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Originally Posted by carnivroar
Is the Kindle worth it for those alone?
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Of course, no one else can answer this question for you.
As a 2010 Kindle Keyboard 3G purchaser who does use Project Gutenberg, and has yet to buy an eBook from Amazon, I'd say yes -- but only barely, because I have easy access to some good public libraries. For me, my Kindle is even more worth it for newspapers, whether purchased, or obtained for free via
http://calibre-ebook.com or web sites like twp.com. I do buy the New York Times Latest News Blog from Amazon for $1.99 a month, which I consider the killer app for the Kindle.
Note that the definition of public domain varies a lot depending on what country you live in, with Canada generally the best for readers of mid-twentieth century literature, and the US the worst.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ goes by US rules; this is one reason why there are also gutenberg sites for Australia and Canada. MobileRead is headquartered in Canada, and has many downloadable books which you are properly warned not to download unless out of copyright in your country. We want to respect this so there is no risk of this site's leadership getting the sort of attention described in today's news stories concerning arrests in New Zealand.
For another perspective:
Forget e-books – the point of the Kindle is for essays