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4th Edition, Kindle & The Future of Gaming Books
- Thread starter Angel Tarragon
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Desdichado
Hero
Kindle sounds great. I'll probably adopt it in 5 years when it costs less than $100 for one. 
WayneLigon
Adventurer
It looks interesting but.. kinda smallish for most RPG work? That keyboard seems to take up an inordinate amount of room, too. But having the ability to search a book.. man, I'd love that. I'd like to hear from anyone that has one. Sounds pretty cool.
Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
Yyes, as RPG books are currently formatted. However, that doesn't mean that the publisher couldn't reformat their works to be efficient for Kindle.WayneLigon said:
Dark Psion
First Post
Does it come with a cover that says "Don't Panic"?
Thornir Alekeg
Albatross!
$400 just for the device, and then you need to buy the books to read? As cool as it looks, I'm not interested at that price. I'm with Hobo. If it is still around and in wide use in 5 years and costs less than $100, I might consider it.
Of course by then Apple will probably have adapted the iPod to do the same thing, but better.
Of course by then Apple will probably have adapted the iPod to do the same thing, but better.
Thornir Alekeg
Albatross!
They don't mention PDFs at all. The mention Word documents, JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .and PNG can be e-mailed to the device for viewing, but the lack of a mention about PDFs makes me suspect it will not display them.
Irda Ranger
First Post
The Kindle is black and white only and does not handle PDF's well, so don't expect the Player's Handbook to be available for it immediately.
However, there's nothing stopping you from downloading the SRD as a text file and converting it to a .mobi format and transferring it to the Kindle via the USB cable. You could do that with the 3.5 SRD today, and include your house rules in it and everything.
But for the gaming table I'd rather just have a laptop. The Kindle doesn't allow me to Alt-Tab over to my spreadsheets or maps. This really is just a "reader", and not dynamic enough for the gaming table (IMO, YMMV, etc., of course). I think the best usage scenario for the Kindle is reading the newspaper on the train/bus in the morning, or reading a novel under a shade tree.
And $400 is pricey, but you actually may save money in the end if you already buy enough books / subscribe to several newspapers. The prices on the media are very competitive (e.g., $9.99 for a new book then available only in hardcover for no less than $17).
However, there's nothing stopping you from downloading the SRD as a text file and converting it to a .mobi format and transferring it to the Kindle via the USB cable. You could do that with the 3.5 SRD today, and include your house rules in it and everything.
But for the gaming table I'd rather just have a laptop. The Kindle doesn't allow me to Alt-Tab over to my spreadsheets or maps. This really is just a "reader", and not dynamic enough for the gaming table (IMO, YMMV, etc., of course). I think the best usage scenario for the Kindle is reading the newspaper on the train/bus in the morning, or reading a novel under a shade tree.
And $400 is pricey, but you actually may save money in the end if you already buy enough books / subscribe to several newspapers. The prices on the media are very competitive (e.g., $9.99 for a new book then available only in hardcover for no less than $17).
jasonbostwick
Explorer
Ahahah... did anyone else catch that the book being read in one of the preview videos is Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age? Clever.
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