Reading on the road.

fireheart · Senior Member

Reading on the road.

Firefly · Guru

Sharon put Kindle in the search engine and see the topics come up mate.

This is one of them.

http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t43119655/e-reader/

I bought one for one of the kids, they love it, can't remember the brand though.

Old Crofter · Senior Member

we looked at the same question and as we were in the market for a PC as well settled on the Ipad 32GB wifi, we use it for all of our computer based needs and reader as well.
works for us.

Bob

Cruising Granny · Guru

It looks like I'll have to work at getting published on E-books so you caan read me on your travels.
Getting published is the hardest part of writing.
I can write for hours, yet I can't sit for a few minutes to even read a magazine. Books or the reference genre' I can read to learn, but I can't do fiction.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Go to op shops for books, and when finished donate them back. You can do this as you travel from town to town, its cheap, supporting a charity, not too heavy to carry a small(ish) number of books. You still get to turn the pages, my eyesight and computer screens arent the best of friends.

Going gone · Veteran Member

Hi fireheart,

join the rest of us that love reading on the road.

Last year we were on the road for 8 months, with lots and lots of reading, I'm like you don't like to get rid of my books, which were about 30 by the time we got,that was after giving some away.

Then my girlfriend put me onto the Kindle reader, I haven't looked back since.

You go onto Amazon. com I think, you can buy it through them, you set up an account and as you click on the book you want the money comes off your account , your book is there with in a minute.

Believe me you soon get used to not holding a heavy book anymore, the average price I pay in $10 a book.

Go for it look it up what have you got to loose.

Enjoy.

Going gone.

Cruising Granny · Guru

Some caravan parks have a book exchange for free. Sometimes in the office/shop, sometimes in the laundry. Swap 'em, read 'em, leave 'em.
How many times do you read a book? What's the hardest part about giving them away?

the rocket · Guru

I go to the op shops and buy magazines and books. cheap enough. when finished I either give them to someone or take them to the op shop in the next town. cheers. rocket n strop

wendyv · Guru

You can find a second-hand book shop or book exchange in many towns. You get some money or credit for books you take in, and their stock is cheaper than new. So you do pay the differential between what you bring in and what you take away, but it is cheaper than buying new, and prevents building up too many books as you go.
Another option is that some towns will allow you to join the local library cheaply, or borrow books on a surety that you get back when they are returned. This is great if you are staying a while in one place.

June · Senior Member

I found Op shops the only way to go for books. Cheap and cheerful. I don't begrudge the little space they take up as I also love reading on the road. smile

Loki · Senior Member

Op shops work for me! Despite my limited space I prefer books over the alternatives, of course, I haven't tried a Kindle, but I've tried reading books on my computer and would rather have the paper version. It is your decision, tho, and probably worth a look at alternatives.

Andrea · Senior Member

Books were the hardest for us to part with, Sharon (we had a LOT!), when 'going feral', but like others here we used op shops, etc. for three years - a mostly satisfactory solution for casual reading, and reference material can mostly be found on the web.

Then I got a Kindle for my birthday in January - and that's opened up an whole new world. We bought it from an Australian distributor, ReaderShop.com.au, so it came with the necessary power adaptor, a USB cable, a silicon case and a DVD with the books from the Gutenberg Project (about 29,500). Amazon downloads (the 3G version) on its own 'Whispernet', costing you nothing, and so far I've not paid more than $6 for books that I've wanted - some are free, some only 99c.

The Kindle screen is not like a PC screen - it's not backlit, you need a light to read it and it's non-reflective. And my husband, who can no longer read a book for more than half-an-hour or so, can comfortably read the Kindle (when he can get it away from me!) for two hours and more.

More choices to make! smile

Andrea

Happywanderer · The Master

Today I gave away a large bag full of books that I always intended keeping. I realised that having read them once I would not read them again. I'm like that with DVDs too. I never go back for a 2nd look. Cut my book pile down to just a few that I know I want to read.
It was hard but when moving house and not having a lot of room you do make that decision you thought you would never have to make.

golivers travels · Guru

florinhill wrote:
we looked at the same question and as we were in the market for a PC as well settled on the Ipad 32GB wifi, we use it for all of our computer based needs and reader as well.
works for us.

Bob

I am with you florinhill, have an ipad and use it for all our communications, research and my reading. Purchased a kobo reader but gave to a friend as I found the ipad so much easier. Can change background light to be the same as a book if necessary. Glenda

dawa · Guru

$10 a book.......WOW

that would blow the budget for me....I read 4-5 books a week.

What about swapping with other travellers.

I get mine from opshops from 50cents to $2

if you stay in van parks they often have a free book exchange.

I am starting out with 30 books and hope to change with other travellers as well as op-shopping.

Dawa

Elle on Wheels · Guru

I can't live without my books and have found a kindle invaluable. They are easy to use and store up to 3000 books and even then you can stick them on a cloud somewhere, although I haven't investigated that. You can also share and swap with other kindle users but again I haven't learnt to do that yet. I made a false economy of buying the smaller kindle and would now happilly spend an extra $80 or so buying the biggest version as you don't have to turn the page so often and have a bigger screen. make sure you get a 3g wispernet version. You can download books within seconds anywhere there is internet access. You can also access a huge range of free books, especially the old classics which have fallen out of copy right.

dogbox · Guru

i keep 99% of my books an will re- read them every couple of years wilber smith, bryce courtney, peter watt, judy nunn

Sheba · Guru

Just ordered a 7" e-reader with 10,000 books from Dealboard, for $99.00.

Hope it's worth it.

Cheers,

Sheba.

fireheart · Senior Member

Thank you everyone. I think the way to go is to look at an e-reader of some description, and hand my books on to the next person.

Sharon.

dawa · Guru

one more thing to be recharged.
But please keep us informed.
Would like to know the cost of these things to run
Dawa

Elle on Wheels · Guru

Keeping a kindle charged is really easy and cheap - it just has a usb which connects to your laptop or bluetooth gps etc. You can buy a separate power charger for it but you don't need it. A kindle will actually stay charged for 3 or 4 weeks if you only use it to read. If you connect to the net to download books etc it will obviously use more charge and you also need to make sure you disconnect from the net once you have downloaded your books otherwise it will use power. I've accidentially left mine connected ot the net and it's lasted a week or so before running out.

donnybabes · Veteran Member

I have had a kindle for over a year now and find it very good.Low battery usage,light to carry,easy recharge USB or car charge. And best of all I have not bought book in all that time.I have full collections of my favourite authors ( to buy any one of these books in paper back would cost me approx $28 each).If you want details let me know and I will help you set it up...remember all for FREE :)

Have a good day/read

Muso · Veteran Member

I bought a Kindle for my wife and she loves it. It even has its own case with an LED reading light.

She buys the smaller $1.00 books.