Comments on: eBook Review: Old Soul

By: Cannonball Jones

Cannonball Jones — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:36:00 +0000

Fair enough. I don’t have a tablet, a smartphone or anything like that. I don’t read books on a computer because it looks and feels horrible, my eyes hurt after 10 minutes. I just have an ebook reader. I bought a Kobo because it had an e-ink screen and it could read every format under the sun – particularly open ones like .epub – and it pains me that Amazon has cornered the market and tries to make sure that their books are unreadable on anything but their own devices. But thanks for saying you’ll share other links when people find them.

Bruce, why is this ‘awfully demanding’? There are a ton of books out there in formats everyone can enjoy (without having to ruin their eyes or shell out for expensive mobile devices). Is it really demanding that reviews be inclusive of all people?

By: MartinR

MartinR — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:33:00 +0000

Thanks Jason,
I read ” old soul” last night….
This morning, walking my path through the
woods, wind overhead in the trees
I started to shake my head
laughing oddly in the middle
one-der-ring what bubbled inside of me
I wrote it down
It’s kind of nonsense.
I’m letting myself be goofy, more soul, full these days
Here goes da shite

My impression/ reaction to sleeping overnight
on having just read ” the old soul”

Cheesits, omg! Lust out loud
Broaden your sodom
deepen your gamora
Back of one, slack of another two
allow as well, its not other
hm, hm, that’s. three
an old sew with an eternal golem thread
Y, Thank you
There’s snow going back

I’m new here
Didn’t make it up
just swimming like goo u,
Sharing a’s… buoys be’s… c’s,
see, sea rider…

Intensely gratifying
and gracious read
martin r..
. for now… kinda’
tanks

By: deviceofmind

deviceofmind — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:27:00 +0000

This was a great recommendation. I read it to my neighbor yesterday, and we both agreed that it was a great. Lots of fun to read aloud too.

Reminded me a lot of Primo Levi’s chapter “Carbon” from his “Periodic Table” book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Periodic_Table_(book)

Thanks for posting this.

By: Jason Weisberger

Jason Weisberger — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:15:00 +0000

I understand your preference, however, my preferred reading device is the Kindle — much for the reasons Bruce Diamond cites. I can read on my iPad, my iPhone or my various laptops. I can easily loan and share books with my friends and family.

When I find or someone offers me a link to a story I’ve read that is in an alternative format I will gladly share it. I would love for everyone to have free and open access to every book ever written — for now I am reading them on a Kindle.

By: Bruce Diamond

Bruce Diamond — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:49:00 +0000

One: There are Kindle ebook apps available for nearly every computer platform and mobile device. Two: You’re awfully demanding.

By: Cannonball Jones

Cannonball Jones — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 04:05:00 +0000

I love reading book reviews but hate reading Kindle-specific ones. Why? Because of Amazon’s horrible, anti-consumer, Apple-esque business practices. I’m glad you love this book but as long as it’s coming from Amazon it means I can’t read it because I choose to use an ebook reader other then the Kindle (Kobo Touch in case you’re interested). Mine can read a ton more formats than the Kindle but it can’t read their stupid proprietary format.

So please, can you just review books that are available to everyone in future?