Questions about e-readers (Kindle etc)

[Lucybird]

Do you use a screen protector for your kindle. If so, what type and are you satisfied with it?

 

I don't, mainly because I have a kindle with buttons rather than touch screen, and I have a case so it didn't seem necessary.

[chesilbeach]

I don't use a screen protector either, but like Lucybird, I have a keyboard model, so the screen doesn't get touched much. I do have a case for carrying it around, and it's a zip around one, so that if any of the crumbs from my lunch escape in my bag, they don't get in the kindle, and it also is padded so if I drop it, it has a bit of protection too.

[Athena]

I use a cover made by Amazon, you slot in the Kindle and it flips over the screen.

[pontalba]

I popped, finally, for the Kindle Fire, and am enjoying it.  I do wonder about a virus protector though, what do you guys have on yours?  Anything? 

[muggle not]

I popped, finally, for the Kindle Fire, and am enjoying it.  I do wonder about a virus protector though, what do you guys have on yours?  Anything? 

I haven't even thought about a virus protector. I only use my kindle fire for reading and have not had any problems.

 

Anyhow, glad to hear that you have a kindle. I was always a very slow reader when reading hardcover/paperbacks. Now on the kindle I go through books like wildfire.

 

I strongly recommend that you join the library if you don't already belong. Most of my reading I get free from downloading the books from the library.

[julie]

I don't have a screen protector for either of my Kindles .Never had a problem with the screen getting damaged . I do have a zipper-case type doohickey I sometimes put it in ,but I usually just toss it in my purse and it's never been damaged so far .

I've also never had a Virus protector put on it and never any problems with that either .    

[Miss Mabel]

Wow! I've gotten a lot of valuable information about a subject close to my heart. I, too, am looking into buying an e-reader. My problem is that I am leaning more towards an i-pad for reading books. More so than an e-reader. Trying to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

 

What are your experiences with reading/downloading books on an i-pad if any?

I figure if I can take an i-pad (thinking of the mini from apple) and read books, I don't need a seperate e-reader.

[chesilbeach]

I have an iPad and a Kindle, and the only time I read on the iPad is in bed, and that's only rarely, and not for very long. I had it before I got my Kindle, and although it completely converted me to the ebook, I found I could only read for an hour maximum because of the back lit screen giving me a headache, whereas with the e-ink technology of the Kindle (I have the keyboard model) I can read for hours without any problems. I use my iPad for lots of other functions, but using either iBooks and the Kindle app on it is limited for me.

[Talisman]

It depends how portable you want it to be as well - an Ipad is much bigger and heavier. I am not sure how an Ipad would work in bright light though, when reading outdoors. It depends I guess on what kind of reading you do.   

[Kell]

I have a leather flip up case that also acts as a stand so I can read hands-free (apart from pressing the "next page" button when I need to).