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Enfys posted:It's cheap romance/thriller/paranormal bargain bin type stuff for the most part. Ya my sister told me about this and I will use that. I bought the Paperwhite version but Amazon.ca is out of stock so they will ship it next week when it is available.
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Ulio posted:Ya my sister told me about this and I will use that. You might want to consider cancelling and getting the Oasis instead. I have the paperwhite and it's great and all but the pure touch interface gets kinda annoying sometimes when it misinterprets a swipe. Forward/backward buttons are a big convenience that I miss from the earlier iterations. On the other hand the paperwhite is probably cheaper.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:On the other hand the paperwhite is probably cheaper. The Oasis costs literally twice as much and has a goofy asymmetric shape.
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Ornamented Death posted:The Oasis costs literally twice as much and has a goofy asymmetric shape. oh fuckballs they really make this poo poo hard, dont they?
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:You might want to consider cancelling and getting the Oasis instead. I have the paperwhite and it's great and all but the pure touch interface gets kinda annoying sometimes when it misinterprets a swipe. Forward/backward buttons are a big convenience that I miss from the earlier iterations. You can also just press the sides of the page instead of swiping, so those double as backward/forward buttons.
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I’ve only had trouble navigating by touch on phone or tablet with one ebook that seemed faulty. On the first page of a chapter if I wasn’t careful it would go to the chapter index.
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less laughter posted:You can also just press the sides of the page instead of swiping, so those double as backward/forward buttons. Right but I get thumpy. Big hands, big thumbs, why is it taking a long time to refresh, slap slap slap the screen I like buttons they're easier to understand
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I have more problems accidentally changing the "time left in chapter/book/location/page number" thing than I do with misinterpreted swipes.
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the nook paperwhite lets you turn the page just by tapping the left or right side of the screen
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So does the actual paperwhite  B&N is tanking fast, I wouldn’t want to be locked into that system myself.
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Everyone has probably read it already, but if you wanted to buy Maus it is on sale on Amazon for 13.50 right now https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679406417?tag=slicinc-20&ascsubtag=cff41224f5d011e7a6b6661e7a0f87950INT
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:You might want to consider cancelling and getting the Oasis instead. I have the paperwhite and it's great and all but the pure touch interface gets kinda annoying sometimes when it misinterprets a swipe. Forward/backward buttons are a big convenience that I miss from the earlier iterations. Its my first real reading device so I didn't want to get something super expensive and not end up really liking it. I been just alternating between ebooks on the ipad and reading hardcopies. Still waiting for Amazon to get stock so they can ship it..These must have sold really well during the holidays.
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Most of their devices spent Black Friday to Christmas on sale.
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This is so clever: https://twitter.com/all_nations2/status/952169694630264833
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Is there a way to see all your highlights for a certain book instead of going through the book itself? Other than that as a first time kindle user I am really enjoying this device and reading even more. The dictionary and highlight tool are REALLY useful .
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Three dots on the top right then notes and highlights.
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Alright thanks.
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chernobyl kinsman posted:What are some books that are literally too dangerous to handle? I'm thinking of things along the lines of the U of Michigan's Shadows from the Walls of Death, which consists of 86 pages of arsenic-soaked wallpaper samples, or Marie Curie's still-radioactive journals. Atlas Obscura just did a new article on Shadows from the Walls of Death: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/shadows-from-the-walls-of-death-book
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Would it be too specific to start a George Saunders thread?
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alnilam posted:Would it be too specific to start a George Saunders thread? I mean, we have a bunch of specific author threads. 
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alnilam posted:Would it be too specific to start a George Saunders thread? Do it. Plenty of goons have read Lincoln In The Bardo by now.
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I mean, the worst that can happen is no one posts in it and it gets archived before it hits page 2. Which is also the best that can happen, but writing is a valuable skill and it's good to get some practice in.
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Let's all make threads for our favourite obscure authors who have no goodreads reviews.
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K I did it.
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I'm around 20% into the final Wheel of Time book and thought there was a discussion thread for the series but it's been closed for a while now apparently. Are there nerds talking about these books elsewhere?
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Inspector 34 posted:I'm around 20% into the final Wheel of Time book and thought there was a discussion thread for the series but it's been closed for a while now apparently. Are there nerds talking about these books elsewhere? General fantasy thread.or here. Or a new thread.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Or a new thread. Hieronymous, please
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me, reading book 2 of heaving breasts in a shift the series by robert jordan: i really need somewhere to discuss this
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A human heart posted:me, reading book 2 of heaving breasts in a shift the series by robert jordan: i really need somewhere to discuss this tugging my braid to this post
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Just thought I might have a couple questions when I'm done. Don't need any drawn out discussion, but was disappointed to find the thread closed so I guess I'll have to poo poo up one of these others.
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Starting a classic literature course next semester and the first book on the list is Foe by J.M, Coetzee. I have not read Robinson Crusoe, which I understand this book is based on. Would it be difficult for me to digest without having read Crusoe? Also has anyone here read and enjoyed Foe?
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“Can I get away with not reading a book” is possibly not an awesome question to have friend goon.
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I read Robinson Crusoe as a kid. it’s not a difficult book mate. just read it
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And Foe, especially among companion books, is essentially incomprehensible w/out a fairly complete grasp of Crusoe. Like, I'm sure you could sham your way through, but to have your own worthwhile understanding, I'd say reading both is essential e: and also Moll Flanders. Mr. Squishy fucked around with this message at 12:37 on Feb 15, 2018 |
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I am intrigued why the professor would assign Foe and not also Crusoe
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He wrote his thesis/published a paper on Foe
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Well I mean now that I look back my Caribbean literature class once assigned Windward Heights without assigning Wuthering Heights and Wide Sargasso Sea without Jane Eyre
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I am intrigued why the professor would assign Foe and not also Crusoe As a trap.
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ulvir posted:I read Robinson Crusoe as a kid. it’s not a difficult book mate. just read it
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Well I mean now that I look back my Caribbean literature class once assigned Windward Heights without assigning Wuthering Heights and Wide Sargasso Sea without Jane Eyre That's pretty common. I don't know about Foe but with Sargasso Sea at least you don't necessarily need to have read the prior referent beyond a Wikipedia summary to get the gist of how the new title is reclaiming the narrative. I also don't particularly relish the four different times I was assigned Wuthering Heights, it's a garbage book for garbage people. I want to blame the Bronte s for Twilight.
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