I’m sure I could be doing better things with my spare time, but I have had great fun diving down the rabbit hole of Calibre, the ebook library software.
Tag: kindle
When I first got my Kindle 3 (now named the Kindle Keyboard by Amazon), I toyed with comics on the device, downloading some samples. However a combination of monochrome (albeit nice, crisp monochrome) and a small screen, made it unattractive, and I took it no further.
On my new Nexus 10, using the Kindle Android app, I have downloaded samples of a couple of comics – some of DC’s Earth 2 graphic novels, and the best-graphic-novel-in-the-world, Watchmen. In addition, I have actually bought the first of the Sandman series – something I have come across a few times, but never collected.
The sample of Back Story by David Mitchell very quickly turned into a book purchase. I’ve only read a couple of chapters yet, but it is pleasantly written, very much capturing Mitchell’s voice.
Being a fan of Dave Cash in the old Capital Radio days, I grabbed a copy of this book at the same time as downloading a sample chapter of David Mitchell’s autobiography. When they both hit my Kindle I was surprised to see Cash’s book was about the same length as the David Mitchell sample. It is very, very short.
The book is obviously self published – the layout is poor, and the editing non-existant, typos galore. With all of this, it was very difficult to immerse myself in Cash’s tale, even though I wanted to enjoy it.
On my Kindle today, I finished Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/TjhTawP
On my Kindle today, I finished The Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker and gave it 4 stars http://t.co/PBB7WF9
On my Kindle today, I finished The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/8gZXj0k
[Added 26 August]
On my Kindle today, I finished All Tomorrow’s Parties by William Gibson and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/YikYpmi
On my Kindle today, I finished (re-read) Virtual Light by William Gibson and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/ZlLBFQj
On my Kindle today, I finished Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London 3) by Ben Aaronovitch and gave it 5 stars http://t.co/0iUHkJV