Comments on: Mormon Studies on Your eReader

By: Julie M. Smith

Julie M. Smith — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:29:08 +0000

Carl, it depends what you want out of life. I don’t want to spend $500 or have a monthly access bill. (Kindle was $125 and no monthly bill). I want something that will fit in my purse. The Kindle weighs 1/2 as much as the iPad. It is easier on the eyes for reading. And I don’t want more Internet access in my life–I want more books.

By: Sam B.

Sam B. — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:36:01 +0000

Carl,
The iPad looks way more functional. But I can read my nook in direct sunlight, and it’s not backlit. I admit, I don’t love reading PDFs on the nook, although it works fine for that, but I prefer reading on the nook to reading on a screen.

By: Carl Youngblood

Carl Youngblood — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:52:41 +0000

I should add that the iPad runs the Kindle app and the Barnes and Noble app, so any book you can read on a Kindle or Nook can also be read on an iPad.

By: Carl Youngblood

Carl Youngblood — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:51:50 +0000

Why is everyone talking about Kindles and completely neglecting the iPad? Reading PDFs is (no lie) 1,000 times better on an iPad. The Kindle is like a Model T compared to the iPad. It simply can’t compete. This is from someone who owns both a Nook (very similar to the Kindle) and an iPad.

By: Julie M. Smith

Julie M. Smith — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:27:37 +0000

Danithew, I know that would be possible with a Kindle. I don’t know about other ereaders.

By: danithew

danithew — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:16:56 +0000

One thing I’m wondering about is the upgraded technical equipment and whether or not a person is allowed to transfer books already purchased from an older version e-reader to a newer-version e-reader – assuming both e-readers are the same brand.

Say a color Kindle comes out in a year – would you be able to transfer your book/magazine collection?

On another note – it appears Kindle is already about to release a new cheaper and improved version of its device. I think the new price being listed was $139.

By: David M. Morris

David M. Morris — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:11 +0000

oh my…. you forgot to add all of the journal articles and reviews from the International Journal of Mormon Studies (IJMS) at ijmsonline.org – I now look at the list and feel it’s complete ;)

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:12:23 +0000

#8: Reading in the bath tub. Some of the E-readers are harder to use with one hand. Netbooks are good for reading at breakfast as the screen is upright. (So I am told).

By: Kent Larsen

Kent Larsen — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:38:01 +0000

Julie, you've left out Google Book and the Internet Archive, both of which offer books in both pdf and epub. You can find an astounding amount of Mormon Studies material on Google Books, and BYU has uploaded some materials to the Internet Archive that aren't part of its Digital Collections. I should also note that many pdfs, such as most of those at BYU's digital collections, are simply image files put together into a pdf. Converting those to epub will still give you image files in the epub. They will be relatively very large and you won't be able to select the text. But, its better than not having them!

By: Tseb

Tseb — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:35:44 +0000

Do you know if any FARMS material is available free for ebook? Mine is a BeBook – I use almost exclusively ePub using Calibre for conversion (the PDF don’t seem to format well on the BeBook when I zoom in to be able to read them, and of course much more disk space!)