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Commonplace Post (14) » Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:48:44 +0000

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Comment on My Kindle Made Me A B*tch by Alison

Alison — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:11:35 +0000

I’m laughing as I read this. I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to read a ‘classic’ piece of literature and only gotten angry because it’s not a free public domain book. Our lives are rough.

Comment on My Kindle Made Me A B*tch by heidenkind

heidenkind — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:36:13 +0000

I think there’s something to this. It’s like when you’re microwaving something for 90 seconds and it seems to take FOREVER and you want to pull your hair out waiting for the freaking thing to reheat; but if you didn’t have a microwave you would have just reheated it on the stove or in the oven and it would have taken 20 minutes and not bothered you at all. But you’re ‘saving time’ using the microwave.

Comment on My Kindle Made Me A B*tch by kathmeista

kathmeista — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:24:28 +0000

Haha this is hilarious, love it. I don’t have an e-reader (cos I’m unapologetically old-fashioned and have a penchant for sniffing books) but if I did, I would totally do this. Although you raise some good questions here that I want to know the answers for too – especially why on earth is an e-book sometimes more expensive than the physical copy?! Insane. Anyway, thanks for the giggle

Comment on My Kindle Made Me A B*tch by samstillreading

samstillreading — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:59:01 +0000

I can relate to this – some ebook prices are ridiculous. One book I want is $35 AU as an ebook, but I can buy it for $11 AU from The Book Depository or have it ordered from my local for about $20 AU. My Cousin Rachel is available on Kobo I think (as an epub) but Rebecca is not. Why? And why the restrictions for different countries?

Comment on The Christians Seem Fine With It, To Be Honest by Ms. Kathleen

Ms. Kathleen — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:04:49 +0000

I cannot believe someone was thrown out of a store for breastfeeding. I breastfed all four of my kids… My daughter breastfed her two… And we all know Jesus was breatfed! So was his mother… Probably until the age of at least three. This really gave me a chuckle! Hugs!

Comment on My Kindle Made Me A B*tch by Jackie (Farm Lane Books)

Jackie (Farm Lane Books) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:06:33 +0000

LOL! I still haven’t got an ereader, but I can see how I might fall into your problems if I did. Thanks for making me smile!

Comment on My Kindle Made Me A B*tch by teadevotee

teadevotee — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:59:03 +0000

I had actually not heard of calibre…& do not use Gutenberg much because I often dont like how the book is printed, but you have solved that problem! Thanks!

Comment on My Kindle Made Me A B*tch by teadevotee

teadevotee — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:57:41 +0000

Carol I think you should stop subscribing to that newsletter until you have made a dent in that pile!

Comment on My Kindle Made Me A B*tch by teadevotee

teadevotee — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:56:35 +0000

Yes! What is the explanation? I *think* that ebooks are taxed in the uk and paper books are not but 1) why? And 2) that still can’t account for the difference.