eBook reader review

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

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

I would like some help on which camera I should buy

Nikon D40 with Nikkor
18-55mm Lens, 55-200mm
Zoom Lens, EPSON Photo
Printer and Deluxe Nikon
+Accessory Package that includes=
Nikon camera bag*2GB memory card*memory card reader*extra rechargeable battery*tripod*UVfilter*Nikon Digital Photography book*2 Nikon how-to DVD'S*3-PK Clickfree Backup Dvd's *Kodak inkjet paper*deluxe cleaning kit for $649.99

—–OR———————————————–

CANON Digital Rebel XTI
-Includes EF-S 18-55MM f/3.5-5.6 Zoon Lens
-10.1 Megapixels CMOS sensor
-Large 2.5-inch LCD monitor
+Accesory kit= Lowegro camera bag, memory card reader, tripod, UV filter, deluxe cleaning kit, Guide To Digital Photography book and 58 sheet kodak inkjet paper for
$749.99

I would like to buy either one of these cameras before the weekend ends, What is your professional or personal opinion, Thanks in advance!!!!!
-
**Either one of the cameras come with a year of free photo developing at Cord Camera and a free EPSON R280 printer**

I've heard both of those are good cameras. I've heard the D40 is especially good for beginners.

i want PULSE &DIGITAL CIRCUIT BOOK BY A.P GODSE,BAKSHI
pls tell where can i get these free E-BOOK

here are some online sources for ebooks:
Project Gutenberg:
(http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page)
there is also Bibliomania:

http://www.bibliomania.com/

and Page by Page books:

http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/

and The Online Books Page:
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ (this gives you a list of sites where the title you want is available)
These sources mostly contain classic works which are out of their copyright phase or ones whose authors have agreed to put them online.
There is also New Free Books which contains the full text of many new and popular books that the authors have posted online:

http://newfreebooks.com/

If you are looking for bestsellers or more titles (as well as ones you can put on your ipod) the best thing to do would be to ask at your local library because many of them are now offering these titles for free with their library services. If yours currently doesn’t, suggest that they do (more and more of them are doing this.)

Im thinking of buying Sony's Reader Digital Book PRS-505, but only if I can use the books that I download from the Gutenburg Project. Does anyone know if they're compatible?

Yes! Project Gutenberg books are available in plain text, so you can use the material to create ebooks that may be read on almost any device or you can just read add the text file to the reader. Many of these files have already been converted into Sony's format (LRF) for easy readability.

Here are a couple sites with free ebooks available:

http://manybooks.net/

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/ebooks.php?order=desc&sort=dateline

My situation
I really need your suggestions, info, links, et cetera to get me break away from this computer addiction please. I have been living with computer since its advent, and I have been too long in this bit and byte world. I have almost no problem with my family and/or social matters (maybe), but certainly, I have problems with myself. I realize that my addiction to computer and internet has seized big values of my life. Please do not assume that I am addicted to the gaming, gambling, chatting, or sexual leisure online. I think I have really got the most of the computing and internet, I got answers for my quests in life: history, languages, hobbies, health, skill improvement, and other eye-openers, but I realized that at the end I just barely do not recognize myself. I knew that before the PC arrival, I was a simple human with a romantic and artistic mind inside, and then later I evolved to such a robot, to be precise: a slave of the technology. The internet had made me more tied to the PC, at first it delivered me the news of the world, marvelous things found there within the clicks and so on, but then made me deep drown into the pond of information.

The cost and the lost
Having knowledge to computer hardware made me always upgrade my gears. It made me spend big cost just to fulfill my lust over those times. My room is full with the old gears, gadgets, and things from online stores. My PCs and notebooks are full with MP3s, PDFs, and many things downloaded both free and paid. I also spent for many external/ portable harddisks for backing up and traveling. I do not mean to showoff, I just tell you how worse it was from time to time during about 20 years. I sometimes think about the lost time for repairing my gears, updating my softwares, browsing; and how many books that I have not read completely.

There was a break
One time, in two straight months last year, I spent my times with my son playing Tamiya, small racing cars in small tracks. It was wonderful that it made me totally forgot my computers. We have had most of the time together for racing, modifying, winding the wires for the tiny motors, etc. My wife was so amazed that the toys have made me away from the PC. It ended because of the coming rainy season that made us packed and boxed back the tracks and cars, and I simply switched back to the old routine.

