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Originally Posted by covingtoncat73
Oh, that is very well said! My local library does have a good eBook department and I got the cheapest available eReader (a Kobo WiFi 50% off at a closing Borders plus I had a gift certificate). Still, the cost for entry to eReading was not the $50 I paid for my reader. You really need your own computer and Internet connection w/ WiFi, so we are talking the monthly Internet connection fee as well as the cost of the computer, a broadband modem, and a WiFi router, not just the cost of the eReader and any eBooks you purchase. This is outside the range of a lot of people.
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You don't need wifi. I got wifi this month for the first time; I've been active online for more than 10 years. (However, access to non-wifi internet hard to find except in very rural areas.)
But otherwise--yes, ebooks have a steep initial investment if you haven't already covered it in other parts of your life. They claim you can use a Kindle without a computer--but they lie; you need an email account to set up all the features. You can't activate the Kindle's web service without setting things up on a computer.