tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6077084945843838374..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: CAN YOU GIVE A READING FROM A KINDLE? Sherry AshworthKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-61489912121770230402012-06-18T18:59:14.247+01:002012-06-18T18:59:14.247+01:00Ah, but have you tried holding a hardback in one h...Ah, but have you tried holding a hardback in one hand and a microphone in the other... and then turning the pages?<br /><br />Hmm, maybe if you put the Kindle on "text to speech" it'll do both the turning and the reading for you? Then you can just hold the mike and look pretty!Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-16856626518639820932012-06-17T17:37:16.122+01:002012-06-17T17:37:16.122+01:00Interesting. It hadn't occurred to me to do th...Interesting. It hadn't occurred to me to do this - maybe because, so far, all my books have been in ebook and paper formats. It does make sense to try it, of course, but the bookmarking needed for jumping from extract to extract would probably put me off.<br /><br />And I'd second your suggestion re. getting in touch with community groups - they make very enthusiastic audiences.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-68852667392961820592012-06-17T11:32:24.396+01:002012-06-17T11:32:24.396+01:00Very good point about the actual logistics of hopp...Very good point about the actual logistics of hopping around in a Kindle. It's definitely the case an audience's attention is held best by interspersed chunks of text - that's always been the great challenge for writers of long fiction - and extracts don't always work - audiences like rhythm and structure to engage them so extracts rather than complete pieces of short fiction need to be chosen very carefully.<br /><br />I've noticed quite a few performance poets are using electronic gadgets to read from now so you are most definitely a trendsetter!!Dan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-20192376855407377372012-06-17T11:11:17.143+01:002012-06-17T11:11:17.143+01:00Interesting - I've wondered about reading from...Interesting - I've wondered about reading from a Kindle too. It would certainly send the right message. The other night, reading a 'paper book' in bed, I found myself absent mindedly clicking at the edge of the page and wondering why it didn't turn over!Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.com