Eat, Play, Love Our Neighborhoods E-book - free download

I ran across this free e-book today, and while I haven't yet read the whole thing, it struck me as a potentially valuable tool for a newcomer like me, trying to learn the characteristics and locations of the wildly fascinating neighborhoods of Chicago.

It's produced by the city's tourism office, and you can check it out over here: Eat, Play, Love

If you're looking for a street-by-street listing, with menus and hours, you'll be disappointed. But if you'd be interested in a overview of this city's flavors and sights, with some nice photography and historical bits thrown in, maybe you'll join me in giving this a read.

Pretty cool! Thanks for posting.

Eat, Play, Love Our Neighborhoods E-book

Chicago is often called “The City of Neighborhoods”. From Portage Park to Hegewisch, Austin to the Loop, and everywhere in between, treasures await discovery throughout the city. Last year, research teams scoured every neighborhood in search of restaurants, shops, landmarks and other tourism sites. These 2000-plus attractions figure prominently in engaging essays by award-winning journalist Alan Solomon. Collected here for the first time, Solomon's narratives capture the essence and flavor of each one of Chicago’s unique communities.

Featuring 75 engaging neighborhood narratives and over 250 stunning color photographs, Eat, Play, Love Our Neighborhoods is the perfect companion to exploring Chicago’s unique attractions and diverse communities. Enjoy this one-of-a-kind guide to the fun adventures that await you in Chicago's neighborhoods!

Information on how to download this book: http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/s ... ebook.html

ganoory wrote:Are e-books read on ebook readers more difficult to read than a normal paper book? Hey, so I read really slow, and I know that reading text on a computer is slower than reading text on paper. But how about on ebook readers? I have a lot of reading to do over the summer, and I was wondering if reading books on my ebook reader would be slower than reading paper books?

Reading is a very personal experience, so it's impossible to answer your question. Why don't you go to Best Buy for an e-book reader demo and see for yourself.

Thanks for this, Cathy! I put in on my nook.

Agree that anyone who is curious about ereaders should go for a demo. They are not for everyone. I did read that some studies say people read faster on an ereader. I've found the nook easier on the eyes than say a mass-market paperback, and you don't have to continually force the pages open. Plus, an ereader weighs very little, so you don't hesitate to carry it around. I get a lot of reading done in spare moments here and there.

Edited to add: reading on a nook or Kindle is NOTHING like reading on a laptop or desktop. It's much more like reading a book.

I love my Nook, and until Bibi said she downloaded this, I didn't know you could download from a source other than B&N, so I learned something new, thanks.

nicinchic wrote:I love my Nook, and until Bibi said she downloaded this, I didn't know you could download from a source other than B&N, so I learned something new, thanks.

Oh yeah-- there's loads of things you can put on the Nook. For starters, anything that's epub, which includes a lot of the local libraries' digital collections. If you belong to a library, their website will actually take you through it step by step. I have found a lot of good discussions of this stuff on the user boards at http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/NOOK-General-Discussion/bd-p/Nook. I read my nook all the time and I don't think I have spent $100 on ebooks. (What my husband has spent on magazines since he got the color Nook is another story.)

Off to peruse the book!

Is it possible to read ebooks on computers, if one does not have an ebook reader?

Cynthia wrote:Is it possible to read ebooks on computers, if one does not have an ebook reader?

Yes, it is. You can download the apps. For example, I have Kindle on my computer, iPhone and iPad. Amazingly, whichever device I use it takes me to exactly where I left off reading.

jygach wrote:

Cynthia wrote:Is it possible to read ebooks on computers, if one does not have an ebook reader?

Yes, it is. You can download the apps. For example, I have Kindle on my computer, iPhone and iPad. Amazingly, whichever device I use it takes me to exactly where I left off reading.

Can you read any ebook on any app? I just downloaded the Kindle app, thanks to your suggestion, but when I went to get the book mentioned in this thread, it recommends you download the iBook app. So do I now have to get a second app? Or can I read it on Kindle? (Don't think I want to bother downloading the book if it won't work on the Kindle app I just got.)

You can only use Kindle to download books made available on Amazon (it doesn't support other ebook formats).

Eat, Play, Love comes in a pdf file, which you should be able to read on most any device; you just have to find the right app for your device. If you want to do the epub file, it's a little trickier. Not all devices will read those. I believe you need to have a copy of Adobe Digital Editions. If you belong to a public library, you can usually download that from their site for free. Using that, you can open the file and read on your computer, and you can sideload to some, but not all devices. (Like, I can put epub documents on my nook, but not on my phone which has the nook app.)

Again, this is not a problem with the book in question, which you can get as a pdf.

bibi rose wrote:Eat, Play, Love comes in a pdf file, which you should be able to read on most any device; you just have to find the right app for your device. If you want to do the epub file, it's a little trickier. Not all devices will read those. I believe you need to have a copy of Adobe Digital Editions. If you belong to a public library, you can usually download that from their site for free. Using that, you can open the file and read on your computer, and you can sideload to some, but not all devices. (Like, I can put epub documents on my nook, but not on my phone which has the nook app.)

Again, this is not a problem with the book in question, which you can get as a pdf.

Thanks. I'll get the pdf, then. My "device" is my iMac computer, and pdf works on that.

I'm a Kindle user (and I LOVE it) and I'm pretty darn sure you can download pdf's to it. It's a bit more work intensive -- you have to email to your "kindle" email address -- and I haven't done it myself -- but I'm pretty sure it can be done.

While we're on the subject of ebooks I'll say that my only major criticism of the Kindle is that it doesn't handle illustrations that well. Thus, if your'e a fantasy/sci fi reader like me, lacking maps for sagas is problematic. And I would never download a cookbook for the same reason.

Still love it though. Carrying around 10 books at a time that weigh nothing makes me giggle.

jesteinf wrote:You can only use Kindle to download books made available on Amazon (it doesn't support other ebook formats).

This is not strictly true. The latest kindles can do PDF, and it can also take 'sideloaded' mobi files. The versatile multiplatform app 'calibre' assists you in managing your ebook library. It is even capable of, for instance, stripping DRM from ePub files, converting them to .mobi, and mailing them to your kindle email address.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

gleam wrote:

jesteinf wrote:You can only use Kindle to download books made available on Amazon (it doesn't support other ebook formats).

This is not strictly true. The latest kindles can do PDF, and it can also take 'sideloaded' mobi files. The versatile multiplatform app 'calibre' assists you in managing your ebook library. It is even capable of, for instance, stripping DRM from ePub files, converting them to .mobi, and mailing them to your kindle email address.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

I knew about PDFs, but that's good info on mobi files.