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Do I need a Kindle to read ebooks?

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MichaelZZ | 14:32 Fri 12th Aug 2011 | Computers
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Do I really need a Kindle or another make of ereader in order to read ebooks? Can I not just download the books, presumably via iTunes, and read them on my computer?
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Course you can. In fact Amazon have a free Kindle reader program for your pc, or there are plenty of other free readers/organisers.
My favourite is Calibre.
http://calibre-ebook.com/
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My OH can download books onto his smartphone, don't ask me how though.
^ perhaps that's how, Trim!
If i read a book at least part of the attraction is to get away from a screen for once.
I agree, O-G, I spend all day in front of a screen at work, and a fair bit of time staring at AB when I'm at home - my book at bedtime wouldn't be the same if it wasn't printed on paper.
Some people have sight problems which make books on screen easier to read - larger font, darker text as examples.
Arthritis can make reading paper books difficult, as can Parkinsons or other health problems.
Don't know ebooks until you've tried them.
If you visit the Gutenburg Project website, you can download any of 30,000 out-of-copyright books to your computer - for free. From Dickens to Wodehouse, Kipling to Homer...

http://www.gutenberg.org/
I think there is a difference between reading a book on a normal screen and reading on a kindle specifically (as apposed to other e-book readers) is the use of something called (I think) e-ink technology. which is supposed to make it more book like and less like tying on a screen. I don't have one (yet!) to say if it makes any difference
*sp opposed.
My Sony Reader uses e-ink, the same as the Kindle. I think it was Sony that invented it, it certainly makes it easy on the eye and is easy to read in bright sunlight.

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