learning to use the Kindle

A Kindle huh. Well, to me that is an inferior machine. I would much rather have an iPad instead. I don't currently own one, but I am planning on getting one soon. I do own the iPhone and have owned them since they came out. I will buy nothing other then Apple products. And I can tell you from playing around with my iPhone, I am sure the iPad experience is much more entertaining. Reading books is a breeze and basically everything else done on an iPhone or iPad is an awesome experience.

I love Kindle. It is handy.At least I need not bring bulky books in school

There are good and bad things about electronic books. My son has one and loves it but I think I would miss the feel of a real book in my hands. People don't think about the feel of a book on your fingertips, the delicious anticipation of turning a page or the heavenly scent of an old, old book. You can turn paged in a reader but just by pressing a button. I often linger over the last few words as I turn a real page. The cost factor has kept me from buying one. I get my books for free borrowing them from the library. I know, I pay taxes so they're not really free but the cost is miniscule. On the other hand, you can adjust the fonts on a reader to make the print bigger. I'm to the point where I prefer large print books but they are not easy to come by at the library. Another good thing about a reader is the back lighting, you're never short of light! Mainly, it's the cost that keeps me from buying a Kindle or other reader. And I would miss touching and holding a real book. Besides, if an EMP should detonate, there goes everybody's books!!!

I am learning to love ours too. Old fashioned books are best but sometimes it's easier to just grab the Kindle and go. I have choices of what I can read when I get to where I'm going. I often read on my work lunch break. I especially love that you can get FREE books through Kindle and am constantly adding new stuff! I am reading things I may normally not. Currently I am reading some letters of a widow who moved with her daughter to the US West around 1900. Very fascinating. I'm not sure I would have picked up this book, but I added it because it was free and so glad that I did!

I've been thinking about getting one actually but haven't yet. Just sort of resisting the technology maybe. I guess I'm old fashioned but I still like the idea of holding an actual book in my hands. I like having them around. Having a library of books all contained in a little electronic device just isn't the same as having a shelf full of books. After all, when you see a book, you can tell how long it is just by it's physical size. The book itself has character. And I have several books signed by the authors. You don't get any of the real flavor of the book with the electronic version. It's simply print on the screen. It's sterile. I'll probably break down and succumb to technology sooner or later. I'll probably have to eventually. There will probably be a time when some books aren't even printed on real paper. The only way you will be able to get it is in electronic form. For now though, when I'm reading a real "page turner", I'll by turning the actual pages.

I love my Kindle! I received one for my birthday in January, and I am enjoying it.I still have books at home,so I read one of those when I read at home, but if I have to go for an appointment,or have to wait somewhere,I have my Kindle in my purse,and makes waiting easier.Also I love one feature on the Kindle: when I want to buy a book(same price like the second hand store books),I can request a sample,and then I can see if I already read the book,or if I like it!

I got the kindle touch from my daughters for christmas, and I love it. The only thing I dont no how to do is when you are done reading a book how do you start it over from page one. I cant seem to fine a way to do that.

I bought a Kindle this winter, because at 78 my eyes need larger print. Took a while but I'm used to it now and find it quite easy to use. Its hard to get free books, seems as if they need at least .95 cents for a book as old as 1924. I like Westerns, and many of those are soft cover, small print, and difficult for a senior to read.

I got a Kindle one year ago, and I have to say that it is one of the best things that I have ever been given. Before I was given it, I had literally hundreds of books stacked all over my house and I was finding that I had no more places to put them that didn't already have books there. Now that I have a Kindle, I am slowly going through my book library and selling my old books and putting them on my Kindle because it can store thousands of books in a tiny device which is fantastic for someone who enjoys reading as much as I do.

I think me and you are alike in this. I think I would prefer a real book over a Kindle. But I don't know, as I have never experimented with one of these "creatures" as you called it. . I like how books are relatively inexpensive, you can take them anywhere with you, you can dog-ear the page when you need to stop reading, and most of all...If you accidentally drop it in the bath (I read while taking relaxing bubble baths sometimes), well, lo and behold, it won't turn into an un-working electronic mess. It will just kind of mess up the pages. [em]lol[/EM]. Happy reading to you! Maybe you will convert into a Kindle-reader yet! I know I have a friend who got one (who loves to read) and she LOVES it and doesn't go anywhere without it. Me, I am stubborn in my old-fashioned ways... lol.

"Give me an old fashion book anytime", I second that any day of my remaining life! I have an e-book reader too, and have some meaningful e-books to read. It is a pain! I have to charge the reader every now and then to read, it hangs for no apparent reason, and I have peer at it even when I have a good pair of working eyes. If the contrast is low, the words are blurred, if it is high, my eyes hurt. If I take a break from reading, I have to search for the passage I left behind. If I have to mark or take notes, I need the good old pen and paper. After all this, I am told that I am too old to adapt to new technologies, courtesy my elder son. Had it been a good old fashioned book, I could have thrown it at him. This thingmajig, is expensive and it breaks, so all I can do is to sit and fume.

I love my Kindle! I received one for my birthday in January, and I am enjoying it.I still have books at home,so I read one of those when I read at home, but if I have to go for an appointment,or have to wait somewhere,I have my Kindle in my purse,and makes waiting easier.Also I love one feature on the Kindle: when I want to buy a book(same price like the second hand store books),I can request a sample,and then I can see if I already read the book,or if I like it!

At first, I was having trouble with it. I am not used to typing without a keyboard. And I didn't appreciate it much until we had our wifi working. Without the internet, the things that I could do with it were limited. Now, with the wifi, I could download any apps I need. I could get books that I want to read anytime. I could play games with it too. My friend has an iPad so when I compared the weight and size of the two, I could say that portability-wise I'd go with Kindle. It doesn't have camera though. I could surely use one.

I have been wanting to buy a kindle for a while now as I think that it is very convenient. It is easy to carry round and it can contian many ebooks so that you don't have to carry heavyu books around with you all the time. Also, the ebooks are cheaper to buy and you can save them on the kindle and read when you want to. It is pretty easy to use too as one of my sibling has it and I used it for a while...

i think they are cool and you can borrow ebooks from the library too for your Kindle. however, like you, i would rather have a physical book to read, plus, because i dont typically read fiction, i don't think it would be worth it for me.

I have a great preference for a good old-fashioned book too. Anytime I have ever tried to read something on a kindle or even a book on the web, I have always felt uncomfortable with it. My daughter reads literature both ways and seems to do well with it either way. Maybe it is because she has always done a little of both. I am much more accustomed to books with pages myself though.