just sad many used book stores are now closed.

high tech has destroyed  enjoying a good BOOK.  something about reading words printed on paper has permintance, and stability.

like this phone must always be pluged in to keep on working. 

  On 6/21/2018 at 11:01 PM, packnrat said:

maybe as money allows might look into such. just nothing like a good solid book in your hands. no  battriers required.

 

I've been happy with the Kindle "Paperwhite".  Both it's brightness and text size are adjustable.
At night I turn brightness way down.   It's light enough that I can hold it with one hand while laying down.

Tons of literature available for free download at the libraries - available online anywhere in the country.

Trick:  Manuals, or anything on one's computer can be "printed" to a pdf file.  The pdf file can then be manually transferred to the Kindle by a USB cord. 
This allows me to keep many reference manuals on a wafer thin ereader.

The downside is that one cannot easily and quickly thumb through the pages.  I find it cumbersome to do so.

I do use my Paperwhite. But there is nothing like a real book to skip around or look back to a reference. And the photos and illustrations are best in a real book.

well seeing as i am trying to convert all my music and movies to storage on a chip.

i am working that way. just old and being dragged kicking and screaming by my heels into the new age.    just woke up ( work hrs) and trying to look at this phone screen hurts my eyes.  even at 2:am it hurts my eyes. plus hard to read. yes a kendel is larger.

does the kendal also serf the web? make/ recive phone calls? send texts?

You do know you can change the brightness of  your screen. Brightness should be in settings on your phone.

Kindle paperwhite is meant to read books, secondary(poor) is the web. We use our phone primarily for calls and texting, photos , weather. We have a Chromebook for surfing the web(bigger screen) or use our PC.

Brightness is controllable on everything.

Edited June 23, 2018 by SWharton

I second the free OVERDRIVE App. You do need to belong to a participating library. I love to listen to audiobooks while driving. MUCH easier than hoping to find a good radio station to listen to.

  On 8/15/2018 at 11:14 AM, jkoenig24 said:

 love to listen to audiobooks while driving. MUCH easier than hoping to find a good radio station to listen to.

I'd be afraid I'd get caught up in the story and forget I'm driving. Music at least has regular breaks.

Linda Sand

Been using bookbub for a longtime. Another one that I really like is: ohfb.com

Just started using Libby to download from my local library.

Enjoy my kindle paperwhite. 

Linda, Getting caught up in the story in an audiobook happened the first time we tried it. Missed our turn(going to my brother) and almost ended up in New York City.  Never went near an audiobook again.

  On 10/3/2018 at 5:28 PM, SWharton said:

Never went near an audiobook again.

Back when I was much younger my work caused me to spend many hours driving around WY, CO, and NE where there was lite traffic and over the same roads many times, I used to listen to audio books and my employer even provided a library of motivational books on tape for us to use. It helped pass some long hours and while I didn't listen to them in towns I never seemed to have a problem out in the rural areas so listened unless the weather was bad. Today I find that my "not so young" mind is not as capable of multi-tasking as it was then and so I don't even listen to the radio when driving in traffic.