Doug responded to George: George wrote:
> I just received my Kindle 2 from Amazon. I notice there are only two > Brin book available for the Kindle, ?Foundation?s Triumph? and ?Kiln > People.? Any change of getting more made available for the Kindle? I?d > love to the have the Uplift books on my Kindle. > Hi George. I don't know the answer to your question but you might be able to ask Dr. Brin himself. The problem right now is that there was some difficulty in the way that we contact him and I'm not sure that its working right now. Perhaps the administrator, Nick Arnett, can help us out with this one? How do you like the Kindle? Welcome to the list btw, Doug ------------------------- Actually, I've been a member of the list for quite some time, but due to a change in jobs resulting in an increase in hours and moving to Seoul (where there is so much to do) I've become a lurker. I've had my Kindle 2 for a couple of days now. I've purchase two books so far: Allen Steele's "Coyote Horizon" and Greg Bear's "City at the End of Time." I started with Steele's book first because I'm in love with his "Coyote" series. I also had quite a few pieces of short fiction (free from Fictionwise) and a couple of novels such as Andre Norton's "The Time Traders" and "John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" in pdf versions. I sent them to Amazon for conversion to kindle format; about 10 minutes later I had them back. An initial scan looks like they will be okay to read. In Seoul, I don't have the wireless capability, but the download and USB transfer works just fine. So far, I like the kindle a lot. I have several books on it (going to be great while traveling). One thing that will take a little getting used to is have to bookmark maps, Dramatis Personae lists, etc. With regular books, I'm constantly flipping back and forth between maps and lists and the text. I like maps and I'm particularly fascinated with the map of Coyote. It takes a second or two to "Menu," toggle to bookmarks, toggle to map, and go "Back." It'll just take time to get used to. As of this moment, thumbs up to the Kindle 2. George A _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
