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Atunah · 11-13-2017, 10:11 AM

I was probably behind a lot of folks here, as far as ereader technology goes. I had no idea e-readers existed, or ebooks for that matter. Not in a way outside having to read some non fiction book on a computer, which would not only not appeal to me, I wouldn't be able to do it.

I had about given up on reading by 2008. I just couldn't comfortably read paperbooks anymore. Font too small and most of the books I got were used so yellowed. No contrast. As I have always read a lot in my life, this was a hard thing to kind of give up. Kind of came gradually.

Sometime in early or mid 2008, I heard about Oprah's advertising a kindle. I think I might have seen it first on the amazon website, but I can't remember. Since I don't watch Oprah, it must have been so.
I was already a Amazon customer, I think I been since 2000 or so. So my ears perked. They had a Oprah coupon, but then sold out. I had to wait since I had to save up that money, it was a lot at the time. $399.

I had no clue about format, ebooks, or how this would all work. I also couldn't imagine how it would be reading off it. I finally got one the end of 2008, the first kindle, K1 with the magical unicorn bar.

I still remember when I opened it. It had this pretty book like box around it. And then the first look at that screen. I was kind of in awe. I loved everything about that device, buttons, keyboard, ergonomic design. But most of all, that screen. I downloaded my first book and I was off. I hadn't read maybe 10 books in the last few years before I gave up reading. I read 200 books in the first year with the K1. I have been with kindles ever since, have no interest in changing. They have just always worked for me and I am not a fiddler. I do not jailbreak anything, I don't root anything, I wouldn't know how to do any of that stuff. I want something to just work and kindles always have.

So I just keep reading books. I have learned a lot in the years after about formats and such right here, and calibre. But really, technically, I didn't really need any of that.

So for me it was both, the need to be able to read and finding such a thing on amazon. I didn't know any other e-readers existed, I think sony was there? But I had no clue. I saw the kindle first. And it was the first time I had heard of an e-reader.

11-13-2017, 10:11 AM	#50
Atunah Wizard Posts: 1,817 Karma: 23400001 Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA Device: K1/K3/BasicK Voyage/Oasis1/Oasis3	I was probably behind a lot of folks here, as far as ereader technology goes. I had no idea e-readers existed, or ebooks for that matter. Not in a way outside having to read some non fiction book on a computer, which would not only not appeal to me, I wouldn't be able to do it. I had about given up on reading by 2008. I just couldn't comfortably read paperbooks anymore. Font too small and most of the books I got were used so yellowed. No contrast. As I have always read a lot in my life, this was a hard thing to kind of give up. Kind of came gradually. Sometime in early or mid 2008, I heard about Oprah's advertising a kindle. I think I might have seen it first on the amazon website, but I can't remember. Since I don't watch Oprah, it must have been so. I was already a Amazon customer, I think I been since 2000 or so. So my ears perked. They had a Oprah coupon, but then sold out. I had to wait since I had to save up that money, it was a lot at the time. $399. I had no clue about format, ebooks, or how this would all work. I also couldn't imagine how it would be reading off it. I finally got one the end of 2008, the first kindle, K1 with the magical unicorn bar. I still remember when I opened it. It had this pretty book like box around it. And then the first look at that screen. I was kind of in awe. I loved everything about that device, buttons, keyboard, ergonomic design. But most of all, that screen. I downloaded my first book and I was off. I hadn't read maybe 10 books in the last few years before I gave up reading. I read 200 books in the first year with the K1. I have been with kindles ever since, have no interest in changing. They have just always worked for me and I am not a fiddler. I do not jailbreak anything, I don't root anything, I wouldn't know how to do any of that stuff. I want something to just work and kindles always have. So I just keep reading books. I have learned a lot in the years after about formats and such right here, and calibre. But really, technically, I didn't really need any of that. So for me it was both, the need to be able to read and finding such a thing on amazon. I didn't know any other e-readers existed, I think sony was there? But I had no clue. I saw the kindle first. And it was the first time I had heard of an e-reader.