Choosing btw Kindle and Paper versions of book - Page 3

Slow_hand · 07-31-2008, 06:31 PM

I have a different dilemma, a good one. I just started working in my dream location, a library. So I have access to a lot of books (and magazines and journals) for free and I don't have to even make a special trip to the Library to pick up or return.

I have found that large heavy books are cumbersome to read (and seem to actually get damaged just from the reading) and I am tempted to just buy them on the kindle rather than borrow for easier reading. So far I am being a cheapsk, err, thrifty consumer.

My salary ain't that great but I am having a ball at my new job...(it's ok - I am an early retiree from another career).

Slowhand

Monty Grue · 08-08-2008, 02:23 PM

If there is a Kindle edition available, I will go for that first. I haven’t figured in cost for any purchases as a deciding factor yet, but so far the Kindle has been a little cheaper or equal to the paper version.

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07-31-2008, 06:31 PM	#31
Slow_hand Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 326 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore Device: Amazon Kindle 2	I have a different dilemma, a good one. I just started working in my dream location, a library. So I have access to a lot of books (and magazines and journals) for free and I don't have to even make a special trip to the Library to pick up or return. I have found that large heavy books are cumbersome to read (and seem to actually get damaged just from the reading) and I am tempted to just buy them on the kindle rather than borrow for easier reading. So far I am being a cheapsk, err, thrifty consumer. My salary ain't that great but I am having a ball at my new job...(it's ok - I am an early retiree from another career). Slowhand

08-08-2008, 02:23 PM	#32
Monty Grue Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 14 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Device: Kindle	If there is a Kindle edition available, I will go for that first. I haven’t figured in cost for any purchases as a deciding factor yet, but so far the Kindle has been a little cheaper or equal to the paper version.

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