Comments on: eBooks, Amazon and otherwise http://sambearpoet.com/2009/11/02/ebooks-amazon-and-otherwise/ A whole lot of blathering from Sam Chupp Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:06:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kris Johnson http://sambearpoet.com/2009/11/02/ebooks-amazon-and-otherwise/comment-page-1/#comment-1851 Kris Johnson Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:06:37 +0000 http://sambearpoet.com/?p=117#comment-1851 I'm one of those "I'll never read a book on an electronic device" people, but I think I'm slowly starting to see the merits of the medium. I can't read a book on my PC; it just doesn't work for me. But I've held a Kindle (or maybe it was a Kindle 2) in my hands and flipped through a couple of pages, and I could see the appeal. I even started reading H.G. Wells' THE TIME MACHINE on my Treo 650 before 'twas rendered inoperable by hasty contact with an unyielding surface. Marry up the readability of the Kindle with the uber-portability of a smartphone and I might just become a convert. I'm one of those "I'll never read a book on an electronic device" people, but I think I'm slowly starting to see the merits of the medium. I can't read a book on my PC; it just doesn't work for me. But I've held a Kindle (or maybe it was a Kindle 2) in my hands and flipped through a couple of pages, and I could see the appeal. I even started reading H.G. Wells' THE TIME MACHINE on my Treo 650 before 'twas rendered inoperable by hasty contact with an unyielding surface. Marry up the readability of the Kindle with the uber-portability of a smartphone and I might just become a convert.

]]> By: pixiestash http://sambearpoet.com/2009/11/02/ebooks-amazon-and-otherwise/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 pixiestash Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:37:13 +0000 http://sambearpoet.com/?p=117#comment-1850 I was one of those people who thought they had no use for an ebook reader...but I love, love, love my Kindle. It kills me that they are now $100 cheaper than I paid last spring, but I have gotten a ton of use out of it. I don't use the iPhone app a lot, but it's surprisingly easy to read for such a small screen, and it's nice to have when I need it. I just have to remember to turn my Kindle wireless on every so often so that it syncs properly. I was one of those people who thought they had no use for an ebook reader...but I love, love, love my Kindle. It kills me that they are now $100 cheaper than I paid last spring, but I have gotten a ton of use out of it.

I don't use the iPhone app a lot, but it's surprisingly easy to read for such a small screen, and it's nice to have when I need it. I just have to remember to turn my Kindle wireless on every so often so that it syncs properly.

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