Did Santa bring you anything interesting?

[Hobjob]

Originally Posted by Boddie

Kindle is superb David. I have that platform too on my Ipad and the book deals are super. Mine never leave my side

iPad too heavy for really good reading experience though, especially in bed.

[Hobjob]

Originally Posted by Meta menardi

If you are enjoying a Kindle (and I am) and you feel up to the IT side of things, try Calibre (FooFle it, if you see what I mean). You can get downloads from all sorts of sites, and once they are in your Calibre program you can put them on your E-reader or keep them on the computer.

Loads of esoteric books, like Octavius Pickard-Cambridge's "The Spiders of Dorset". It actually covers all the British Spiders (names have changed a great deal) but, rightly, those from outside Dorset are in an Appendix. So many are free and not accessible in any other form.

Still like a book, but I do like my Kindle.

I gather from my son that there are problems with calibre though, in so much as accessing books via calibre means that your PC needs to be on. So he has banned me from getting calibre as yet. So long as he sorts me out I am not too bothered! He'll probably put it on his server for me, and build a special firewall to stop me fouling up his various enterprises

But it will convert anything into the Kindle format I gather.Biggest problem with Kindle

I click ordering is too easy and quick and you have to pay VAT on eBooks.

[angrybuddist]

Originally Posted by nightshade

An intriguing Neo X Cube, a Victorinox-Climber pocket knife a bottle of the excllent Bushmills Irish Malt and some Stones Ginger Wine and some cash for an I-Pod Shuffle. No books at all despite letters to Santa and Amazon

Thats probably because "Santa" doesnt live in the Amazon.

[nightshade]

Oh No!! all those stamps

[Farplace]

I got a bat detector and a moth ID book

[Hedera]

A lovely book of poetry - "Flora Poetica" on plants by various poets up to modern times. I love John Clare.
Only one lot of chocs!
Jars of homemade pickles, yum!
A window bird feeder
More books!!
So that's me settled for a bit.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!