Comments on: Why I Really Don’t like Kindle

By: John

John — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:39:47 +0000

In reply to Deborah Hubbard. Debbie, I just re-read my post. My, I was so very frustrated when I wrote it! I can see many advantages with Kindle, especially when you are looking for references, bookmarks or word definitions, as you describe. But I still prefer to buy my books on paper. Yes, they fill the shelves, but then you can do what I did just recently and thin them out. Fill a carrier bag and pass them one to someone else. (In my case just now, my thirty-something English teacher neighbour.)

By: Deborah Hubbard

Deborah Hubbard — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 11:24:29 +0000

Scroll forward to Jan. 2022…I am reading this post, John, because it’s on your list of most-read posts. Sorry you had so many complications sorting out your amazon kindle accounts. But as someone who lives in Germany and is now a member of an English Book Club, I am reading more and more on Kindle. I have never had any prejudice against it. I do not have a fetish for the feel and smell of paper books as some of my adamantly anti-kindle friends do. As our bookshelves have increased in number and swollen with content, it seems a reasonable solution to access new lit without having to add a room onto the house. Especially since the book club leads me to read books that are beyond my usual scope, meaning I don’t need a hard copy for posterity.
I love the fact that I can underline portions of a text or make notes and am actually able to relocate them if/when I want them. In Italian class, we are working on a book with tons of new vocab (well, new to this learner). By simply touching the word, I can get the definition to appear in English, thus making my reading of the story more coherent. IMHO it’s a genuine boon to language learners.

By: John

John — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:26:24 +0000

In reply to Joanna Lamb. Thanks for your comment Jo. I have seen some of the pre-edited texts, but I wasn't aware there was a PDF version for contributors.

By: Joanna Lamb

Joanna Lamb — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:46:55 +0000

Well, John as a contributor you have had access to a PDF version of Far Flung, so every opportunity to read it as well as access to all submissions. What a shame you haven’t read it…