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    Matt.Anderson
    Posts: 2,844
    Registered: ‎05-13-2005

    Re: Would you buy a Kindle?

    01-26-2010 06:37 AM in reply to: *clintonG
    oh, no - you've caught on....

    got my wife hooked on Facebook so she wouldn't ask me to hang any more curtains/change the curtains/relocate or hang any more pictures....

    Matt


    Matthew Anderson, PE
    Business Consultant
    Global Services
    Autodesk, Inc.

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    *Archy

    Re: Would you buy a Kindle?

    01-26-2010 06:41 AM in reply to: *clintonG
    I like trading books with my son... you can't loan a Kindle book to a friend
    to read...


    Thus said Murph:
    > NO!
    > Why pay $200.00 for something then have to pay another $25.00 or so
    > for something to read on it? I can go to the used book store and get
    > the same reading material with pocket change, then when I'm finish
    > reading it resell it and get my money back. Are there used e-book
    > stores out there yet? If you're stranded out in the middle of nowhere
    > can you start a signal fire with a e-book, can you place it in the
    > privy and tear a page out of it?
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    *DougK

    Re: Would you buy a Kindle?

    01-26-2010 06:43 AM in reply to: *clintonG
    if they have a kindle too, i think you can sometimes.

    "Archy" wrote in message news:6324649@discussion.autodesk.com...
    I like trading books with my son... you can't loan a Kindle book to a friend
    to read...


    Thus said Murph:
    > NO!
    > Why pay $200.00 for something then have to pay another $25.00 or so
    > for something to read on it? I can go to the used book store and get
    > the same reading material with pocket change, then when I'm finish
    > reading it resell it and get my money back. Are there used e-book
    > stores out there yet? If you're stranded out in the middle of nowhere
    > can you start a signal fire with a e-book, can you place it in the
    > privy and tear a page out of it?
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    *Wanderer

    Re: Would you buy a Kindle?

    01-26-2010 06:53 AM in reply to: *clintonG
    :-D

    yeah, but, my husband still hasn't... instead of facebook, I got him a
    baby, so he wouldn't keep after me for all those little things around
    the house. :smileywink:

    Matt.Anderson wrote:
    > oh, no - you've caught on....
    >
    > got my wife hooked on Facebook so she wouldn't ask me to hang any more
    > curtains/change the curtains/relocate or hang any more pictures....
    >
    > Matt
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    AllenJessup
    Posts: 4,712
    Registered: ‎05-21-2003

    Re: Would you buy a Kindle?

    01-26-2010 10:24 AM in reply to: *clintonG
    You can with a nook if they have one or a reader. There's an app for that too. Or if it's a free book they can just download a copy. Edited by: AllenJessup on Jan 26, 2010 1:25 PM
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    *John Mayo

    Re: Would you buy a Kindle?

    01-26-2010 03:11 PM in reply to: *clintonG
    I'd bet you'd save more at your public library. :smileywink:

    John
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    JGerth
    Posts: 1,197
    Registered: ‎12-05-2005

    Re: Would you buy a Kindle?

    01-27-2010 05:47 AM in reply to: *clintonG
    or Project Gutenberg....
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    AllenJessup
    Posts: 4,712
    Registered: ‎05-21-2003

    Re: Would you buy a Kindle?

    01-27-2010 07:05 AM in reply to: *clintonG
    http://www.archive.org/details/texts
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    JGerth
    Posts: 1,197
    Registered: ‎12-05-2005

    Re: Would you buy a Kindle?

    01-27-2010 11:01 AM in reply to: *clintonG
    Thanks! that's a new one for me. more time spent on intriguing reading. 'Devises et embles' looks cool
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    Distinguished Contributor
    Posts: 1,741
    Registered: ‎12-02-2003

    Re: Would you buy a Kindle?

    01-27-2010 12:01 PM in reply to: *clintonG
    IT'S A BOY!

    Well, not really:
    http://i.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-tablet-latest-creation-event/

    We'll see if it's a kindle killer, or not.
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