I'm inclined to agree, even in the face of the following two facts:
- modern e-book readers, including Kindle, have effective & convenient
bookmarking/annotation facilities
- Amazon allows one to associate a rather large number of devices with an
account; so the unit of book acquisition is in effe
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 7:25 PM, SS wrote:
>
> No jackets. No waistcoats. No coats mostly. Cargo pants are possible -
> but most offices and professions do not provide the opportunity for
> people to wear cargo pants.
>
Obvious when one thinks of it, but I hadn’t; the adoption of various
mobile-
On Sun, 2014-01-05 at 20:26 -0800, Mahesh Murthy wrote:
> As a sideways punt on the topic, has anyone noticed how quickly Google
> Play
> Books has become a real contender to Kindle?
>
> Books here are almost always cheaper (often 50% or more) than on
> Amazon
> Kindle, and the Google magazine new
On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 09:51 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> To be clear: I am not, by any means, giving up on actual paper books.
> But this seems to be a useful additional option.
I believe I have exactly the same motivation as you to get a Kindle. but
it will probably be a Kindle (if at all) si
On Sun, 2014-01-05 at 20:34 -0800, Tim Bray wrote:
> Cargo pants, jackets with internal
> chest pockets, or vests (waistcoats I mean, for
> Commonwealth-speakers)
Ambient temperatures over most of India mean that we wear what people in
northern latitudes call "summer clothes" 365 days a year.
No
