Wansworth
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Is Kindle the end of the traditional book swapping that is /was common between yachtsmen.Will people load their kindles with those cheap paperbacks that can be read without thinking and keep your mind off pending doom.
Kindle,the end...
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chinita
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Not at all; at least by the evidence in this Marina where books are eagerly swapped.
Searush
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I'm always open to swappsies on the real thing. I can't abide trying to read electronic books anyway.
stranded
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Books are history.
Wansworth
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Can have its down side.We are on the recieving end of plasticbags bursting with airport paperbacks given by well meaning ex pats......not one decent read!
prv
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A good question. My kindle has been a real boon for travelling.
I do have some timber on order to build more bookshelves in the new boat though
Pete
I do have some timber on order to build more bookshelves in the new boat though
Pete
LandM
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We are just re-fitting our boat, ready for a life afloat. We're getting bookshelves made in the fore and and aft cabins to store paperbacks. Think it makes the place look homely and despite the fact we have a kindle, there's something cosier about opening a paperback
Tomahawk
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I like proper books...
But I also like being able to read at night without waking up First Officer...
Did a swap the other day.. got a facinating story about the last chap who was rescued in the Fastnet.. He got Nelson Mandella..
But I also like being able to read at night without waking up First Officer...
Did a swap the other day.. got a facinating story about the last chap who was rescued in the Fastnet.. He got Nelson Mandella..
Wansworth
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Yes I have been introduced to several authors I would never have picked up in the general run of life.
Tam Lin
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After resisting buying a Kindle I was given one as a present. To my surprise I like it and have downloaded lots of books. To my further surprise I am still reading / buying / being given traditional paper books so am reading more than I used to. Think both formats will co-exist in the future. You can't buy Kindle downloads in the charity shops yet!
PS While the Kindle is Ok for reading paperbacks I would stick to real books for reference works / manuals etc.
PS While the Kindle is Ok for reading paperbacks I would stick to real books for reference works / manuals etc.
Wansworth
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Where the Kindle may score is reading in bed.......started a airport tome /saga ..weighs about 2 kilos !
Ex-SolentBoy
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Bought a kindle last year. We now have over 500 books. The whole family shares the same ID so we can read anything anyone buys.
I haven't bought a printed book since. Variable print size, built in lighting, convenience, weight, ease of flipping between books and size are just some of the reasons why we have ditched the printed word.
I haven't bought a printed book since. Variable print size, built in lighting, convenience, weight, ease of flipping between books and size are just some of the reasons why we have ditched the printed word.
Wansworth
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Thats just it with all your reading on Kindle you have nothing to swap at some distant anchourage shared by other yachts....
Gerry
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I so agree, I love the book swops in marinas and as we have traveled around I have been introduced to authors that I would never have normally read. Yup there is a lot of dross lurking on the bottom shelves but lots of gems too. I have found signed copies of Sir Alec Roses' Lively Lady, and a number of others. rest assured that I have given them all a good home!
I have a Kindle and in non-english speaking nations it did come into it's own, great to be able to get the latest best seller when you are in the back of beyond, but somehow it's just not the same as the printed tome.
I also kind of miss that interaction when somebody says- you must read- and they rummage down in the bowels of their boats to retrieve a much loved volume. We have made some of our greatest sailing buddies over a lent or borrowed book.
I have a Kindle and in non-english speaking nations it did come into it's own, great to be able to get the latest best seller when you are in the back of beyond, but somehow it's just not the same as the printed tome.
I also kind of miss that interaction when somebody says- you must read- and they rummage down in the bowels of their boats to retrieve a much loved volume. We have made some of our greatest sailing buddies over a lent or borrowed book.
Conachair
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Unknown by many but you are actually allowed both
Bulk of good stuff on kindle with a few fat printed throwaways for the book swaps and long passages. Then you get to keep the good ones, I also felt swapping something like a good Ian McEwan for some carp Ken Follet was a raw deal
TiggerToo
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a bit like like radio and TV and cinema and theatre... they will co-exist.
But I like the paper stuff, the feel, the weight, the evidence of past use....
But I like the paper stuff, the feel, the weight, the evidence of past use....
agurney
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I'm about to head off for a couple of weeks; the Kindle's loaded and charged, but I'm also taking a hardback and a couple of paperbacks. SWMBO likewise.
One advantage of a cheap paperback over an expensive eReader is that you can leave it on the beach when you go for a swim and expect it to be there when you return.
One advantage of a cheap paperback over an expensive eReader is that you can leave it on the beach when you go for a swim and expect it to be there when you return.
Ex-SolentBoy
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I wouldn't want to do that. If I like a book I keep it and will read it several times, perhaps even more over the years. With kindle I can do that, and read any book, any time.
Yes, it costs a little more than swapping but it worth it to me.
charles_reed
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On a small boat storage of real books is the problem.
Deciding that a Kindle was a sort of half-way house, I went the whole hog and started to buy audio-books which I load onto an external HDD and listen to on my mobile or the laptop.
It was a bonus that I found a supplier of MP3 audio-books which are sent on DVDs and cost about £0.39 per book. I now have 293 books by various authors, on a 2.5" USB drive, which is 1/2 full.
I still prefer real books and still swap!!
The other benefit of the audiobook is that you can listen and do something at the same time.
Reference/scholarly books are never on MP3 (but a very few are available for Kindle) of Nial Ferguson's 15 books 8 are available as Kindle and he's a pop historian.
Deciding that a Kindle was a sort of half-way house, I went the whole hog and started to buy audio-books which I load onto an external HDD and listen to on my mobile or the laptop.
It was a bonus that I found a supplier of MP3 audio-books which are sent on DVDs and cost about £0.39 per book. I now have 293 books by various authors, on a 2.5" USB drive, which is 1/2 full.
I still prefer real books and still swap!!
The other benefit of the audiobook is that you can listen and do something at the same time.
Reference/scholarly books are never on MP3 (but a very few are available for Kindle) of Nial Ferguson's 15 books 8 are available as Kindle and he's a pop historian.
aquaplane
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I have PDFs of various manuals on my netbook so that I have them when on the boat. I don't like leaving books on the boat over winter.
