Help plz / Don't know what they're called or where to find it..........

[Hound dog]

Those things people are downloading books onto. No clue what they're called. I did see nichole's in person, much larger than I expected. I'm seriously considering getting Travis one for xmas, which means I have to do it asap. He has finally admitted his vision has gotten much worse. I think this will help him be able to continue to enjoy reading as it will make the print much larger....at least I hope it will.

Thanks

 

[TeDo]

I think what you are talking about is a Kindle. There is also the Nook but that one is a little smaller. Happy hunting.

 

[BusynMember]

They're called E-Readers and they sell them everywhere. There are all types with various degrees of functions. I heard The Nook is good. Look on Amazon's website or Barnes and Noble

 

[Marcie Mac]

Sounds like a Kindle - I have just a regular one, but bought Jamie a Kindle Fire for Xmas (hoping he will let mom play with it)

Marcie

 

[donna723]

The basic Kindle that was over $100 last year is now selling for about $79 on Amazon. My son has one and he loves it! You can even "borrow" some e-books from public libraries now and there's lots of books that you can download for free too. I got my son a gift card for his Kindle this year and when I was looking for that on the Amazon website I noticed that they were advertising lots of textbooks too but I didn't get in to it enough to see what they had available.

 

[Hound dog]

Thanks! I'll look into them both. Nichole's was a Nook. Such simple names and yet I couldn't think of it to save my life. lol

 

[GoingNorth]

I'm a Kindle user. I have the older K2 as I got mine a couple of years ago. You can enlarge the fonts. The newer versions also allow you to switch fonts.

Also, you are not limited to Amazon for books. If you download a freeware program called Caliber you can get books off of other sites, c onvert them to Kindle format and transfer them from your computer to your Kindle.

I have handled the newer K3 where you get a steep discount for allowing advertising on the device. It's not at all intrusive. The ads show up instead of the standard screen savers.

 

[JJJ]

If you get a Kindle touch ($99) or the more expensive ones, it also has text to voice option for some books. We went with Kindle instead of Nook cause we read a couple reviews that said you could get more books and often cheaper for Kindle than Nook -- looking at the expense down the road.

 

[TeDo]

Just saw an ad on tv that there is some sort of special on Kindles for $79 at Radio Shack.

 

[Hound dog]

I ordered him the Nook plus a book by a favorite author to get him started.

And since I got the hang of this online ordering thingie..............I finished my xmas shopping while I was at it. I'm only slightly irritated that the food dehydrator easy child wanted might not arrive before xmas......although 3-5 shipping days would still put it before xmas........but I got it for about 40.00 or more cheaper than where I was originally going to order it from.

One more gift to order and I'm DONE. If my internet will remain stable enough. omg lol

 

[SRL]

Just saw an ad on tv that there is some sort of special on Kindles for $79 at Radio Shack.

I believe if you go up to the $99 Kindle Touch then you have the ability to enlarge the text. It also has text-to-speech for listening.

Heads up to anyone buying a $79 Kindle--they don't come with power cords. Those are $10 extra.

Can you tell I've been checking them out.

 

[DammitJanet]

I was going to mention the $10 gift card at Radio Shack...lol. But I have an off brand..(pandigital) which is just as good and I love it. It orders off the BN website but I normally get my books elsewhere. Calibre is wonderful.

 

[Signorina]

Pbi-my $79 kindle came with a USB cord which charges the kindle when attached to the computer. I use the USB to AC converter from my iPod to charge it thru an outlet. Hth