E-Reader Feeder

Guest article from Holly B:

Last August, a good friend got her  Kindle DX and  told me about it , as I am one of those who carries her books everywhere.  I had also sworn I would never drink the Kindle Kool-aid. But this was a friend whose opinion I truly respected so I got one myself.  I have not looked back. I love the darn thing.


Like others, if I am sitting somewhere in public and get asked about it, I can’t stop raving, I even give demonstrations. It does let everyone know I like mystery novels but I am not looking for their approval of my reading. I’ll keep talking about it until I bore the person to death.  I really have fun demonstrating the delivery time (if I have a book I know I want to order).


It is my duty to put to rest all the e-reader myths, especially the one about costs – I don’t think I have paid more than $9.99 for anything and a lot of my e-books are in that magical category - "Free".


DO I think that e-readers will replace books in the near future ?– not so long as there are a lot of people brought up on books, and most readers will admit that there is something about the tactile experience of a well loved books that a Kindle can’t replace.

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There are a few drawbacks to the Kindle – I think it could do a better job displaying illustrations. In fact until it can do color charts and photos it will never successfully replace textbooks (specially in fields like biology, chemistry & the  other hard sciences), but when it gets there, look out.  It would have been real nice to have Morrison and Boyd Organic Chemistry on a Kindle.


Do I still by ‘real books’? Yeah but I look for them on my Kindle first.  Have I purposely duplicated some old books I have before,  on my Kindle again?  Sure have. I have found out of publication books I had never heard of on Kindle, what fun.

 
I just had a wild thought pass through my head – if you can download the Bible – can you picture people in churches shipping out their Kindles rather than their book form Bibles?, that would be a trip.


If you don't think you want one of these Kindles, find someone who has one – walk up to them on the street or in a cafe and ask  them to show you theirs.  I bet you will find out their enthusiasm is infectious  and you  will want one yourself.

I would rate my Kindle the best thing I purchased all year and probably all decade – and I am a gadget/electronic freak.  I would give up all the other stuff but please don’t take away my Kindle.


Special thanks to Holly B for this great article