[mike777]

Does anyone own the Kindle book reader? If so what do you think of it?

[Lobowolf]

I have the Kindle 2. Love it. No waiting for Amazon to ship, no driving to the bookstore...$10 hardbound new releases, lots of features...it's great.

[y66]

Amazon reported this news on Monday:

... for the last three months, sales of books for the Kindle outnumbered sales of hardcover books.

In that time, Amazon said, it sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcover books, including hardcovers for which there is no Kindle edition.

[hrothgar]

My thoughts about the Kindle

Pros: Portability
Cons: Ever tried to pull your thesis off a 20 year old PC? Image the same with your nice expensive Digital Rights Management enabled library.

I think that there is a time and a place for a Kindle. (The time and place is a long vacation where books are just too heavy / bulky to consider)

If they ever fix the DRM issues so I am confident that I can migrate my property to a new/improved reader I might consider a more widespread transition.

(For what its worth, I'll be buying a Kindle for my trip to Bhutan next year)

[TylerE]

Eh richard? I can easily read my books on all 4 devices I regularly use (My actual Kindle 2, a PC, a mac, and my android smartphone). While I'm no DRM-lover by any means, as implemented on the kindle, it's pretty inoffensive.

[JoAnneM]

I didn't notice this thread when I started my thread today. The one thing that makes the kindle better as a reader will be apparent the minute you step outside with yor iPad and can't read the screen. You can read the kindle in bright sunlight.

[Lobowolf]

Still love the Kindle, but my mom picked up a Nook (Barnes & Noble's digital reader) a couple of weeks ago, and she loves it, too. It's at least worth a look from anyone who's just getting into the market.

[RMB1]

Sorry for the off topic reply but I have a bridge related questions

I want a hand-held device that would fit in an outside jacket pocket that I could use as a TD. It would have a number of documents installed: current Laws, national regulations, etc. I would want to be able to stand at the table and flick through (or quickly search) the law book, so I could read out a law to the players; just as I would with a physical law book. I need an electronic version of the regulations as they are no longer printed as booklets, and personal printouts are not as easy to handle.

Is this practical with the kindle?

I tried a Sony eReader in a shop but the page turning and searching seemed too slow compared with accessing a physical book.

[blackshoe]

I don't know if it's practical with the kindle, but it is with the iPad (although the iPad's not quite as good as a kindle as a pure "book reader").

[RMB1]

Thanks.

Unfortunately, the standard EBU TD jacket has outside pockets that are 6in (15.24cm) wide. They will just take an A5 printed booklet (14.85cm) and will comfortably take the EBU version of 1997 Laws (13cm wide) and the 2007 Laws (slightly narrower at 12.5cm).

But the won't fit an iPad which is almost 7 and a half inches (19cm), according to various sources (including http://www.apple.com/ipad).

[blackshoe]

Have a tailor replace one or both pockets?

I suspect you can get a case for the iPad with an "over the shoulder" strap.

[TylerE]

One thing to consider robin, if you can get the source pdf file for the books that you desire, you could go to one of the online self publishing print-on-demand sites, like lulu.com. I used them to print some system notes once... ~80 pages was like $10/per, with no setup fee. That's with professional binding, a color cover, etc. For a few hunderd pages it would be maybe $15. If you have pdf software you could combine several pubs into one file and have it printed as a single volume.

[JoAnneM]

Take your jacket to the tailor and have them make an interior pocket for the iPad. I saw this on TV with some journalists. But, the iPad is fairly heavy, especially if you get a cover so you won't drop it - that thing is SLIPPERY.

However the new Kindle might work, and it's only $139, and the search features are pretty good, plus you can have lots of bookmarks once you get the hang of it. Not sure if you can do all that in pdfs thought, haven't tried it.

I like both devices.

Let us know what you do!

[JoAnneM]

Just thought of something, it seems that someone should be able to write an app (maybe ACBL) that would have those searchable documents. Then you could download it to whatever device you have.

[RMB1]

The documents I want are all available from the EBU website as PDF, which is searchable. I guess I can also process the PDF to add bookmarks, etc. (I've done it before at $work, and I've got more time now.)

[RMB1]

I bought a Kindle and have put laws and regulations on it. I have used it at a few events, it fits in my jacket pocket or even trouser pocket.

The PDF of the laws I have from the EBU is 2up (two pages to a view). I have reworked it so it is 1up and it look great. Getting from page to page is easy and fast.

The downside is other navigation is slow. I have bookmarked key laws but loading the bookmarks is slow. You can also search the text directly but that it is also slow.

[Rain]

Does BBO's mobile vugraph browser work on kindle?

http://www.bridgebase.com/mobile/

I just read kindle has free 3G, can be used on many non java/flash pages. Is that true?