Does anybody know if there is any talk about converting the quilt magazines into Kindle versions? With the new color kindle for $199 it would certainly be a good idea and I would love to have those magazines in my Kindle.

I think this is a great idea! I was just searching the Amazon site this morning for quilt magazines.

Don't know,but love the dog.Have a red heeler myself.

right now there isn't anything that I'm aware of. I'm going to get the color kindle. I have a 3G and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.

I have resisted buying a Kindle b/c I don't read too much anymore. I listen to audio books while I quilt and keep another in the car. However, if I could get my magazines on a Kindle, I would buy one in a heartbeat. It would be so wonderful to eliminate all that clutter!!!

Thanks, Dally came from your state. From Dodge City shelter as a 5 week old puppy.

I hear you about the clutter. I currently have at least 10 boxes of old magazines. going to go thru them and see about getting rid of them, might try on this board.

I normally scan what I want out of my magazines to get rid of them to prevent build up. I think quilting magazines would be wonderful with the exception if there is a pattern for applique--how would you get it?? I love my kindle and love magazines on my kindle but I don't know about crafting ones.

I currently am subscribed to Fons and Porter Digital Quilting magazine. And I LOVE it.....can read the entire magazine on line and store. Also have access to past issues which is outstanding. and No Clutter.....If there is a pattern that I like, then you just dowload and print the exact pages you need......It would truly be great if ALL the quilt magazines would give us this option....Less trees down and less for the post office to not do.....

I think they could put the patterns up on the internet maybe under password protected that you only get from the magazine or something along those lines...I don't know how that would work but surely there is a way around it.

Amazon.com has Quilter's Newsletter & Quilt magazine. When you click on the magazine, on the left side, is "Tell the publisher you"d like to read this on Kindle." If enough people click on that option we may have a chance to get it on Kindle. Can't hurt to try. Even Wal-Mart responded to requests to return fabric Dept.

would be interested in your old magazines...should be able to ship Media Mail....think of what you would want for the mags, what titles do you have ????

I have tons of them and many titles. They are at another house and in the next month or two I will be bringing them to my house and get them sorted out..Why don't you send me a PM and I can let you know when I'm ready if you are interested.

That's a picture of my godpuppy, Joy. She is a Shiba Inu and belongs to my best friend's husband.

Yea, but as stated above, Kindle doesn't give you the option of printing anything you need from that magazine. EVen when you read from your computer with the Kindle app you can't print anything.

I think I'd actually enjoy cooking magazines more than the quilting ones. I do scan things sometimes, but it is a nuisance. Last year, I threw away five years of Cooking LIght mags.

I know that i can send a pdf to my kindle and read it there
How about my scanned quilting mags convert to pdf too?
I have the smaller kindle

I preordered the Kindle Fire. Anything that has to do with books and quilting I want it.

You do not NEED a Kindle to have digital quilt magazines. I receive and read my Fons and Porter Love of Quilting on my 'regular computer' thru my email. Can read, re-read, put a bookmark on a page and down load PRINT, any page I want. NO Kindle required.....jus a digital subscription to the magazine......

I have had too many computers fail so I would really think TWICE about collecting too many mags on any device. I STILL live in the dark ages with dial up internet service. UGH !!! Lucky all of you !!! If the one with the most toys win, I would definitely come in dead last !!! ENJOY your toys...... :lol:

I have Fons and Porter's digital subscription and Quilt World and one other, I forgot which one, I read on my computer by digital subscription. With the Kindle I can be anywhere and read the magazine or books if they are available in Kindle format and the best part is I will be able to access all the online quilting shows with the Kindle Fire!!

My daughter has a Red Heeler. WONDERFUL dogs. Very intelligent. Hers even watches TV, especially any kind of wildlife shows. Tries to get to the animals in the screen. LOL

Yeah, but how would you use the patterns. Are they printable from the kindle

I have a kindle and would love to have the new one. Put you can not print a pattern from it, which is one of the reasons I haven't bought one.

I have no problem downloading them to my Nook Color.

