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    How to read any fake books in Kindle

    Although my friend and I have enough books to open our own small library, which eventually ventured into the world of Kindle few months ago and we love it! When I shared the news with my dear aunt, however, she was not amused. First, I had (and has) a hard time embracing the compact nature of this extraordinary meeting and had visions, I think, that I was towing a giant monitor with me and try to find a place to connect. I even took a picture of her resting on a cup of coffee for comparison, but this did not convince at all. Second, he criticized the fact that by downloading new titles in a nanosecond I was depriving the employees of the library for something to do and would probably lose their jobs due to lack of sales.

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    Re: How to read any fake books in Kindle

    I suggest you find your favorite book, download it, let her read on the Kindle and see what happens. I personally thought the e-readers were a bit of a loss. Then I took ours in a four-hour flight and I was totally bound in the book that I forgot I was reading on the Kindle. So when I began to publish books of my sister it was so easy to dump the Kindle, mark that as I read and then sit with her later and go through all the changes.

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    Re: How to read any fake books in Kindle

    With all due esteem to the OP, who do you think was going to buy all the Commodore 64 and Amiga back in the untimely 80's? This year, 78 seniors and their friends have been gladly committed to "new breed" of the world for a lot of years. Yes there have been those that took on board the band wagon, but most have come around. Too often the attitude of the grandmother's mind is frozen in place and cannot cope with the new hot material which is false and degrading.

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    No doubt he meant in no way implies that the minds of the older generation are frozen in place. The irony here is that Aunt periodically connects to your computer every morning and read at least 11 newspapers across the world differently. Even letters to the editor contributes and is thrilled to see its publication. I've always been tempted to ask if you're reading the newspaper real or fake version.

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    People around me were very nice on my Kindle even though they had been skeptical before. My mom saw him and took his hands and loves is bad is that there are very few books in Dutch buy and most of them are more expensive versions of pocket, you can order what they want because don’t have anything to compete with (like Amazon and other things) and there is no room for indies to publish either.

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    Re: How to read any fake books in Kindle

    When the Model T car came out, buggy manufacturers were not happy. Buggy whip manufacturers were devastated. There employ were fired in masse. I am also sure that many people lost the feeling of leather whip in his hands. It's sad, but that's what happens when technology advances in the world. In general, I think the world was better in the long run with cars, and will be better in the long term e-books. Some things will always be negative, but overall it’s a very positive.

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    I have the opposite reaction from my grandparents. My grandfather has more than 102 and not really pays much attention to things and technology has always been an introspective man silent. The only thing that seems to recognize is the television from time to time, and fills his days with sleep, writing, Playing cards, and other basic needs. My grandmother is in her 80 years, so he is surprised by the technology all the time. So when I showed my Kindle, I was surprised by it. She kept saying "wow, people think of new things these days ..." the piece of new technologies each time your show.

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    Re: How to read any fake books in Kindle

    That sounds like what my 70 year old dad had been saying ... until he got his own Kindle for her birthday. Now he said he loves reading his Kindle compared to "real" books. He likes that he can have several books loaded on it and it does not have to keep track of every book as it did before. In fact, also said she wishes I had when I was working on his latest work as a security guard at night.

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