[etni] Re: E-Readers
- From: francine widerker <widerker@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 06:28:56 +0300
A few more comments about the Kindle.
My 19 year old son is a bookworm and we bought him one for his graduation
present last year. He uses it constantly and it broke. He contacted Amazon
and they sent him a brand new kindle immediately, no questions asked. The
service is fabulous.
Francine
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Bari Nirenberg <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a Kindle and I love it. Unlike the new Nook, the Kindle is black
> and
> white, but so are most of my books ;-) Since you can't use the 3G
> connection to download books in Israel (I believe it's on AT&T, though I
> could be mistaken and it's irrelevant), I got the WiFi-only version, which
> is cheaper. I've been able to download just about everything I've wanted
> to
> read (apart from The Wave...) -- certainly all of the new books are
> available. Book prices are normally slightly cheaper than the print
> versions and a lot cheaper than what the print versions would cost you in
> Israel, even if you could find the books. I think that my Kindle,
> including
> a leather cover with a built-in light (highly recommended, as the Kindle is
> not back-lit, which is great for your eyes, but means you can't read in a
> dark place without a light) and shipping cost me something like $225 total.
> It was delivered directly to my house and took something like three
> days(!)
> to get here. Adele, if you remind me, I'd be glad to bring it along so
> that
> you can have a look at it the next time we meet.
> Note that the Kindle application for PC is free and you can download books
> from Amazon directly to your computer and read them from there. The same
> is
> true of Kindle for iPod/iPhone/iPad if you have one of those. However, I
> don't like reading from my computer or my iPhone because my eyes get very
> tired. Reading from the Kindle is more like reading from a book than like
> reading on a computer screen.
>
> Bari
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 15:30, Adele Raemer <araemer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Dear ETNIers,
> > Do any of you have experience with e-readers/ (Kindle, NOOK, etc.?)
> Aside
> > from being environmentally friendly, I was thinking that since it is so
> > hard
> > for me to get recent books in English (no good English lending library in
> > my
> > neck of the woods) it might be a good and cheaper way, in the long run,
> to
> > get good books to read. After reading up about the NOOK, while it looks
> > cheaper and more attractive in other respsects, I understand that you
> have
> > to be in a Barnes and Noble story to buy it (not a convenient option in
> > Israel).
> >
> > So - any comments?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Adele
> >
> > **
> > *"*Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the
> middle
> > of it." *P. J. O'Rourke*
> >
> >
> >
> >
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