I like the hard copy mags because as I read the pattern, if I am interested in doing it, I will make notes for myself...like if I want to make larger, change size of blocks, colors, etc......or if there is something I want to cut out for whatever reason, I can do that and put it on my bulletin board (boy, doesn't that make me a dinosaur!)
I don't own a kindle, and personally don't want one...question: can one somehow make thes kinds of things on that electronic thing????

You can make notes on the kindle and connect it to a page etc. the more I use mine the more I love it . My biggest complaint is the same as the phones. You buy one and 30 days later it is obsolete.

I have a Kindle and downloaded a quilting book from the public library to see how it would be. Text is great, but for something with pictures, I really need a hard copy.

doesn't the Kindle Fire have a USB port? If so, it may be possible to print from it.

I'm on the edge about it. I have two Kindles and love to read on them. I haven't decided about the Fire. I've been tablet shopping for some time.

That depends on the device and functionality of it. Mine has the apps to use it as an interactive organizer so I can update or make changes right to it without hooking it up to the pc. I can print from it w/a bluetooth printer. The color nook has so many apps that allow you to things that I've never thought of and most of their apps are cheap.

I just went through tons of Quilting Mag. and took out
what I wanted to put them in page protectors. The rest
I'm taking to our Quilting Group and giving them to anyone
who wants them. I agree after a while your storage space gets over loaded.
Like the idea of computer Mag. as its so easy to down load
just what you want.
Betty Lee

A better way instead of reading them on a e-reader is to read them on a tablet that way you just subscribe to the digital issue like you normaly would and read them that way and you get to print them if need too. :)

I work/live way out in the country and the Kindle has been a wonderful addition to my life. I am 35 miles from anywhere to buy a book and work isn't much better as I man a gate onto a site and I can read all day. I found that I would finish a book and didn't have a new one so the Kindle works great. The Kindle Fire even has movies, etc. which I can watch at work. I"ll let you know how it works out when I get it as I just ordered it.

I save my downloaded magazines, craft ebooks, etc to a plug in external drive (Seagate) - got it $65 at Walmart and it holds 320GB of stuff (you can get bigger), then you can plug in anywhere, know you have the copies safe, and not clog up your day-to-day use on your computer. Save my mach embroidery patterns on it, too.

OR you could just save to CD's - been there and done that, too.

Marysewfun

I don't worry about what will be coming out next that will be better. If I waited for the better one I wouldn't have one to enjoy now. If a new version is much better then what I have and need then I'll get the newer version but most times the new versions aren't that much different until a few years of revisions. After a couple of years it is time to update anyway. DH has one of the older Kindles and it's perfect for him, he only reads books on it even though it has a browser and game capability he has never used. No use to update his. I will watch movies and use the internet on the new Kindle so it is worth updating. I'll use my older Kindle for cookbooks to keep in my kitchen. The Kindle Fire is not a tablet, it's an all media e reader. It's not competing with Ipads or the other computer tablets because it's not one.

I have been waiting to by the color Nook for this reason. Most of my reading is quilt related and I didn't see anything I am interested in listed. I inquired at Barnes and Noble about when they expected quilt magazines to be included in the list of titles. I was given a technical explanation...see all these open ports here, they will eventually all be filled and hopefully quilt magazines will be included. I didn't buy it.

You can also listen to audio books on the Kindle. I get an on line quilt magazine, but I hate to say it i like the paper one. Easier to tear out of and keep patterns rather than printing everything.

"Kindle doesn't give you the option of printing anything you need from that magazine"



Actually, you can print from Kindle -- maybe not directly to your printer set-up, but you can definitely print passages or images from your e-material. Check the kindle help boards for step by steps.

RST

"I have had too many computers fail so I would really think TWICE about collecting too many mags on any device."



Then the Kindle would be a great option for you, as your device is not where all your book and media purchases are stored. They're "in the cloud" and accessible to you from anyplace you have a cloud-reading device, even if your kindle gets lots, stolen, or hopelessly obsolete.

I store all my computer data in the cloud. Nothing gets lost if the computer crashes. Carbonite is excellent back up for everything vitally important like digital pics of my grands.