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Originally Posted by emoorman
I have yet to figure out how Amazon has harmed me. Let me see. Before I started buying books from them, I could drive 20 mins to Booksamillion or 45 mins to B&N. Sometimes they wouldn't have a new book in or they might be sold out. It also might be raining. I discovered that I could go online and shop Amazon. Buy $25 and you get free shipping. I'd do that and wait 10 days for the books to come in.
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Some authors and people involved in publishing think Amazon has too much power. As a consumer, I'm a big fan.
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I looked at a few dedicated ereaders, but haven't bought one. Then I noticed that I could get the Kindle for PC download for free. I tried it and it worked pretty darn good. I tried a couple of the freebies that Amazon has and it sure was easy. Click and BAM, the book was there, ready to read. Did I need a new account? No. The one I had been using to order paper books was fine. I tried a $6 mystery. Click-BAM. This is too easy. No wasting time. No wasting gas. No waiting. Just click and Ed, old boy, your book is here. Hey, I'm an engineer-I like this.
Then I saw Kindle for Android. Whoa! I have a new Motorola Bravo Android, so I have to try this. Android Marketplace, click, OK, install, open and it says, "Wait while I sync," or something like that. There are my books on my phone. I open the mystery and "Do I want to move to the furtherest point read?" You betcha, I do. Tap, and I'm right where I was on my PC.
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Yeah, part of the Kindle's appeal is not just the hardware itself, but its integration with Amazon and its other apps and programs. Simply focusing on the hardware misses the big picture.
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That is too cool. (Forgive me if my slang is out of date, I'm 73).
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Right-on, daddy-o!
Sorry, I couldn't help it...
