Are You Ready to Take the E-Book Plunge?

Love my Kindle

I often read my Kindle in bed in a dark room using a clip-on light attached to the cover--works great. Try that with a paperback book. Reading magazines, newspapers or books at my computer never worked for me, but the Kindle works great. I even look forward to going shopping with my wife and my Kindle. All my current reading interests are available while I wait(books, magazines, newspapers) all in one easy to carry device. I can even check and answer e-mail! I love the built in dictionary and highlight/bookmark features. Try changing the font size or have your paperback read to you.

On the down side: (1)Cost-- $250 (2) does not work well for highly color illustrated material (3) you can not share your books.

Jim of MI @ Nov 04, 2009 10:01:23 AM

good device

I think it's so nice to be with you a lot of kinds of books in the same time, but the broblem it's costly, that's the problem I think

Faraj Elkhodorie of AL @ Nov 04, 2009 02:08:30 AM

E-book

I have a Sony e-book with a (optional) reading light built into the cover, so I can read in the dark and without the eye strain I get from a computer screen. Just bought Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol for <$10, Little Women for $0.99 and got a bunch of free classics (e.g. The Brothers Karamazov). But the best part is the size. We're down-sizing and I am struggling with what to do with the shelves of books we have accumulated. My e-book now holds 30 books and is the same size it was on the day I bought it.

Dave Marcil of NY @ Nov 03, 2009 19:33:23 PM

Love My Kindle-A Couple of Quibbles with your article

First, the new Sony reader also has wireless downloading but only from the Sony store. The Kindle provides internet access and the ability to get free books on your Kindle from several sources. Barnes & Noble's Nook also only lets you download books from Barnes & Noble.

If the e-reader genres biggest weakness is the inability to read it in a dark room how is a real book better--can't read it in the dark either. Actually, the absence of backlighting was a major selling point for me--unlike a notebook computer or cell phone you can read an e-reader outside in direct sunlight just like a real book.

Steve Gold of HI @ Nov 03, 2009 03:56:10 AM

too costly and not healthy

An e-book costs more than a paperback, considering that the process saves paper, extra printing processs, ink and so on it is too expensive and approaching thieving. All books are first digitally recorded therefore they are available electronically. Subsequently they can converted into different format ... again this is done digitally. then they are available for downloading. Why should I pay more than than a paperback? In this case i rather buy a paper back as reading then on a computer screen or e-reader is not good for the eyes....i know... I have been using comp screen for the past 33 years.

anton @ Oct 28, 2009 10:16:04 AM

eInk

@A Bell - eReaders run on eInk technology, which doesn't hurt your eyes like a computer screen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink

JohnC of IN @ Oct 27, 2009 17:35:54 PM