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MoSo · 03-30-2008, 04:55 PM

Greetings all - got a Kindle over a week ago, after years of struggling with reading books on PDAs (the Tungsten that folded out for a larger screen) and on the PC.

Choosing the Kindle over the others was a pretty close decision - I finally went with Amazon just because I think they have a little more "pull" with publishers and I'm likely to find more of the "still in copyright but years-old" favorites eventually produced in .azw. I wanted an e-reader that worked well and didn't particularly care about bells and whistles (especially marginal ones) and the Kindle is a pretty good e-reader. I don't use it to read blogs, newspapers or magazines.

I have an extensive library of physical books, but, due to space constraints, I'm limited to "keepers" and the e-reader format means I can store books on the computer or just delete them, as I like. The Kindle's price on just-released books means I can buy the new title on day of release for roughly $9.99 and then, if I really like the book and think it's a keeper, buy it when it's released in paperback to add to the physical library. It'd be nice if I could sell things back, but given how few places buy books anymore, I end up giving paperbacks to Goodwill or the like anyway, so deleting them off a hard drive is just about the same thing.

So - hi, all!

03-30-2008, 04:55 PM	#1
MoSo Crankier than average Posts: 143 Karma: 345 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southern Oregon mountains Device: Kindle #1, Kindle #2; internet appliance - The Chumby.	Another new member Greetings all - got a Kindle over a week ago, after years of struggling with reading books on PDAs (the Tungsten that folded out for a larger screen) and on the PC. Choosing the Kindle over the others was a pretty close decision - I finally went with Amazon just because I think they have a little more "pull" with publishers and I'm likely to find more of the "still in copyright but years-old" favorites eventually produced in .azw. I wanted an e-reader that worked well and didn't particularly care about bells and whistles (especially marginal ones) and the Kindle is a pretty good e-reader. I don't use it to read blogs, newspapers or magazines. I have an extensive library of physical books, but, due to space constraints, I'm limited to "keepers" and the e-reader format means I can store books on the computer or just delete them, as I like. The Kindle's price on just-released books means I can buy the new title on day of release for roughly $9.99 and then, if I really like the book and think it's a keeper, buy it when it's released in paperback to add to the physical library. It'd be nice if I could sell things back, but given how few places buy books anymore, I end up giving paperbacks to Goodwill or the like anyway, so deleting them off a hard drive is just about the same thing. So - hi, all!