Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Paper one, Kindle... Not.

I have grown to like the Kindle-y thing on my tablet.  It has many advantages, not the least of which is that I can increase the font size to something I can read without my glasses, if I want.  (I have vision that is... amazingly bad.  I can tell something is there, but unless I am nearly on top of it, I can only guess what it is.  And usually not real good guesses, unless I have an inkling already.) 

I also like that if I want a goofball, obscure book, I can quite often find it, and have it downloaded in a short time.  I still buy the majority of my books at a bookstore, or trade with other dead tree readers, but I must say, Kindle has its charms.

However.

I was sitting down to read an eBook that had been recommended to me.  Sounded good.  Started to read.  Good story-line, interesting characters, and really getting into it~

And the battery died.

Note to self.  Charge the thing, before starting to read.  Ink doesn't generally temporarily go away... Hmph.

I keep thinking that I have some cookbooks downloaded.  I really think I will print out the recipe I want to use, rather than leaving it on.  Having the K die when I am right in the middle of a dinner would be a disaster!

8 comments:

Mary said...

E-readers have their good points, but it still prefer books with paper pages. I know, I know. I love trees too. But print books don't battery- down. And as far as cookbooks.. a printer uses paper too. :)

Sharon said...

I fully understand, been there and just as disturbed about it.

messymimi said...

And watch out for disappearing books! There was one i bought and downloaded, and it wasn't that cheap, and in the middle of reading it, it disappeared off the pad and is no longer in my "library." If i want it again, i have to buy it again. Library to borrow a copy, here i come!

stephen Hayes said...

There's a downside to everything, especially technology. A printed book will never let you down.

Cat said...

Yes, but the printed page generally doesn't disappear right in the middle of cooking! ;)
Cat

Cat said...

Finally was able to read the rest of it, but man, how annoying!
Cat

Cat said...

Now that one I have NOT had, yet. I don't know that I would appreciate that, someone might have a very nasty email... Ahem.

Cat

Cat said...

Well, almost never. I had a book with several pages missing. That was a bummer. And dropping it in the bathtub has its drawbacks. But I think it would be as bad or worse, in that case, for the Kindle-y thing...

Cat