Oh great and wise flist....

[gothams3rdrobin]

Does anyone have any first-hand experience with an Amazon Kindle?

My neighbour at work showed it to me on the website, 'cause he's looking to replace his books due to lack of shelf space. While I will always love books, and don't intend to stop buying them, I gotta admit I don't have too much room either. Plus there are times when something like a Kindle would be really, really useful.

Case in point, I need a copy of the A-text edition of Christopher Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus' asap to continue with my studies. It's ranging from £5 to £8 depending on if I get it off Amazon.co.uk or pick it up in a shop - however, I could download it off kindle for under a pound.... Would never fully replace the hardcopy, 'cause it helps with those kind of books to be able to see both the prose page and the notes page at the same time, but still!

Tempted to download the PC version of the Kindle reader too....

Any thoughts guys?

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

You can e-mail .pdfs to your Kindle as each Kindle comes with an e-mail address attached to it. I have the 2nd generation one, so it is all 3G and no wireless on mine but I've not had problems with it, except when out in the middle of no where where I can't get cell reception, either. And if you're near a computer, you can download to your computer and then port over to the Kindle if you need to do that.

[gothams3rdrobin.livejournal.com]

Awesome.... it really does sound like a good little investment.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I've loved mine. I know they aren't for everyone but I really do love mine. I know people who prefer other brands and that's cool too. As long as people are reading more, it is all good as far as I'm concerned.

[gothams3rdrobin.livejournal.com]

I don't even know where Dad gets the files for his ebook reader from! :-)

And absolutely! I read so much fanfic online that I sometimes forget how nice it is to just curl up with a book - which is why I doubt I'd ever stop buying the actual hardcopies.