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  • ScoobySnax
    #faceuary2014
    • Mar 2009
    • 7624
    #1

    Amazon Kindle

    I am definitely looking into getting one of these for my fiancee. They look pretty sleek and I read that it can hold up to like 1500 books! Does anyone here have a Kindle? If you do, please share your experiences!

    Note: I am fully aware of Apple's upcoming device, so please let's not turn this into THAT kind of thread (bashing/praising). Let's keep it strictly on the Kindle. LOL

    Thanks
    Last edited by ScoobySnax; 02-23-2010, 11:36 AM.
    Originally posted by J. Cole
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    • fishepa
      I'm Ron F'n Swanson!
      • Feb 2003
      • 18989
      #2
      Re: Amazon Kindle

      My sister in law has one and likes it. I don't really know much about it. It doesn't have a back light, so you will need to use an additional book light of some sort if you intend to read at night.

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        • Trevytrev11
          MVP
          • Nov 2006
          • 3259
          #3
          Re: Amazon Kindle

          My boss has one and loves it, but more for the condensing of the WSJ, than for books, but she enjoys that aspect as well.

          She has a hard leather cover for her's that, when you hold it, gives you a very similar feeling to holding a hard cover book. It's very user friendly to turn from page to page and when you shut it off, it holds your place (and I believe can hold multiple places if you share it with someone else).

          Most NY Times best sellers are only $9.99, though I heard that might change as other companies are getting into the mix.

          Obviously it's a better investment for someone that reads a ton. If you only read a few books a year, you probably would be better off just buying the books as you'll probably never recover the cost.

          I also thought it would be perfect for someone who uses public transportation a lot (ex: to and from work). The size would make it convenient to carry in a laptop bag or a back pack.

          I want to get one for my wife, but she reads a lot in the bathtub and I'd hate for it to get ruined that way.

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            • ScoobySnax
              #faceuary2014
              • Mar 2009
              • 7624
              #4
              Re: Amazon Kindle

              Well she falls into the "reads a few books (6-10) a year" category. I was just thinking it would be something that she could keep for a long time and build her library up. Also, the cost of the e-books are like half of what a retail copy costs. It's almost like I'm being a techie for her lol! She's usually hesitant about embracing new tech unless it just blows her mind.
              Originally posted by J. Cole
              Fool me one time that's shame on you. Fool me twice can't put the blame on you. Fool me three times, **** the peace sign, load the chopper let it rain on you.
              PSN: xxplosive1984
              Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/os_scoobysnax/profile

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                • mgoblue
                  Go Wings!
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 25477
                  #5
                  Re: Amazon Kindle

                  My local library is part of a collective that offers the ability to check out eBooks online...They use the Adobe PDF/ePub book format, something that Kindle (and Apple I think) don't support, but the Barnes & Noble Nook and Sony readers do. I think it's a format war of sorts, the ePub one is a open standard, but Amazon wants their own proprietary format.

                  I ended up getting a Nook and really like it. I can check stuff out for free, which was a dealbreaker for me. I'll be buying a few books for the Nook over time, but I don't really buy tons of books (usually just check them out of the library), so it's been good for me. You check books out online, use Adobe Digital Editions to download them to your computer, and then I just hook up the Nook (Adobe recognizes it, so I can then drag the checked out books to the reader).

                  I do enjoy reading with it instead of a real book, I can just keep it in the leather type case I got for it, balance it on my stomach while i'm in bed or something and just hit a button to turn pages.

                  I'm willing to bet the Kindle's a bit better of a product (though I love my Nook), but since I couldn't use the library's free online system it wasn't an option for me.
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                    • CMH
                      Making you famous
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 26203
                      #6
                      Re: Amazon Kindle

                      I've been using the iPhone Kindle app and while that's not the same as the real Kindle, if I love using it then I would imagine someone would love reading from the Kindle.

                      I really thought I'd miss the idea of having a book, but I'm finding that the positives out weight the negatives by a ton. No need for physical bookmarks, easy flipping, all-in-one tool to have with my phone (so less things to carry around), means I can read anywhere (no bringing the big book along to meet someone at the theater).

                      I love it. I'd like to actually get a Kindle, but the app does the job just fine too.
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                        • MachoMyers
                          Old School
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 7670
                          #7
                          Re: Amazon Kindle

                          I bought my wife the Sony Reader (the smaller one) and she loves it. The Kindle is more expensive and bigger (iirc) and she likes that she can easily put it in her coat and what not. Suffice to say I was big sweetie for getting it for her.

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                            • canes6812
                              Rookie
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 407
                              #8
                              Re: Amazon Kindle

                              I was just about to say that the Sony Reader is a pretty good option as well.

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                                • ScoobySnax
                                  #faceuary2014
                                  • Mar 2009
                                  • 7624
                                  #9
                                  Re: Amazon Kindle

                                  I'm not sold on a Kindle. It's just that it's all I hear in relation to e-readers. Never knew Sony had one. I had heard of the Nook though.
                                  Originally posted by J. Cole
                                  Fool me one time that's shame on you. Fool me twice can't put the blame on you. Fool me three times, **** the peace sign, load the chopper let it rain on you.
                                  PSN: xxplosive1984
                                  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/os_scoobysnax/profile

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                                    • CMH
                                      Making you famous
                                      • Oct 2002
                                      • 26203
                                      #10
                                      Re: Amazon Kindle

                                      Here's the Sony one. Options are good. Sony has those.

                                      http://ebookstore.sony.com/reader/
                                      "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                                      "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                                        • mgoblue
                                          Go Wings!
                                          • Jul 2002
                                          • 25477
                                          #11
                                          Re: Amazon Kindle

                                          Originally posted by YankeePride
                                          Here's the Sony one. Options are good. Sony has those.

                                          http://ebookstore.sony.com/reader/
                                          Sony's good too, more options in content like the Nook...which of the 2 you like better is a matter of personal preference.
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