In search of healing
I remember a precious phrase: Two kinds of those who lost; they are who looks for wealth and for knowledge. This phrase sometimes wakes me up but bad habit is addicting and I found myself always returned into that path. I think it is just similar to drug addiction. As the internet is an endless resource, I search through it for the cure, and I have found some articles about it and tried to implement them, but it always hard for me to liberate myself from my habit. I really hope that finally I find it in this forum, especially from you.

Your helps, Please
I know that some of you are familiar to manage some types of dependence, or maybe you have healed from the same situation. Whether you have some psychological, spiritual expertise, certain medication, or exercises, please share your advice, I need it badly. I do not want to clog the rest of my life in that digital world. There must be somebody else also in pain from the same thing, your kind suggestion will be very valuable and it will save some life. Thank you very much for sparing your time reading this lengthy note. God bless you.

PS:
I post this in Computing & Internet, Health, and Social Science with time interval, hoping to net more inputs.
Please do not waste your time to put any unpleasant or unnecessary words, consider it will not only read by me but also by the other fellow readers. If you are not in the same situation with me, you perhaps still have the advantage of knowing the answers. Thank you, again.

hello, i feel really sorry for you that you are addicted to the Computer. and i can certaintly see how any1 could be addicted to such a wide range of knowledge. every mouse click is something new.

I am a 16 yr girl, and before you say she'll have no advice i speaking for your son.

just to fill you in we live in Ireland. My dad works 9-5 then he has another job, he is a physio for many hurling teams (a sport) and he doesnt come home till about half ten every night. by then i am in bed and i dont get to see my dad.

unforunetly two years of this is reaking havoc on our family life. i know that this doesnt relate to the computer, but if u can see where im coming from, he's not around for me…just like you arent for your son.

I'm unable to suggest anything that you wouldnt have thought of already but whatever you do…do it…i hate it that my dad isnt around. your son is sooo young…you cant retrace those years back.find something for ye to do toghther as a family, as you said ye were playing with the cars and bascially your wife and son were really happy. would that not spur u to doing more things together??

maybe fishing, young boys always loves fishing!!!
please do somthing…maybe there's a counsel group around your area also people can get hypnotised for addictions and depending on who you go to actually do work..

please do something especially for those people out their that dont have a dad and cant spend time with him…..

please. i hope i helped in some way.

Right, well I love the Kindle, I adore the Kindle, I want a Kindle. But, just recently a friend of mine offered to sell me her Nikon Coolpix 8800 for about the same price as a Kindle. I’m in to photograhpy, but have thus far stuck to b&w film and completely ignored the digital revolution. Now that I am working on getting into the photograhpy field as a profession, I’m going to need a digital (though obviously a much fancier one eventually). So, do I want to spend my money on an amazin Kindle, as I am a very avid book reader and am out of shelf space, or do I want to get the Nikon that will get me out and about doing what I love?
What would you do?

I would get the Nikon, and if you say you’re going professional then get either the Nikon D40x (a good backup for a pro) couple with either a D80 or D90.
Just so you know, I was in the same predicament, and I went for the camera, and have never regretted it. (My bookcase is still filled with three layers of books per shelf–probably 500 books, not counting the 200 or 300 in boxes on my floor.)

Model Brand SONY Model PRS-505/SC Type Reader Digital Book Features Features The Reader Digital Book holds about 160 eBooks or hundreds more with optional removable memory cards. Its portable size makes it the perfect travel companion, allowing you to read a variety of books whenever and wherever you want. With thousands of eBook titles available at The eBook Store from Sony, you can choose to download new releases, classics and popular book titles as well as view other document formats such as Adobe PDF, RTF, TXT, BBeB and Microsoft Word. Its long battery life lasts up to 7,500 continuous page turns, and the amazing paper-like screen technology is easy on the eyes. Ultra portable Impressive, paper-like display Content Storage Capability Multiple eBook titles available More Than eBooks Spec Specifications DRM Text: BBeB Book (Marlin) Image: JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP Unsecured Audio: MP3 and AAC Unsecured Text: BBeB Book, TXT, RTF, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word (Conversion to the Reader-requires Word installed on your PC) Gray Scale: 8-Level Grey Scale Resolution: Approx. 170 Pixels Per Inch Screen Size: Approx. 6″ Measured Diagonally Technology: E Ink “Electronic Paper” AC Power: Optional AC Charger requires 120 Volts 60Hz Battery Life (Approx.): Up to 7,500 page turns Battery Type: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Recharging Time: Approx. 4 Hours with USB charging from powered Computer or Approx. 2 Hours when using optional AC wall charger Dimensions: 6.9″ x 4.8″ x 0.3″ Weight: 9oz. without soft cover

