Comments on: GUEST POST: The Answer to a Partly Potato Chip Reader’s Prayers http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:20:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: M http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-4533 M Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:29:41 +0000 http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/?p=2681#comment-4533 ah. See. I'm not like that. I always think there's a better way to do everything. Maximum utility/efficiency, depending on the day. I read ebooks also because I think I read them faster than I read print books. This is more useful for some of the wonkier nonfiction, but is also useful when I want to find out why a crappy book is on the NYT list. This last might not matter to most, but I can get through at least 10 romance novels in a weekend -- I mean NY single-title length -- if I read them on screen vs 6 in print. ah.

See. I’m not like that. I always think there’s a better way to do everything. Maximum utility/efficiency, depending on the day.

I read ebooks also because I think I read them faster than I read print books. This is more useful for some of the wonkier nonfiction, but is also useful when I want to find out why a crappy book is on the NYT list.

This last might not matter to most, but I can get through at least 10 romance novels in a weekend — I mean NY single-title length — if I read them on screen vs 6 in print.

]]> By: Edie http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-4532 Edie Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:56:17 +0000 http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/?p=2681#comment-4532 The few others I have tried, can't remember which ones were more fiddly and I couldn't find the auto scroll. But I am the kind of idjit that once I have learnt something one way, it is hard for me to go outside and learn another way IYKWIM. A big failing, I know. The few others I have tried, can’t remember which ones were more fiddly and I couldn’t find the auto scroll.
But I am the kind of idjit that once I have learnt something one way, it is hard for me to go outside and learn another way IYKWIM. A big failing, I know.

]]> By: M http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-4531 M Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:58:43 +0000 http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/?p=2681#comment-4531 What makes you think the other formats are more complicated? I like that I can change the font, the size of the font, the color of the font, the color of the background, the line spacing, the justification and the margins of, say, eReader or Mobipocket. I can have them two-up, just like a regular book -- admittedly, you can have this too with PDF if you have a massive screen. What makes you think the other formats are more complicated?

I like that I can change the font, the size of the font, the color of the font, the color of the background, the line spacing, the justification and the margins of, say, eReader or Mobipocket.

I can have them two-up, just like a regular book — admittedly, you can have this too with PDF if you have a massive screen.

]]> By: Edie http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-4530 Edie Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:47:20 +0000 http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/?p=2681#comment-4530 I is a technophobe PDF was the first one I learned, and it was easy, so therefor the one i am comfy with. :D My ratio with ebooks is actually lower on the miss scale, I know which pubs I have better chances with, and put a lot into exerpts and over the past couple of years have worked out little signs of what isn't going to work for me. Indeed the no DRM thing rocks muchly I is a technophobe PDF was the first one I learned, and it was easy, so therefor the one i am comfy with. :D
My ratio with ebooks is actually lower on the miss scale, I know which pubs I have better chances with, and put a lot into exerpts and over the past couple of years have worked out little signs of what isn’t going to work for me.
Indeed the no DRM thing rocks muchly

]]> By: M http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-4528 M Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:43:37 +0000 http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/?p=2681#comment-4528 I have to say, PDF is not my preferred format. The thing is that for me, ebooks have been way more miss than hit for me, maybe 50% more than print. Are there gems? Of course. My best pals are e-pubbed (Joely Sue Burkhart and Angelle Trieste/Nadia Lee). On the whole, the best thing about e-pubbed ebooks is the lack of DRM. I have to say, PDF is not my preferred format.

The thing is that for me, ebooks have been way more miss than hit for me, maybe 50% more than print.

Are there gems? Of course. My best pals are e-pubbed (Joely Sue Burkhart and Angelle Trieste/Nadia Lee).

On the whole, the best thing about e-pubbed ebooks is the lack of DRM.

]]> By: Edie http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-4526 Edie Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:31:35 +0000 http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/?p=2681#comment-4526 Magdalen, Steel Beauty, like the other Puma books is a novella, very quick to read! That is the only novel I have actually emailed quotes of to my e-book reading cohort, I think it took two to get her to buy the book and start reading with me, then emailing quotes back. LOL Boy am I pushy. *blush* Magdalen, Steel Beauty, like the other Puma books is a novella, very quick to read! That is the only novel I have actually emailed quotes of to my e-book reading cohort, I think it took two to get her to buy the book and start reading with me, then emailing quotes back. LOL

Boy am I pushy. *blush*

]]> By: Magdalen http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-4524 Magdalen Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:14:28 +0000 http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/?p=2681#comment-4524 Great post, Edie! You almost make me want to read more paranormals -- especially the one with the puma, which sounds great. But here's the problem I face: I'm virtually retired, and I still don't seem to find the time to read all the books I want to read. So, until my TBR pile and my SBR pile have shrunk a bit more, I suspect all my H/H combos will be human and stay human. (But then I think about the dog whistle & air horn, and I waver...) Great post, Edie! You almost make me want to read more paranormals — especially the one with the puma, which sounds great. But here’s the problem I face: I’m virtually retired, and I still don’t seem to find the time to read all the books I want to read. So, until my TBR pile and my SBR pile have shrunk a bit more, I suspect all my H/H combos will be human and stay human. (But then I think about the dog whistle & air horn, and I waver…)

]]> By: Edie http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-4522 Edie Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:45:03 +0000 http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/?p=2681#comment-4522 No edit for Edie :( ;) No edit for Edie :(
;)

]]> By: Edie http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-4521 Edie Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:44:02 +0000 http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/?p=2681#comment-4521 LOL I think it is safe to say I have nearly all Dane and Walkers list - just ordered the new Walker, yay! I am waiting to have all the KMM books in my hot little hands before starting them. But will have to add Skin Game to the order. Oh and I forgot to add another author to my list above, Mandy M Roth has been an auto-buy for me for ages, she has some interesting heroines, and really different storylines which rock my socks. Didn't see the edit button before, but will check now LOL I think it is safe to say I have nearly all Dane and Walkers list – just ordered the new Walker, yay!
I am waiting to have all the KMM books in my hot little hands before starting them.
But will have to add Skin Game to the order.

Oh and I forgot to add another author to my list above, Mandy M Roth has been an auto-buy for me for ages, she has some interesting heroines, and really different storylines which rock my socks.

Didn’t see the edit button before, but will check now

]]> By: Sarah http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/2009/12/03/guest-post-the-answer-to-a-partly-potato-chip-readers-prayers/comment-page-1/#comment-4519 Sarah Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:25:40 +0000 http://www.monkeybearreviews.com/?p=2681#comment-4519 No apologies required! Thank you so much for the post. As for recs...have you read Karen Marie Moning's Fever series? I've read the first three and thought they were great fun. I've wrapped up the fourth one for Christmas to stop me reading it in the meantime! I really enjoyed Lauren Dane's <em>Laid Bare</em>, but perhaps you've read it already. <em>Skin Game </em>by Ava Gray is one you might enjoy. We've already discussed the new Shiloh Walker. Have you found the edit button yet? It should be there...please let it be there! No apologies required! Thank you so much for the post.

As for recs…have you read Karen Marie Moning’s Fever series? I’ve read the first three and thought they were great fun. I’ve wrapped up the fourth one for Christmas to stop me reading it in the meantime! I really enjoyed Lauren Dane’s Laid Bare, but perhaps you’ve read it already. Skin Game by Ava Gray is one you might enjoy. We’ve already discussed the new Shiloh Walker.

Have you found the edit button yet? It should be there…please let it be there!

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