You don't have to have an e-reader to read Kindle books - there's a free app for computers, smartphones, tablets, etc.
I am going to try and forget I ever learned this piece of info.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
smonster - Aug 15, 2011 4:13:53 pm PDT #16048 of 28497
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
§ ita § - Aug 15, 2011 4:14:20 pm PDT #16049 of 28497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Same with Nook! Don't forget the Nook!
flea - Aug 15, 2011 4:20:13 pm PDT #16050 of 28497
information libertarian
This page I made for Kindle users at work has direct links to the apps, Lendle for e-book sharing, and free e-book sites (Project Gutenburg, etc.) You could read free ebooks for 10 years and not run out of them. [link]
Amy - Aug 15, 2011 4:47:49 pm PDT #16051 of 28497
Because books.
So if I don't have a Kindle, I just use the web app for PC?
Consuela - Aug 15, 2011 4:51:32 pm PDT #16052 of 28497
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So if I don't have a Kindle, I just use the web app for PC?
Yup!
I got the kindle app for my phone, but I admit I'm far more likely to read off the actual Kindle.
And damn, I just bought four Heyer novels. Woops!
Amy - Aug 15, 2011 4:55:34 pm PDT #16053 of 28497
Because books.
That's awesome! Wow, I can think of a dozen free books I'd like through Gutenberg, too.
Amy - Aug 15, 2011 5:05:51 pm PDT #16054 of 28497
Because books.
Okay, that is COOL. I'm already done and have four books!
This has been an I Love Technology day, man. Thanks again, flea.
Ginger - Aug 15, 2011 5:14:13 pm PDT #16055 of 28497
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Somehow it hadn't occurred to me that all of E. Nesbit would be in the public domain. Also, I see that all of poor H. Beam Piper is available. He wasn't around to renew the copyright, and I suppose he had no heirs.
§ ita § - Aug 15, 2011 5:26:39 pm PDT #16056 of 28497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nook! Nook!
Wahhhh.... I too have the apps for my everything--PC, Mac, phone, tablet, but reading on the Nook is the best experience.. Points to them.
DavidS - Aug 15, 2011 5:27:56 pm PDT #16057 of 28497
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, I see that all of poor H. Beam Piper is available.
Awww, I'm pretty sure I'm the only other person here who knows that name, though DXM might.