While we're speaking of reading.

Who here has moved to e-books ?

I have been a hard core book collectors for years with close to 1500 scifi/fantasy books in my collection and then I got a kindle 10 months ago.

Since then I haven't purchased a single paper book and I am actually reading a lot again ( purchased and read 35 e-books or so in 10 months while I was down to reading 8-9 books a year before that).

The thing that really rocks with the kindle is the spur of the moment purchase. I used to buy books as they were released, especially  in case of series as I never knew if I would be able to find them later on. And when i wanted to read a new book I would look at my backlog and have to decide what to read next.

Now when I finish a book I can get and start reading any book I want within 60 seconds, so I get to read what i feel like reading at that time, not what I purchased 2 years earlier........

One thing I had never done before (except for LOTR) is that e-books are cheap enough that I find myself repurchasing old books I had and rereading them again....

I LOVE MY KINDLE !!!

A couple of points: Wuthering Heights is way better than Jane Eyre no debate.

I am just now starting to be an avid book collector so I don't think I will move to ebooks anytime soon.

Angels and Demons is better than The Da Vinci Code no debate. Those are the only two Brown books I've read and I enjoyed them on an entertainment level. A lot of people I know (and Badgenome) hate them. I still have to read The Lost Symbol. 

There are two types of nooks: the regular nook and the nook Color.

The nook uses the eInk just like the Kindle and the nook Color is more like an iPad (and even becomes a competent tablet when jailbroken).  For anyone that has never seen eInk, go to Barne's and Noble now and look at their eInk nooks.  I'm not saying buy a nook if you want an eReader, just look at the eInk.  It's pretty amazing.  It looks exactly like paper and there's no eye strain what-so-ever.  The only issue is if there's a light shining directly on it, there can be a small glare.

The nook Color uses a touch screen similar to the iPad and I was worried about eye strain on that too but apparently it's not bad.  My wife has been using it and she has had no complaints.  I haven't used it for long periods of time so I can't speak anything about it.

So if we use a bright headlight to read at night rather than a lamp, it would probably glare pretty badly?

So if we use a bright headlight to read at night rather than a lamp, it would probably glare pretty badly?

new Stephen King Dark Tower book incoming for those that are interested...

http://www.stephenking.com/promo/wind_through_the_keyhole/announcement/

This may be slightly off-topic, but what type of dog is this?

It's a Hutt.