Which do you prefer a Kindle or an ordinary book?

[Bubbles]

Yes! I have just submitted a cover to a friend of mine who is a published writer. His publisher is Amazon. He says that he wants to release kindle versions of his books but Amazon told him that they would have to be rewritten and basically abridged for kindle readers. Their logic behind this is kindle readers do not want to sit and read a long book. Now we all know that is bologna, but according to my friend, Amazon says yes! ALL kindle books are cut down and rewritten. But I'm sure you can create an unabridged version for yourself a

http://www.answers.com/Q/Are_Kindle_books_abridged

I wouldn't say they all are, but I've discovered for myself they are not always the same as a printed copy.

[Bubbles]

Amazon say no, unless the publisher wants it.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oREnsIaAp-4C&pg=PT101&lpg=PT101&dq=kindle+abridged&source=bl&ots=CjRWWGGEkV&sig=vfJBNeTZb3JhrIOGvUs5PwrY_10&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBjqqK8P_PAhULDcAKHeWzBT4Q6AEIWDAQ#v=onepage&q=kindle%20abridged&f=false

Perhaps I've just been unlucky in a few of my favorite books in that they differ very slightly.

But I'm not the only person who has felt they are not reading an original, whatever the reason.

[T8-eh-T8]

Roses

I love my Kindle.

Both for recreational reading and for reviewing pdf's for work. I like that you can change font size, they did tell me it would make me blind eventually 

But the moment I fell in love with my Kindle was when I started reading Sherlock Holmes, which are free, and which I hadn't read before. I recall an episode of QI when Fry disclosed how Conan-Doyle was fond of using the term 'ejaculated' for speech. Fore armed with this knowledged my infantile sense of humour was sated when Watson ejaculated from the first story window. 😂

[L.A.]

Ideally, I would prefer a real book, but the Kindle is so much more convenient, especially when you are travelling.

[Enki]

I use ebooks for novels etc. but much prefer real books for more factual subjects, where I can much more easily absorb information or refer to different parts/chapters. I also find that I can research subjects much more easily that way. I suppose I'm simply old fashioned.

[ad_orientem]

Can't beat a proper book.

[L.A.]

Can't beat a proper book.

I looked it up and I find:

"The current version of the Kindle has 4 GB of memory, of which you can use 3 GB for content, which is approximately 3,500 books."

You try and carry those around with you . . . or even store them in your living room!

[SusanDoris]

As a matter of interest, have any of you seen a braille book?!!! Seven volumes = onee normal paperback.
Volumes about 13"x12"

[L.A.]

As a matter of interest, have any of you seen a braille book?!!! Seven volumes = onee normal paperback.
Volumes about 13"x12"

How do you find text to speech devices Susan? The one on the Kindle is fairly flat and uninspiring, but I get the impression that the technology has moved-on quite a lot recently.

[SusanDoris]

How do you find text to speech devices Susan? The one on the Kindle is fairly flat and uninspiring, but I get the impression that the technology has moved-on quite a lot recently.

I haven't really tried any of them recently. I did have an audio book from the NLB a while ago which was a synthetic voice but it was dreadful. The human voice pauses where necessary for breaths, but although the synthetic voice drops at full stops and pauses briefly at commas, it has no need of breathing so just continues! It's probably changed though, so I will have another look.

[L.A.]

I haven't really tried any of them recently. I did have an audio book from the NLB a while ago which was a synthetic voice but it was dreadful. The human voice pauses where necessary for breaths, but although the synthetic voice drops at full stops and pauses briefly at commas, it has no need of breathing so just continues! It's probably changed though, so I will have another look.

I think some of the A.I. systems today are capable of 'understanding' the text, so in theory ought to be capable of producing a much more human sounding voice, but I'm not aware of any really good ones that are widely available.