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ficbot · 06-20-2009, 09:08 PM

I think it is. I live in an area (Canada) where is is not available, but from everything I heard, it is. Someone like my stepdad, I never thought he would be interested in something like this, but when I got a new cover for my Sony, I caught him one day flipping it open, admiring it

I expressed surprise that something like that would even interest him, and he said he has been thinking about getting old and how he likes bigger print sometimes, does not like to hold a heavy book, might not always be able to get out when he wants a new one. He's not going to care about DRM. He is not going to care about reading them again in 20 years. He probably will biew the 9.99 per book like a movie rental and delete the book when he's done. He just wants to be able to read the new Tom Clancy or whatever without going out in the snow. If the Kindle were available here, it would be perfect for him.

06-20-2009, 09:08 PM	#11
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	I think it is. I live in an area (Canada) where is is not available, but from everything I heard, it is. Someone like my stepdad, I never thought he would be interested in something like this, but when I got a new cover for my Sony, I caught him one day flipping it open, admiring it I expressed surprise that something like that would even interest him, and he said he has been thinking about getting old and how he likes bigger print sometimes, does not like to hold a heavy book, might not always be able to get out when he wants a new one. He's not going to care about DRM. He is not going to care about reading them again in 20 years. He probably will biew the 9.99 per book like a movie rental and delete the book when he's done. He just wants to be able to read the new Tom Clancy or whatever without going out in the snow. If the Kindle were available here, it would be perfect for him.