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#139771 - 01/25/08 09:58 PM
New gadget
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Registered: 06/14/06
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Hi y'all. I just have to tell you about the new gadget I have. I'm an avid reader and long ago ran out of shelf space and we're now running out of floor space to store my books (I have a hard time parting with any of them!) So 2 months ago, Amazon.com came out with an electronic book reader. My fantastic partner actually listened to me and bought me one for Christmas. It's been sold out and backlogged since it was first introduced Nov 19. My Kindle finally arrived yesterday, and I am thrilled. I could go on and on about this new gadget, but will just say that I never thought I would enjoy reading a book in electronic form. It's pricey, but when I think about all the trees and paper it will save, plus the cost of best-sellers is low, I can justify the price. It holds about 200 books, is about the size of a paperback and weighs a lot less. A memory card can be added for more storage, plus Amazon will store your purchases for you. You can annotate, highlight, write comments (like I do in the margins of my books) bookmark pages. (There is also a web site to download free books in Kindle format as well as other formats - manybooks.net if you want to check it out.)
Sorry if I'm gushing here, but the Kindle is fantastic. If you want to know more, you can check it out on Amazon.com, and I'm not getting any money for recommending it!! LOL
School is going well so far and I'm actually ahead on my assignments. I'm checking in here every day, but haven't posted until now 'cause I haven't had time. But I had to let y'all now about the Kindle and how fantastic I think it is. And to let y'all know I'm thinking about you even if I'm not saying so; and offering up prayers and thanksgivings for those who ask (and for those who don't, too!)
Miss you guys!
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#139773 - 01/26/08 09:25 AM
Re: New gadget
[Re: Louisa]
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My stepdaughter really wants one of these, but they're not available in Canada yet. I think they're only available through Amazon.com, because they use an Amazon-specific wireless network connection - I think the price of that network access is incorporated into the price of the books, so maybe that's why they're more expensive.
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When you don't like a thing, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
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#139776 - 01/26/08 12:54 PM
Re: New gadget
[Re: Edelweiss]
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How do these gadgets replicate that irresistable feel and smell of a book, especially the familiar smell of an old book that has been sitting on family shelves for decades and lifetimes? I do like holding an old book in my hands, and would miss the smell...hmmm, this reminds me of scenes from Star Trek, where Kirk would be seen caressing, with great respect and awe, an old earth book that he had bought on the space version of the black market (along with the old reading glasses Bones found somewhere in San Francisco on one of their time-traveling trips).
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When you don't like a thing, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
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#139778 - 01/26/08 07:05 PM
Re: New gadget
[Re: Louisa]
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I don't think the Kindle, or any other ebook reader, is going to put bookstores or libraries out of business any time soon. I thought long and hard before requesting this as a gift, and I did lots of research. The reviews were mostly good. My main reasons for wanting this gadget were lack of space, not wanting to use more trees and paper, and the ability to carry more than one book at a time when we take a trip. I can buy the classics for as little as 49cents, or even get them for free. I can also buy textbooks for a fraction of the cost I would pay for a physical book. Bestsellers are $9.99; other books not on the bestseller list are a lot less than that. And there are other books that I would want that cost less than I can buy them for at the used book store (I checked.) The Kindle will never replace books for me, but I can carry a whole library in my hand. How cool is that?
Books don't have to be purchased at Amazon, although the Kindle is an Amazon product. There is software available, for free, that will convert other ebooks to something the Kindle can read. And I'm sure there are other sites that already have, or soon will have, books available. I know Manybooks.net has books from the Gutenberg Project already available for download for the Kindle, all of them free.
Also, for you authors out there, Amazon has a link for publishers and authors who might consider making their books available to Kindle owners.
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