I keep all my books in epub, but have considered getting a Kindle device.
Calibre will convert to un-DRMed Kindle format if you're willing to do a
bit of work. Last time I looked it was also possible to put an epub reader
on a rooted Kindle if you want to go that route.
On the other hand, those
Kindle has cloud storage available so that you can download books only when you
need them.
There are also kindle apps for iPads and android tablets (which last do take sd
cards)
--srs (iPad)
On 10-Nov-2014, at 06:09, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote:
I keep all my books in
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:39:31AM +1100, Charles Haynes wrote:
I keep all my books in epub, but have considered getting a Kindle device.
Calibre will convert to un-DRMed Kindle format if you're willing to do a
bit of work. Last time I looked it was also possible to put an epub reader
on a
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Charles Haynes
charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote:
On the other hand, those PocketBooks look nice...
Kobo makes some nice looking devices too. Very-Kindlish. Haven't
bothered to check how open they are -- any clue?
-- b
So many books to read, so little time!
/ahem
Popping up to say a) thank you for all the book recommendations that I will
now feel compelled to read, and b) on top of what Thaths said, an e-ink
device really is that much easier on the eyes--borrowed a Kindle, no
problems reading in glare and in
Chew Lin Kay wrote:
Would buy one if I can
figure out an easy way round the DRM issues in Singapore.
Chew Lin
If the DRM issue you are worried about is being able to buy from the
Kindle Store in Singapore, there's a very easy workaround. Sign up for a
free account at ComGateway or vPost and
Thanks for the tip! I was very intrigued because on a recent vacation to
Indonesia, a friend was able to purchase off the Amazon store while he
isn't able to do so in Singapore. (I guess the other workaround is the
thousands of books available for free download regardless of whether I can
buy off
That's a timely Q. I just finished reading Feast of Roses by Indu
Sundaresan. It's the second book on Nur Jahan. The 1st is The Twentieth
Wife and I haven't read that yet. A fascinating read and makes the Mughal
era come to life. A formidable woman who was the power behind the throne of
Jahangir
On 03-Nov-2014, at 4:09 pm, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com wrote:
Just hearing that Eloor is still around is a massive nostalgia fix. Thanks!
On 3 Nov 2014 16:06, Alok G. Singh alephn...@gmail.com wrote:
Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com writes:
Anyone on this lists borrow
On 05-Nov-2014, at 2:08 pm, Anil Kumar anilkumar.naga...@gmail.com wrote:
On 03-Nov-2014, at 4:09 pm, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com wrote:
Just hearing that Eloor is still around is a massive nostalgia fix. Thanks!
On 3 Nov 2014 16:06, Alok G. Singh alephn...@gmail.com wrote:
Dava Sobel's Longitude is a fascinating account of how longitude was fixed.
I never realized how challenging this task was.
On Nov 3, 2014 8:34 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon Nov 03 2014 at 1:21:36 PM Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com
wrote:
That said, which has been the best
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote:
Dava Sobel's Longitude is a fascinating account of how longitude was fixed.
I never realized how challenging this task was.
On that note,
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17239116-everest---the-first-ascent
is an
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On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com wrote:
Atta Galatta sounds interesting and I must go
there to see if there are any Kannada books that I can get.
One half of the couple that runs it is on this list (trying to shame
him into posting) :)
Udhay
--
((Udhay
On Wed Nov 05 2014 at 1:46:20 PM Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com
wrote:
That said, I wonder what would one recommend as a nifty gadget to read
ebooks these days ?
I'm divided between Amazon's latest ebook reader - Kindle Voyage and
Google's Nexus tablet.
If you want a single purpose
Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com writes:
Anyone on this lists borrow books regularly from libraries in
Bengaluru ?
I still frequent Eloor (Infantry Road). They are a bit old-school and
not as easy as Just Books but if you like that sort of thing, it's a
good nostalgia fix.
--
Alok
This
Just hearing that Eloor is still around is a massive nostalgia fix. Thanks!
On 3 Nov 2014 16:06, Alok G. Singh alephn...@gmail.com wrote:
Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com writes:
Anyone on this lists borrow books regularly from libraries in
Bengaluru ?
I still frequent Eloor
I was curious about these questions of late:
Anyone on this lists borrow books regularly from libraries in Bengaluru ?
Are there any ebook lending libraries around in Bengaluru ?
That said, which has been the best historical fiction that one would
recommend to me ?
Non-fiction recommendations
-- B
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com
wrote:
I was curious about these questions of late:
Anyone on this lists borrow books regularly from libraries in Bengaluru ?
Are there any ebook lending libraries around in Bengaluru ?
Sorry, scratch the ebook
In terms of historical fiction, two words leap to mind: Aubrey and
Maturin. Which is to say, a very long and pretty well 100% excellent
series in the British Naval Fiction genre by Patrick O'Brian.
On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com
wrote:
I was curious about
Fully agreed. I have the entire set (also in pdf format besides paperback)
and have reread the canon maybe over a dozen times so far. It reads like
dickens would if he ever turned his hand to naval fiction.
And I know ex Navy types and people who have actually built and crewed
replica 19th
On Mon Nov 03 2014 at 1:21:36 PM Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com
wrote:
That said, which has been the best historical fiction that one would
recommend to me ?
Non-fiction recommendations are also welcome.
A few historical non-fiction books I read recently and really enjoyed:
1. 1491:
Antony Beevor's ww2 history, all what looks like 1000+ pages of it. Still
plowing through it but it looks like a stupendous read
On November 3, 2014 8:34:56 AM Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon Nov 03 2014 at 1:21:36 PM Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com
wrote:
That said, which has
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
A few historical non-fiction books I read recently and really enjoyed:
1. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
2. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
3. A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through
I use JustBooks. Not as good as a bookstore, but decent enough. Good for
all the thrillers that I used to buy, but now just borrow.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com
wrote:
Anyone on this lists borrow books regularly from libraries in Bengaluru ?
For whatever it's worth (and it's not much) I named the protagonist of my 1st
novel (Acts of the Apostles) Nick Aubrey because I was deeply immersed in
reading the Patrick O'Brien Aubrey/Maturin novels at the time I was writing my
book and Nick Aubrey is as close as I could get to O'Brien's
That said, which has been the best historical fiction that one would
recommend to me ?
Have you read the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson yet? Eight volumes,
collected in three books, happily skirts the line between historical
fiction and SFF, and is both informative and rollicking at the
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