Sup /book/, I have a few E-books on my computer, yet.. I have never found a good way to read them. they don't have any sort of portability, and staring at a screen constantly scrolling and reading can be really boring. do you have any suggestions?
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Anonymous2009-12-09 4:31
I don't know, I just force myself to read them like that. If you've got a laptop, rotate the page so that it's horizontal on your widescreen, makes things more book-like.
Ultimately, there's always those Kindle/Barnes&Nobles reader things.
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Anonymous2009-12-09 5:16
ICE Book Reader Professional is great stuff,
Meanwhile, I always read on my cellphone. Sounds much worse than it is. I read the whole of Stephen King, much Dickens, Moby Dick, and most of Pratchett this way and it's great.
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Anonymous2009-12-13 21:13
Stupid clunky scrolling pdfs on the PC for me. Tried reading Little Brother on my phone but the app was awful and having it always to hand made reading too piecemeal.
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Anonymous2009-12-13 21:40
Just rest your laptop on your belly and go to town.
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Anonymous2009-12-15 2:03
I have to say that the best way to read them is to buy a sony reader, kindle, or nook. I tried reading on my cellphone, but it was just to much of a pain trying to read on that tiny screen. Also since I'm reading pretty much whenever I have free time the cost difference between dead tree and e-books covered a good chunk of the price. Add in the free ebooks you can get from places like baen's website and cd's and the amount of amateur and semi-pro writing I download off the internet for free instead of buying new books all the time and the thing has already paid for itself after a year.
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Anonymous2009-12-16 17:20
While books are about the only thing I prefer to actually own a physical copy of, due to the perceived inconvenience of reading longer text on a computer screen, I nevertheless read the occasional e-book. The only recommendation I can give you is to start reading, if it's good, you'll pull it through. It's not really that much more annoying than having to fumble with turning pages, getting tired from holding the book, getting a back ache from bending your back awkwardly while lying on your belly, or anything else you'll do while reading a normal book.
Persuade yourself: E-books are not inconvenient, that's at least half the problem.
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Anonymous2009-12-16 20:14
>>7
Basically this for me. I can't stand reading e-books, although I used to. Having an actual book is so much better, especially because I read in different places. Plus, I'd rather have a physical book than a laptop or e-book reader everywhere.
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Anonymous2009-12-18 4:33
on my laptop. but real books are far superior to ebooks.
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Anonymous2009-12-18 15:45
>>9
Yeah, but only because fuckers usually don't release critical editions in ebook format
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Anonymous2009-12-18 18:07
>>9
I only read books writen by hand. If it's not a manuscript, it lost it's all magic and not a work of art anymore! I'm hardcore like that! You're not a reader if you touch print! Just a faggot! I don't even care what's inside, only the format matter to me!!
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Anonymous2009-12-21 0:32
>>11
I thank you for the good laugh.
Even, on the off chance, if you're serious... Good show.
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Anonymous2009-12-21 1:04
yeah I read them on that amazon kindle shit...
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Anonymous2009-12-23 1:39
I read them off of my computer screen as I have no ebook reader and I aint gonna print them off. I have plenty but have only fuly read 3 or 4