Young and old readers prefer different devices

AlphaJohn said:
Cognitive dissonance is strong with this one.

Kids prefer phone to dedicated devices because their parents dont wanna buy em Kindles. :)
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I rather think it's because their eyes are more used to reading on LCD screens than their parents'. For me LCD is no problem to read on, I can sit all day, but my colleagues who haven't had the practice of reading full books on a screen can't stand it. My one colleague now said the nexus screen hurt her retinas to read on.
 
When you read this you may want to make the good old printed book the device of choice (again).
 
AlphaJohn said:
That is why TPB is my market of choice, thanx to Calibre I can place my books on any device, even a Amazon kindle.
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Yep. I'm going that way myself now. Very upset with Amazon (with whom I have a huge collection of books).
 
More and more the business and legal model where we don't own stuff is creeping in ... under the radar. You think you own something just to discover that you don't ... and that the company to whom you paid the full ownership price actually just rented you the item (but not at a rental price by FULL retail sales price). You often pay even more for Kindle books these days compared to the printed versions ... but you own nothing. You can't even transfer the book to a wife/kid when you "expire".
 
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AlphaJohn said:
Use Calibre to export em onto your desktop in Epub format.

Rather be safe than sorry I say :)
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Yep, they force us to do this now. One tries to stay legal but it's becoming more and more of a one sided deal.
 
I've been with Amazon for years and started with the Kindle when that started. It was great to get rid of heavy expensive to move printed books and to have several books on one device wherever you may find yourself. And now this ...

Yes, the fine print probably said so ... and yes, I never bothered to read it ... as the likes of Amazon expects will be the case with most. I wonder what will happen when this becomes common knowledge and more people realise what this model actually means.
 
Ad I stated in other threads this same thing may well come to bite those using fake US iTunes accounts. One day Apple may be forced to act against those not in line with their "not so fine fine-print" ... and kill accounts ... and there goes all those apps, music, etc with one push of a button.
 
BeVonk! said:
Ad I stated in other threads this same thing may well come to bite those using fake US iTunes accounts. One day Apple may be forced to act against those not in line with their "not so fine fine-print" ... and kill accounts ... and there goes all those apps, music, etc with one push of a button.
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Like you did with Amazon we'll all just move to the pirate market if Apple ever do it:p
 
R13... said:
Like you did with Amazon we'll all just move to the pirate market if Apple ever do it:p
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Pity, that we are forced into directions many don't actually want to go. That fake accounts are needed in the first place is nonsense. That the person in the article were forced (it seems) to use a UK Amazon account to PAY for stuff is sad. People want to pay but are forced into "dark" ways because of greedy buggers that block you from spending your money in legal ways with threats of account closures etc. Crazy world we live in Master Jack.
 
BeVonk! said:
More and more the business and legal model where we don't own stuff is creeping in ... under the radar. You think you own something just to discover that you don't ... and that the company to whom you paid the full ownership price actually just rented you the item (but not at a rental price by FULL retail sales price). You often pay even more for Kindle books these days compared to the printed versions ... but you own nothing. You can't even transfer the book to a wife/kid when you "expire".
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Have you seen the EULA on games and OS's lately. You are in fact renting it, even if you think you buy it.

Even worse is the one time activation of said software, linking to your Steam/Origin/Ubisoft accounts. It limits the resale of said software like you have noooo idea.
 
AlphaJohn said:
Have you seen the EULA on games and OS's lately. You are in fact renting it, even if you think you buy it.

Even worse is the one time activation of said software, linking to your Steam/Origin/Ubisoft accounts. It limits the resale of said software like you have noooo idea.
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I can sort of live with this model with software/games that has a limited shelf life but with books (facts, not fiction as much) it is different for me. I have many books on Kindle I use as reference in studies with my markings, notes etc. This I want to keep forever and hand over to the kid following in my footsteps. I recently discovered however that I cannot do so. My books/notes/etc are only for my own account and cannot be transferred. Not cool, at all.
 
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