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Originally Posted by ellieanna
Yes, one thing that is overlooked is that some people buy e-readers because they are unable to read hard copy books.
I used to be an avid reader, but had to stop due to illness. Kindle's are great because they are so easy on the eye and the font size can be easily increased.
In some of the discussions regarding the price of ebooks there have been comments to the effect that if you think ebooks are overpriced, then buy the paperback. Not all those who wish to read the book have that option.
I too am pleased with my kindle which I bought a few months ago (after a considerable period of dithering  ). The kindle menu's are not always as intuitive as I would like but it incredibly easy to buy books and they download so quickly.
It is a real shame though that I cannot use it to read library ebooks. Prior to my illness I borrowed oodles of library books, and those that I liked I bought in paperback either for myself or as gifts. I certainly tried out authors I would have not read otherwise.
Amazon really need to sort out their act regarding Overdrive/epub books as the current situation is ridiculous. I can certainly understand the temptation to strip out DRM to reformat and 'borrow' a book to read on a kindle which can legally be 'borrowed' to read on on another e-reader (providing the DRM stripped book is deleted when the loan period is up and the book is not shared). If Apple can get their head round this then Amazon should be able to as well. |
welcome to the forums ellianna! please be sure to check out the thread in the upper part of this page for free and reduced priced books. I have found that getting these books MORE than makes up for library usage, and also introduces me to a lot of genres and authors I would not normally read. there is also the Patricia Clark Memorial Library on this site full of public domain books to keep you happily reading for awhile!
enjoy!