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Katsunami · 01-21-2012, 09:11 PM

There are many, many classics that I have seen the movie of (some of them have several), and even more classics are on my "to read" list since... forever, but I always get sidetracked by other books. My list now has around 150 "to read"-classics on it.

As almost all of them can be had for free through Amazon, Project Gutenberg or Mobileread, I have decided to buy a Kindle just for them, and see where I'll end up. Buying each book in the Netherlands will cost me around €6 at least, without shipping, so that'd come down to 900 euro's. The Kindle cost me 169 euro's. There you have it: yes, the Kindle is worth it for classics only, -if- you read enough of them.

01-21-2012, 09:11 PM	#35
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	There are many, many classics that I have seen the movie of (some of them have several), and even more classics are on my "to read" list since... forever, but I always get sidetracked by other books. My list now has around 150 "to read"-classics on it. As almost all of them can be had for free through Amazon, Project Gutenberg or Mobileread, I have decided to buy a Kindle just for them, and see where I'll end up. Buying each book in the Netherlands will cost me around €6 at least, without shipping, so that'd come down to 900 euro's. The Kindle cost me 169 euro's. There you have it: yes, the Kindle is worth it for classics only, -if- you read enough of them. Last edited by Katsunami; 01-21-2012 at 09:23 PM.