Comments on: Three Purchases and a Deadline http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/ America's Mad Professor of Fiction Writing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:07:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Lynn Rush http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7297 Lynn Rush Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:09:17 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7297 Wow, sounds crazy busy for you. Deadlines have always made me productive as well. Looking forward to the Star Wars post tomorrow. Wow, sounds crazy busy for you. Deadlines have always made me productive as well. Looking forward to the Star Wars post tomorrow.

]]> By: Ivye http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7298 Ivye Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:04:57 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7298 Hm, Kindle... I've been wondering about it for ages. About it, or something like it. What keeps me doubting is, would it allow me to read, say, pdf files? Much as I love 'real' books, the idea of a smallish widget allowing me to carry around heaps of books and files when I travel is very appealing. A little less so if the widget can only read one or two kinds of file... Well, never mind. I'm looking forward to Star Wars. Hm, Kindle… I’ve been wondering about it for ages. About it, or something like it. What keeps me doubting is, would it allow me to read, say, pdf files? Much as I love ‘real’ books, the idea of a smallish widget allowing me to carry around heaps of books and files when I travel is very appealing. A little less so if the widget can only read one or two kinds of file…
Well, never mind. I’m looking forward to Star Wars.

]]> By: Camille Cannon Eide http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7299 Camille Cannon Eide Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:47:24 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7299 I still have a stapler and an electric pencil sharpener in my office. Not sure why. I still have a stapler and an electric pencil sharpener in my office. Not sure why.

]]> By: Wayne http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7300 Wayne Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:26:42 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7300 I read the Kindle is amazing. The screen is black and white. And it's for reading books and magazines, which often have color photographs. If you were looking up the first color photograph in 1861, you couldn't see the color on a computer from 2009, 148 years later! But I understand the Kindle allows you type notes in books. This feature might allow you to use network system for communication. Randy, in a later post, I'm sure your blog readers would love details on how you use the Kindle. Thanks. I read the Kindle is amazing. The screen is black and white. And it’s for reading books and magazines, which often have color photographs. If you were looking up the first color photograph in 1861, you couldn’t see the color on a computer from 2009, 148 years later!

But I understand the Kindle allows you type notes in books. This feature might allow you to use network system for communication.

Randy, in a later post, I’m sure your blog readers would love details on how you use the Kindle.

Thanks.

]]> By: Marcus Goodyear http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7301 Marcus Goodyear Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:35:25 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7301 I'd love to get a Kindle, but I just can't handle the fact that I have to buy most of what I read on it. Least that was my impression before I read this. We love our public library. And I get journal subscriptions. Until I can at least read my magazines and journals on the Kindle, I'm afraid I'll have to wait. Which breaks my heart because I'm a gadget guy. I’d love to get a Kindle, but I just can’t handle the fact that I have to buy most of what I read on it. Least that was my impression before I read this.

We love our public library. And I get journal subscriptions. Until I can at least read my magazines and journals on the Kindle, I’m afraid I’ll have to wait.

Which breaks my heart because I’m a gadget guy.

]]> By: Andra M. http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7303 Andra M. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:13:58 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7303 I'm right with you, Marcus. I’m right with you, Marcus.

]]> By: Ben http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7304 Ben Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:17:06 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7304 I would not be surprised to see library compatibility with the Kindle or something like it before too long. Already I can download audiobooks online from my library to listen to on my computer or portable device for a two-week period. I could see something like that for the Kindle being the clincher for many people. I would not be surprised to see library compatibility with the Kindle or something like it before too long. Already I can download audiobooks online from my library to listen to on my computer or portable device for a two-week period. I could see something like that for the Kindle being the clincher for many people.

]]> By: Lynn Rush http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7305 Lynn Rush Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:40:38 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7305 I'm with you Marcus and Andra. I'm dragging my feet on that kindle thing..... I’m with you Marcus and Andra. I’m dragging my feet on that kindle thing…..

]]> By: Pam Halter http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7307 Pam Halter Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:02:47 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7307 Camille - an electric pencil sharpener? I got you beat. I have an old, hand crank sharpner that consistantly chews up pencil after pencil. HA!! I think a Kindle is pretty cool. I'm hoping by the time my 16-year-old daughter goes to college, we'll be able to get her text books on a Kindle. But I'm not holding my breath. That's only 2 1/2 years away. Camille - an electric pencil sharpener? I got you beat. I have an old, hand crank sharpner that consistantly chews up pencil after pencil. HA!!

I think a Kindle is pretty cool. I’m hoping by the time my 16-year-old daughter goes to college, we’ll be able to get her text books on a Kindle. But I’m not holding my breath. That’s only 2 1/2 years away.

]]> By: Cherie http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7309 Cherie Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:55:11 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7309 Ooh, I want a Kindle so bad! I read all the time and I have a job where I end up having lots of random down time. So I bring a book. If I know I'm almost done with the book I'm reading, I have to carry around two books, so I have something to start when I'm finished with the first book. I spend about a bazillion dollars on books a year. I love the idea that I could just bring this little gizmo with me and have access to all the books I've bought, all the time. And if I finish my book, I can pop onto Amazon and buy a new one (or a newspaper or a magazine) and have it right there, no waiting! The Kindle was invented for people like me. The biggest downside I can see is this: you can't exactly take a Kindle to a booksigning. :) Ooh, I want a Kindle so bad! I read all the time and I have a job where I end up having lots of random down time. So I bring a book. If I know I’m almost done with the book I’m reading, I have to carry around two books, so I have something to start when I’m finished with the first book. I spend about a bazillion dollars on books a year. I love the idea that I could just bring this little gizmo with me and have access to all the books I’ve bought, all the time. And if I finish my book, I can pop onto Amazon and buy a new one (or a newspaper or a magazine) and have it right there, no waiting! The Kindle was invented for people like me.

The biggest downside I can see is this: you can’t exactly take a Kindle to a booksigning. :)

]]> By: Julie http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7310 Julie Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:29:30 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7310 Eh, I don't know about the Kindle. I've always loved the feel and smell of books. I really hope it doesn't catch on too much to make real books obsolete. Eh, I don’t know about the Kindle. I’ve always loved the feel and smell of books. I really hope it doesn’t catch on too much to make real books obsolete.

]]> By: Penny http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7347 Penny Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:54:50 +0000 http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2009/02/23/three-purchases-and-a-deadline/#comment-7347 I NEED a deadline! I NEED a deadline!

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