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  • RE: The Reading Poll

    Nicole Bowman (7/29/2009)


    We currently pay about AU$25-$35 for a new paperback fiction book.

    It certainly doesn't make any sense why books would be that expensive for you! Obviously if you...

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    Grant Fritchey (7/31/2009)


    Too bad I couldn't do the same for She Who Must Be Obeyed. Every book I've recommended her to read has come back looking like she chewed on...

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    Matt Miller (7/27/2009)


    It really should be possible to hold onto the documents you paid for outside of the period of the class, and yet - a full 1/3 of the...

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    GSquared (7/27/2009)


    On DR, I think Amazon should have told people what was going on, but I think they did what they had to on pulling the material back. I'm...

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    JJ B (7/24/2009)


    I had to start a list (database) for self preservation. I read so many, I can't keep track and I found myself buying the same books that...

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    Terri (7/24/2009)


    Lots of libraries around the country use the service called Overdrive. I never used it until now because I have an iPod and until last month you couldn't...

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    Terri (7/24/2009)


    We can do just that now with audiobooks at our library. That is, I can go on line and "check out" an audiobook. The book is downloaded...

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    jpowers (7/24/2009)


    Somewhere, there will be some server with a cache containing the original material.

    One would always hope, but I certainly wouldn't want to count on it!!

  • RE: The Reading Poll

    Several years ago I entered an essay contest at our local library about what I envisioned the library of the future to be. Basically, I envisioned a device similar...

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    JJ B (7/24/2009)


    For interest: My office recently started a group library. People leave books on the shelf for anyone to read for as long as they want. Those...

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    JJ B (7/24/2009)


    Aaron: If you are making the point that you have the right to copy music, book etc. into different formats if you bought the media, I couldn't...

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    JJ B (7/24/2009)


    Putting aside the initial cost of the hardware itself, I felt each book was going to cost way more than the paper backs I buy and I'd be...

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    Terri (7/24/2009)


    What I don't like about Kindle books is that I cannot share them. I cannot lend them to another Kindle owner. Also, I cannot give (or...

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    I'm constantly reading books from fiction, sci-fi, non-fiction, technical, etc. I haven't even bothered to count the number of books but I'm sure it's somewhere around 50-75 a year.

    I...

  • RE: The Best Days

    bob.willsie (5/15/2009)


    Has anyone else noticed a difference in their mental functions over the years?

    I certainly have. I find myself not wasting time on chasing the latest fad and trying...

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