What is best for books? What would be the best piece of equipment for that?
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Most any MP3 player will work for books. A couple of things you may want to consider --- Where do you plan on downloading your books from? Many libraries have services where you can "check out" downloadable media and listen to books for free. Unfortunately, most of these services DON'T work with Ipods or Zunes. If you plan on using one of these services, check their website for compatibility. I also primarily listen to books on my MP3 player. I had an Ipod Nano (my daughter accidentally lost it!) and it was my favorite. I really miss it and keep trying to convince myself to splurge and buy another. My son has a Creative Zen and it also works well for audiobooks. Some of the lower end, cheaper units are designed primarily for music. With these, it's hard to access a specific track. So, for instance if you're on chapter 20 of a book and accidentally lose your place, then you have to "click" through 20 chapters to get back to where you were. On the better units like the Ipods and the Zen, you can go right to it. (for instance, sometimes I forget to turn the player off when I turn the car off and it's hours ahed of me) If you ever listen to more than one book at a time, make sure it has a bookmark feature. Otherwise you'll lose your place in book 1 when you switch to book 2 and back.
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In addition to the machine, you'll need plastic coils, covers, and a pair of coil crimping pliers. All of these items are sold separately and available for purchase on Amazon. The most common coil sizes are those for smaller books, generally ranging between 6mm and 12mm (which will accommodate books up to 92 pages, based on 20 lb. paper).
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I ended up just buying a Sony e-reader. Bit more expensive, but it seems to be much more rugged, and it reads pretty much every format, has library access built in, and whenever I've dealt with Sony customer service, they honor warranties.
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Note sure how many books you have. It can certainly handle at least a 15" laptop and a few more books easily. I actually returned it because it was too large for my needs. Sorry about the delay in responding.
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Bookman devices come with removeable books to my knowledge. This question should be asked of the seller. Research it's online manual to see what it should have. If it's used and is supposed to have one...ask the seller.
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Your best choice is the iPad Mini. There are more apps for iPad and you can share the purchased apps with iPhone and iPad. Kindle is mainly for reading books.
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All you had to say was "not very good with computers." Get the iPad. Samsung devices are generally technically-superior to comparable Apple models but not as simple to use.A word on reading books: don't read books on a backlit screen (smartphone or tablet). It's absolute murder on your eyeballs. Get a Kindle. Not very expensive and you can read it anywhere you can read a paper book with less eye-strain (since you can adjust the size of the text to accommodate a comfortable viewing distance).
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I use mine mostly to read ebooks to be honest, but occasionally i play sudoku or make a shopping list and add a contact. Um... in the eReader format right now I have 43 books on it and maybe 4 or so in the pdf format (eReader files are smaller than adobe)
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Smaller ones, yes. But a no on bigger books. I find the book rest to be too far away so I use the monitor platform and that may work better.
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I don't think it would be ideal for books since its not very long and deep, but i guess you could put some books on it it just wouldnt fit too many.
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No. There is no set up for reading. Spinners are made for intense workouts. Consider a non spinner bike exerciser, such as a ProForm product where you sit straight up and are provided a book holder.
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Hi Robert,Thanks a lot for the info, it was exactly what I was interested in finding out. I've been back and forth about whether to get a dedicated e-reader like the Kindle DX for my PDF's, but considering the price I feel like for that kind of money, I need to think multi-function. I'm trying to limit my gadgets to only a few things that I carry around at one time.
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I use mine for books. They are quite sturdy. Youwould be aable to put hundreds of DVD on them I would think
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Yes, I use it to read books all the time. One of the books I use it for is probably 1200 pages
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sorry-- it won't work for that use. It needs to be used in your hands just a few inches from the book or what you are trying to magnify. I held one up in front of my TV a few inches away from the screen, but then when I backed up, everything was blurry through it. Maybe getting one of those wireless headsets that she could hear the TV through would be better....I also saw a unit (with a volume control knob) that looked like a small radio that could sit right by her and that transmits the sound from the TV so it is right next to you for hard of hearing people.
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I have never used an ereader for those things. You might be better off with a tablet.
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Yes, it is! You can see from a mile away that it is made very cheap. You wouldn't want to stock it up with books as it would not hold a lot of weight.