| Should you Buy the Amazon Kindle 2 or even the | | | | years? |
| Kindle DX? That question tortured me for almost three | | | | Why I Took the Amazon Kindle Plunge |
| months before Christmas and you may find yourself in | | | | I won't bore you with all the amazing technical highlights |
| the same boat as me... will the Amazon Kindle make | | | | of the Kindle, those specs can be found |
| me happier, saving me time and money or will it end up | | | | everywhere...but |
| being another useless high tech gadget that goes | | | | 1) My ultra environmental friend enlightened me with |
| unused like my treadmill (but that's another story). Or | | | | this point ( I do recycle religiously), the Kindle is |
| will it frustrate me to the point I want to throw it out. | | | | Eco-Friendly, seriously never gave that a thought... |
| PCWorld said the Kindle was the most gifted item | | | | where do all those unused books go especially the |
| ever for Amazon this year but I never was a crowd | | | | paperbacks. I feel good about not killing any trees or |
| follower, I just want my purchases to make sense and | | | | filling any landfills because of my Love for reading. |
| make me say hey, I LOVE this product and would | | | | 2) I am a Big Change My Mind girl....in fact going |
| never give it up even for chocolate cake. | | | | anywhere where I might read, I used to take at least 3 |
| Why I Resisted Buying an Amazon Kindle for so long | | | | or four books especially on vacation. Because even if I |
| According to some statistic I read, somewhere in my | | | | think I know what I want to read out of my library at |
| travels across the internet doing research about ebook | | | | the time, when it comes down to the actual reading it's |
| readers, we are going to be the last generation of | | | | not what I want to read after all, not the mood I'm in. |
| "Real" books readers and that makes me sad. More | | | | Crazy I know, but now instead of dragging along all |
| sad than when vinyl records bit the dust..... Even | | | | those books I have my entire library with me at all |
| textbooks will go the wayside and in five or so years | | | | times. I'll always be able to find something that hits my |
| college students will be saving their backs as Kindles | | | | fancy. |
| and the likes replace those oh so heavy book laden | | | | 3) My favorite thing about the Kindle is its Bookmarking |
| backpacks and high school and middle school students | | | | and Notes feature! I was never the type to write in the |
| will soon follow after that. | | | | margins of my books but always wished that I could |
| More importantly, I love the way books feel in my hand | | | | find the things and quotes that struck me at a later |
| and the way they look...the colors and design of the | | | | date and that never happened. Now I can easily and |
| cover...the way they look on my shelf... the way I can | | | | this in itself has made the Kindle worth its weight in |
| stack them on my nightstand to make me look like a | | | | Gold to me. I can even export my notes for a nice little |
| voracious reader. Books are pretty and fun and I love | | | | summary and can even import all those PDF's I collect |
| to buy them when the budget allows. The Kindle is | | | | across the internet and read them whenever and |
| white and while I do love technology in all its | | | | wherever I want. |
| glory...white is not even a good bra color unless your | | | | 4) The books especially the Bestsellers are cheaper |
| shirt is see through. | | | | and I never have to wait for the paperback, I never |
| A Kindle does not make you look smart like a personal | | | | have to wait period because it takes less than 60 |
| library does. I guess I have a romanticized view of the | | | | seconds to get a book and a lot of books are Free, |
| Library, think back to all the old movies with an actual | | | | my budget really likes that! |
| Library in the house, maybe someone smoking a pipe | | | | What was I waiting for??? |
| as the wisdom of the ages poured through them....will | | | | I will never stop buying books that I can touch and feel |
| Professor Plum ever be able to commit murder in the | | | | until they no longer sell them but right now, you couldn't |
| Library again. And what will happen to the real | | | | tear my Kindle from me, even if you offered me |
| Library's, ( there currently is no sharing on Kindle books) | | | | TWO pieces of chocolate cake. |
| will they pack up their dusty wares in the next twenty | | | | |