Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.internetdienste.de!news.tu-darmstadt.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Eager Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc Subject: Re: ebooks Date: 15 Jun 2014 23:26:12 GMT Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <20140614083750.c2d2943eed9fd25f0f9eea10@eircom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net OwjMUjCMwI3AJO22q/GDGA8JXJiwFoOzOxF0lf1IPd0mO+blch Cancel-Lock: sha1:TtXb+wpTxlcqnxUAaE+/4orCwYc= User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:3693 On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:43:48 +0000, RS Wood wrote: > On 2014-06-15, Bob Eager wrote: >> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 12:05:41 +0100, Stanley Daniel de Liver wrote: >> >>> I have an e-ink reader, just the job for erm reading, and just about >>> usable for simple web browsing, if nothing else to hand. >> >> What do you use? I currently have an old Kindle which is nearly 4 years >> old and on its last legs. >> >> I am aware that some e-ink readers are limited in the formats they can >> handle; that's not a problem as I can convert. I'm more concerned about >> those (I *think* the Nook is one) where only part of the storage can be >> used for non-supplier books. >> >> > I've got the Nook simple touch (no glow light, bought it previous to > that innovation). You can plug it into any computer via a USB cable and > upload to it whatever the heck you like. There's also a slot on the > side where you can insert a chip (forget what they're called, but > they're small), providing a way to have gigabytes of epubs on your Nook. > I'm pretty happy with the hardware - I use mine with B&N's store, but > also plug it into a Linux box and Calibre is more than adequate (and in > a lot of ways, better than the alternatives) to stuff it full of my own, > DRM-free files. It says on Wikipedia (which I treat with caution): "has 4 GB of storage, of which 2 GB is reserved for Nook Store content and 512 MB for additional user content" Is this true? I have no interest in B&N content... -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org