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Reader Digital Book PRS-700BC – Begin a new chapter with the PRS-700BC Reader Digital Book. Boasting an impressive 6.0-inch, touch screen display, this Reader uses paper-like E Ink technology which makes it easier to read, even in bright-light situations. In addition to a built-in light, there’s an interactive touch screen that lets you turn pages with the slide of a finger or activate the bookmark. You can also create annotations with a virtual keyboard, highlight text with a stylus pen, search for text in your digital book, and easily adjust the font size. A faster processor gives you quicker response times when opening content or turning pages. Ideal for travelers or people who like to read while on the go, the PRS-700BC holds approximately 350 digital books. Note: Use of companion eBook Store limited to U.S. and Canadian residents. Certain titles may not be available for download based on place of residence.

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HD 17″ WUXGA (1920 x 1200) Super Wide Angle Glass View LCD With Xtreme LCD Accident Protection – 3 Years Total
Dual NVIDIA® GeFORCE Go 9800M GTX In SLI Mode with 2 GIG Total DDR3 VRAM!
NEW! Intel® X3360 2.88GHz XEON QUAD Core™ CPU – 12MB L2 Cache 1333MHz FSB 45NM 95 Watts
NEW! 8192MB DDR2 667MHz Premium RAM (2×4096)
960GB SATA II HDD 7200 RPM ( 3 HDD’s 320×3)
Panasonic 2x Blu Ray Multi Drive with Nero Read/Write Software
External USB Floppy Disc Drive
RAID 5 Enabled (Striped & Mirrored Set) Three Drives Required
12 Cell Smart Li-Ion Battery – Extra
2 Spare 110/220V 220W Auto Switching AC Adapters
Belkin Power Inverter 300W
Microsoft Office 2007 Pro OEM Version (Word Excel Outlook Power Point Publisher and Access)
Windows Vista Ultimate with Drivers and Utilities CD – 64 Bit
NEW! Turbo CAD Deluxe v.15 2D-3D Exceptional Professional Engineering Software – OEM Pkg
802.11a/g/n Internal Wireless LAN Intel 5300
Internal Bluetooth Wireless Card – Great for head sets – key boards – data downloads by PDA etc – Included
USB External World Wide HDTV Tuner W/Remote PAL & NTSC
Belkin N1 Wireless Router – Works with our new WiFi N card !
Built-in 2.0M High Resolution Digital Video Camera
7 in 4 Flash Card Reader (MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo/SD/Mini-SD/MMC) Standard
SPECIAL 3 Years Total – System Parts and Labor Mail-In Coverage
Triple Partition
Logitech® Z-5500 5.1CH 505 Watt Digital Awsome 5 Speaker Plus Sub Surround – Black
NEW! External Fingerprint Reader
Multiple Display Card – Digital DVI Solution Offers Up To 3 Additional Displays – SLI not yet supported
Iogear Wireless Bluetooth GPS (mapping software w/voice prompts included!)
NEW! Super Quiet Aluminum Laptop Cooler – USB Powered
NEW! 1.5TB 7200RPM Western Digital My Book Premium Ed II USB 2.0 Firewire 400/800

It has a price range of near $10,000

Short answer: “Or What.”

Long Answer:
Well it seems to have everything but the kitchen sink. Three hard drives!, 2 spare batteries, dual video cards. GPS. Like everything … but at a price $10K. That is VERY expensive for a laptop (or desk top); the price seems way over the top.
The only WOW thing I see is RAID 5 using the three drives. If this is in a laptop it’s going to be heavy, hot, and use the battery quickly.

It has some strangestuff … like a multi display card that does not support SLI and the two NVIDIA cards in SLI mode – seems like a conflict. And since when do laptops in general have cards? Power inverter (you going to run this thing off you CAR battery?)

A top of the line 17″ MacBook pro is only $2700 maxed out. Maybe another $1000 for the extra stuff. So if all this was $4,000 and you really needed all of it OK then. But at $10K it’s to much. This does look like a desktop/tower spec not a laptop system.