MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - In the UK, should I upgrade my 505 to a kindle?

gwynevans · 11-03-2009, 02:24 PM

It comes down to how much you value the ease of access to the Kindle Store and a dictionary, but if you've already got a working eBook Reader, then it's quite a big cost to justify, particularly as the wireless access that we'll get is much more feature-restricted than the US Kindle access.

I guess your first step should be to try & get an idea of the books you'd be likely to buy (and possibly the ones you have bought over the past year) and compare their price & availability from the Kindle store vs the various stores selling EPUB titles (Waterstones, WHS, etc - (See my UK-focussed "Where to get eBooks" article for links). That should help in summarizing the differences as they'd apply to your own usage, anyway.

11-03-2009, 02:24 PM	#2
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	It comes down to how much you value the ease of access to the Kindle Store and a dictionary, but if you've already got a working eBook Reader, then it's quite a big cost to justify, particularly as the wireless access that we'll get is much more feature-restricted than the US Kindle access. I guess your first step should be to try & get an idea of the books you'd be likely to buy (and possibly the ones you have bought over the past year) and compare their price & availability from the Kindle store vs the various stores selling EPUB titles (Waterstones, WHS, etc - (See my UK-focussed "Where to get eBooks" article for links). That should help in summarizing the differences as they'd apply to your own usage, anyway.