I for one love my Kindle
I've been reading a lot more since I got my Kindle, because I can carry multiple books in one slim package, and because I can change the font size if my eyes are feeling a little tired or the light isn't as good wherever I happen to be. I bought a lovely red leather cover for it, and as a result, it looks classy and elegant. I get comments on it everywhere I go. My ear doctor spent ten minutes examining it and asking me questions about it. He said he was going to buy 3 of them, for himself, his wife, and his mother.
As for prices for e-books, they aren't ALL that expensive. I've bought some very good books ranging in price from $0.49 to $9.99. And there are tons of top quality books available for free. All the great classics like Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, Victor Hugo, Alexander Dumas, Charles Dickens, Gaston Leroux, and so forth, are there for free. Some of those books I hadn't read since high school, and wondered if I would feel the same way about them if I read them now. I was surprised to learn that I appreciated them even more, now that I have enough life experience to understand more of the actions of the characters.
They were working on the interstate a couple of weeks ago, and traffic came to a dead stop. I rolled down the windows and picked up my Kindle to read some more. I'd been reading about five minutes when the trucker next to me hopped down out of his cab and came over to my window, asking me what I was reading on. He'd finished his last paperback and was desperate to get to another stop with a bookstore so he could buy some more books. He could see me reading, but couldn't see details other than the fact that I wasn't turning physical pages. I showed him how easy it was to hook to amazon and buy a book in seconds, from anywhere, via Whispernet. He was hooked, and said he was going to order one for himself as soon as he could get to a computer. And he was going to recommend it to some other truckers who also love to read. He figured it would pay for itself in no time, and save him from committing road rage when he was stuck in traffic. We shared a good laugh and he went back to his truck, while I went back to my book.
I hear stories like that all the time from other Kindle users. Those of us who own them are the best sales tools amazon could ever have. And we network, sharing news about free or low-cost books and other such information. There are far more of us booklovers out here than you realize, and we love our Kindles.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
