Amazon Kindle

[AdmiralDigby]

Not a fan of the Stephen Hawking style voice .

Does the iPad do audio books ?

I'm just thinking I might want to try one of these products out but don't want to squander money just to not use the blasted thing(s) .

[Spooky]

Stupid question

Can these e-readers play audio books ?

'cause that'd kinda cool ....

The Kindle has speakers (not very good) and a headphone jack and can play MP3's, so if your audio book is an MP3 then you are golden. The Kindle also has a text to speech feature that will read your kindle books (and other digital books) back to you. Obviously this isn't ideal, but I have used it when driving to work and once you get used to the voice. Here is a sample vid of the voice.

Kindle 2 Text to Speech Demo

[Eric]

A taste of nostalgia for books.

[Spooky]

Some people hate and like to murder trees. Not me. To each their own.   

My Kindle told me to write that. My Kindle is my friend. My Kindle is my savior. All Hail, Kindle!

[Eric]

Word on the street is that trees are a renewable resource, but that's probably just some fringe tree-hating group saying that.

[Spooky]

But what about the tree's feelings?!? THE FEELINGS!!!

[Phyll33]

  I'll be reading those dead trees until the day I die. I don't care what you all do after that. 

[AdmiralDigby]

  I'll be reading those dead trees until the day I die. I don't care what you all do after that. 

[Eric]

So I have $27 on a Borders card I'd like to use before the bookstores go away.  Part of me wants to buy an ereader, whether Kindle, Nook or Kobo ereader Touch.  The other part is tempted to get paperbacks or hard covers.

Does Kindle3 yet reign supreme? 

[TinkTanker]

Nook Colors can be hacked to run full Android, making them one hell of a small tablet. Ann loves hers and if I didn't already have an iPad, that is what I would buy.