I'm an expat recently living in Taiwan and wanted to buy myself an electronic ebook reader from a US-based firm who will deliver it to this part of the world. I can't find any specific information about how much import duty I might get charged for it (it's value is about $300) by the customs here, and if anyone does know I'd be grateful.
I dont think they charge any duty for items sent to you here for personal use. I have received large parcels, and many times they were not even opened.
You sure that E-Book reader not made in Taiwan?? Or not avaiilable in Guanghua??
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am just a few chapters from finishing this novel and am very eager to get someone knowledgable about literature to at least look through the book and appraise each chapter. It will be part of Project Gutenberg and may then go into the digital library at the University of Pennsylvania so I need the feedback of someone who is a voracious reader of contemporary literature (either a writer of such books or a critic) because it needs to be as perfect as possible before becoming part of these collections
Steven Sills, literary novelist and poet
See manuscripts and published works in the digital library at the University of Pennsylvania by clicking onto:
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/web…
Libraries possessing copies of An American Papyrus (i.e.Yale and Princeton Universities) can be found at:
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow…
I am a writer and do not normally read contemporary literature. I would recommend going to a site called www.writersweekly.com to post this question about sources to get someone to help you in your efforts. You must join to post anything in the forum, but it is free.
Hope this helps
I know it's a fairly new technology. I've been wanting to get one for ages especially since I'm going to be travelling a lot in the upcoming year or even years.
I'm crazy about reading books especially ebooks since it's easier to throw them out when I don't like the story line.
Are there any cheap alternatives for the sony reader or the amazon kindle? I must admit that spending 400 dollars is a bit to much for me.
The Sony Reader can be as little as $200 (which is still a whole lot of money) because of various Christmas sales.
There aren't any eInk readers cheaper than about $250 retail, although you can sometimes find them cheaper on eBay. The Ebookwise 1150, however, is currently selling for $99. It only reads one format, but it's easy to convert most other ebooks to that format, and MobileRead.com has a forums devoted to free ebook downloads.
You can also read ebooks on most PDAs and some cellphones, but not everyone likes reading on a 2" screen. If you do (I loved it until my Cliés died), you can get software like eReader or mobipocket to read on a Palm system, or Microsoft's reader for a Pocket Windows system.
I'm thinking of getting one, but I don't know if it's worth it. Has anyone had any troble with theirs?
Yep, lots of trouble.
I have a MacBook laptop computer.
All ebooks are compatiable. You just need to download Adobe Reader
Well, here's some books I really liked, just curious as to how popular they are with avid contemporary readers here:
Angels and Demons
The Da Vinci Code
Digital Fortress
Deception Point
(All of the above are by Dan Brown)
Message In A Bottle
The Notebook
Nights in Rodanthe
A Bend in the Road
At First Sight
(all of the above are by Nicholas Sparks, I didn't list them all, but I've read nearly all of his books)
Harry Potter Series
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Lyra's Oxford
(by Philip Pullman)
Inkheart
Inkspell
(By Cornelia Funke)
Eragon
Eldest
(by Christopher Paolini)
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Anything by Sarah Dessen
Where The Heart is by Billie Letts
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Chesepeake Blue by Nora Roberts
ONce in a Lifetime
Fine Things
(by Danielle Steel)
Well, just curious. Please give me your opinions on these novels.
If anyone is interested I would really look forward to discussing any of these novels as well as other novels by email..Click on my name and feel free to email me…But I also certainly look forward to reading your opinions here!!
Much thanks,
Kiara
Yeah..I pretty much read anything except for horror and non-fiction…
Angels and Demons
The Da Vinci Code
The Notebook
Harry Potter Series
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Lyra's Oxford
Inkheart
Inkspell
Eragon- personally i thought it was overrated….but thats just me, everyone who has read it has seemed to love it, maybe its because im a complete harry p. dork
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd: i loved this book. plain and simple
Anything by Sarah Dessen: One of my fav authors. my favorites are This Lullaby and The Truth about forever
http://www.squidoo.com/AmazonKindleReview
Did you know that the Kindle is an MP3 player too? It has a headphone jack and speakers. Listen to mp3 tunes or audiobooks – you can even listen while you read. Cool or what!
Duration : 0:1:15
Zara looks at the electronic book the BeBook E-Reader
A short demonstration of an e-book on an iPod Touch. It includes:
- Turning pages
- Changing the text and background colours
- Using the find option
- Changing chapters
http://blogs.rsc-wales.ac.uk/lr/2008/10/27/e-book-readers-useful-to-libraries/ has reviews of some other e-book readers.
Duration : 0:0:56
HP eBook reader Concept
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