's no sex in it. Kissing, cuddling. Not that sex doesn't have a place----- but please not in the Hunger Games. (grin)cave76https://www.blogger.com/profile/07747693389489609091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-85489518744924270532011-09-30T20:49:04.703-04:002011-09-30T20:49:04.703-04:00Peri said ***Twitter seems to me like the biggest ...Peri said ***Twitter seems to me like the biggest waste of time in the world. I don't need to follow anyone else's stream of consciousness,****<br /><br />Joyce and Pynchon may have been great authors (I couldn't get through them. My bad?) but they had some 'thoughts' and brains in their heads.<br /><br />Twitter, for the most part, is just people twittering about nothing. <br /><br />I like birds better.cave76https://www.blogger.com/profile/07747693389489609091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-34298878102368270292011-09-30T17:07:40.182-04:002011-09-30T17:07:40.182-04:00Cave76, does your K3 have page numbering? That'...Cave76, does your K3 have page numbering? That's really the feature I want.<br /><br />Twitter seems to me like the biggest waste of time in the world. I don't need to follow anyone else's stream of consciousness, my own is problematic enough.<br /><br />Every morning when I walk my dog, I see people jogging, walking, talking or texting on their phones or listening to their ear buds. They are everywhere but where they are. I have to wonder: are they so bored with themselves that they can't bear to spend a little time in their own company? How sad.Peripherahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534717949547090473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-70796208924401460022011-09-30T16:17:14.097-04:002011-09-30T16:17:14.097-04:00I just hate all that "like" and "fr...I just hate all that "like" and "friending" stuff. And don't get me started on twitter!<br /><br />The thing I don't like about e-readers is how small they are. LIghtweight is great, but I prefer more reading real estate. That's why I've taken to reading books on the iPad. The backlighting is great in certain circumstances, but it does get to be a strain.<br /><br />MC, I have a visual memory for where I saw something in a book too. I try to bookmark things when I'm using an e-reader, but what you think you want to mark while you're reading so often isn't what you wish you could find once you get to the end. It's always something.Sister Mary Murderoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13721665989818474295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-7549901267339391552011-09-30T16:03:02.672-04:002011-09-30T16:03:02.672-04:00The new Fire ereader is a lot heavier than the 3rd...The new Fire ereader is a lot heavier than the 3rd gen Kindle----and lower weight was what finally tipped me into buying one.<br />I probably won't be buying one---- even though the color is a plus. BUT I don't need all the bells and whistles that Fire offers. I want something to read a book or magazine on--- that's all.<br /><br />Will Amazon start their version of 'like' and 'Friend'? If so----- Boo Hiss.cave76https://www.blogger.com/profile/07747693389489609091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-8003083490176237902011-09-30T07:44:15.840-04:002011-09-30T07:44:15.840-04:00MC, to search you pull up the menu, select 'se...MC, to search you pull up the menu, select 'search', fill in your term, and it will find every instance of the term in the book. I have only used it with exact nouns or terms. I suspect it gets a bit strange with more complicated concepts. It might be fun to try. <br /><br />I also remember passages by position, but apparently don't even notice the location indicator subconsciously.Peripherahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534717949547090473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-21621712793032226372011-09-29T21:17:33.683-04:002011-09-29T21:17:33.683-04:00I am not quite clear on how to find passages in a ...I am not quite clear on how to find passages in a Kindle book and words like 'algorithm' make me nervous but this is surely a start. I have a visual memory that lets me recall just where on a certain page e.i. middle, top or bottom, right or left my info is and so having page numbers may also be a help.Maltese Condorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327846051123983457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-82310670213642951912011-09-29T13:31:14.433-04:002011-09-29T13:31:14.433-04:00Sister, the Fire has a back lit screen and NO 3G, ...Sister, the Fire has a back lit screen and NO 3G, so might be great for reading magazines or manga, but I prefer the soothing e-ink technology, which I can read for hours without headaches. I don't see the Fire as quite a tablet like the iPad. There's a whole finely nuanced world opening between computers and ereaders. I may buy this one, but my next will have to do the laundry AND balance the checkbook.Peripherahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534717949547090473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566219501850777383.post-83434651121458590942011-09-29T12:40:14.776-04:002011-09-29T12:40:14.776-04:00The whole world of ereaders is mutating like crazy...The whole world of ereaders is mutating like crazy. And I see this Kindle Fire is supposed to be entering into the tablet wars. I'm just going to hunker down with my Nook and my used iPad (first generation) and, most important, my dead tree books, until it's over.Sister Mary Murderoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13721665989818474295noreply@blogger.com