Are e-readers still too underdeveloped to be worthwhile?

Pecker

My favourite term for this is 'pre-enjoyed'.

Steve W

EarthRod

I no longer collect books and stack the unwanted ones up in a corner of a wardrobe like I used to. These days the surplus are recycled back to the 'pre-enjoyed' (thanks Steve ) book stalls on the market.

The point of my post was aimed fair and square at the Kindle (comparing books to the Kindle).

Pecker

I've not used the feature myself, but I believe you can make notes/annotations on the Kindle.

I know what you mean about having the physical book.  I'll let you know how I feel about this as times goes on; I've only bought one or two Kindle books which I don't have in physical form already.

Steve W

IronGiant

It arrived on Saturday It's not real leather (I didn't really expect it would be at that price), but it's a good faux leather and seems to have no faults, the bundled car charger is a bonus too. It fits perfectly and all the buttons and connections are easily accessed. We plan to leave a 5 star rating on amazon. My wife preferred the idea of having it enclosed by a fuller sleeve rather than the corner tabs designs.  As an added bonus the car charger also fits her Blackberry.

1LeeDenton

Ordered one of these last night - good spec, good price, looking forward to getting the Kindle all wrapped up and safe

Pecker

To be honest, for a fiver, I might one of those, too.

Steve W

kav

Why, when you already have a cover? Je suis confused.

Pecker

I prefer the look of the way the Kindle is held in place, rather then the corner strips.

I might be wrong and it makes no difference, but for a fiver I'm happy to take a pop.

Steve W

Codehead

Mrs Codehead has always been a very heavy reader of popular fiction and sci-fi/fantasy books. I bought a Kindle last year and I've only been able to get on the thing for about 3 days since. She has read 50  books on it and absolutely loves the thing.
I'm buying another one as she won't let me anywhere near 'hers'.

I have a lot of technical PDFs that I'd like to be able to browse, but initial tests with Calibre look pretty rubbish. However, I do plan to get all my all favourites (Pratchett, Feist, etc) and re-visit some stuff I haven't read for ages.

1LeeDenton

I too preferred this one for the non-corner-strip method of holding the Kindle...

For factual purposes, its actually £9.99 with postage costs