Book Apps For Tablet/smart Phone

[Iluvspikey]

My SIL has Kindle, my no.1 son has Android and my daughter has google books is there anybody out there like me, who simply likes to read a real book?

[rockyracoon]

Yep, me! I tried the Kindle app on my iPad but didn't like it, you can't take it in the bath so it's no good.

You can't beat the smell of a book either.

[queenofmean]

Me I love a good book. I'm with RR its not like you can take some heavy object in the bath with you and why would you want to charge something just so you can read?

[nungate]

Then there are people like me who have arthritis in their hands who can't hold onto a weighty tome! Then there are people (you know who I'm talking about Queenie!!) who disparage kindles etc on AB and then ask if they can have one for their birthday!!!) ;-)
On a practical level, I have been known to take about half a dozen books on holiday with me, which not only takes up space in the suitcase but adds to the weight og the baggage, you can have an entire library on a kindle and no extra weight in your suitcase....

[MrsLulu]

Yes - can't afford a kindle etc anyway.

[rockyracoon]

They do have their uses nungate, that's undeniable, if I was going away for a couple of weeks I'd definitely look into getting one. The other (major) downside for me is that I get nearly all my books from the library and they don't do an e-reader service as far as I know.

[nungate]

Mine were presents. Queenofmean bought me one for Christmas year before last, and my husband got me a kindle fire for last Christmas.
Queenie's peeved because I wouldn't let her have the one she bought me!
Well it was a gift and it's rude to give gifts away, and besides I still use it (a lot!)

[excelsior-1]

real book for me

[nungate]

There are a lot of free books available for a kindle, and some of the ones to buy are reasonably inexpensive. I did buy best beloved one of those mini Kobo things last Christmas, but I can download the a book from Amazon for a whole lot less than the same book from Kobo. For instance, I bought a "book" from Amazon which were three novels in the one volume that cost me £1.99 the same thing from kobo cost me over £6.00! (if you're interested it was the first three Inspector Montalbano novels by Andrea Camillieri - we liked the tv series so thought we'd try the books) It pays to shop around, I should have got him a kindle then he could "borrow" books from my kindle (we often like the same books)

[China Doll]

Yes, I do. But I can see what a good idea a kindle is and I do like the idea of them for holidays, and even commuting when I finish a book and then don't have anything else to read for the rest of the journey. I'm still pondering on whether to get one or not... I don't think they'll replace books for me but kindles do seem more practical. I think books are one of the few things I get sentimental over, generally I'm always up for the more practical solution.

[nungate]

I have so many books we're rapidly running out of room to store them! I have bookcases everywhere, even on the stair landings! The beauty of the kindle is I can buy books and storage isn't a problem as they take up no space in the house and even better, best beloved doesn't know I've bought more books!

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Mr BD bought me a Kindle two years ago at Christmas. It is still in the box. Not the slightest interest in it, Only this week I suggested to him that he used it when he goes fishing or for holidays. His answer was "No I bought it for you". He forgets that he bought it two weeks after I had bought 135 novels on Ebay for £13.00. You cannot beat holding a book. Good ones I keep and the rest go to the charity shop.

[nungate]

I rarely part with any books......hence the lack of space!

[Eve]

Me. I can see the benefit of having a kindle but I love having a real book and that lovely feeling of going an buying new books to read.

[LyndaB]

I adore my kindle and would kill anyone trying to take it off me. I've read about 200 books on it - I read far more since I got it.

[Iluvspikey]

I too have a bookcase on the landing as you go upstairs, and one at the top of the stairs too - I can buy virtually all my new books at the church hall - what I like I go buy myself a copy and take back the originals for other to enjoy cheaply. I can definitely see the practical side especially the weight side on holiday - but I just like holding a book!

[pastafreak]

I like both. Until I got my sony ereader last year,I'd really gone off reading...started lots of books and never finished. The ereader allowed me to read anywhere-and was easier to carry to work. Now-I read classics on the ereader,and buy loads from charity shops...and I finish them!