<p>I’m considering purchasing a Kindle. Does anyone have one? I’m curious whether you like it or not.</p>
<p>I have one and like it a lot. It is an extravagance, but I love having several books with me when I travel without the weight of lugging them around.</p>
<p>The downsides, to my way of thinking: when I order the ebooks, I am not supporting my local independent book store; when I finish a book I love, I cannot pass it on to someone else.</p>
<p>Today’s WSJ had an article about the next, larger Kindle. You might want to check that out. It was not enthusiastic about the larger version.</p>
<p>Have one and love it. </p>
<p>I pretty much feel the same way as mafool - love the convenience; particularly love finishing one book and being able to immediately download another. </p>
<p>I do love my local bookstore and dislike that I don’t patronize them like I used to.</p>
<p>love, love, love it.</p>
<p>Absolutely love it - one of the best parts is being able to “sample” a book with the first couple of chapters. If you like it, fine, you can buy it and continue reading in less than a minute. I’m a book lover, and sometimes miss the actual book, but it IS nice that there aren’t new piles of books around the house every couple of months.</p>
<p>I have the original Kindle, didn’t think the Kindle2 was worth upgrading for, but the new one coming out is larger, so it would be great for newspapers as well as books.</p>
<p>Love mine (yes it WAS an extravagance) and echo the sentiments of mafool. Another drawback for me has been that I can’t read it in the dark - you will still need a light source.</p>
<p>I tend to reread favorite sections so it’s nice that I’m not cracking the binding anymore. I find that today’s hardback books don’t seem to be bound as well as those of 15-20+ years ago. My last couple of Harry Potter books completely fell apart after my kids and I read them maybe 10 times.</p>
<p>Love mine and if you read a lot it’s not really an extravagance given the money you save on each book.</p>
<p>Thank you all very much - it sounds like a unanimous “yes”! I don’t generally purchase books since I have a library branch a few blocks from my home. Unfortunately I generally have to wait a long time to get the new releases. I think I’ll splurge and buy one.</p>
<p>We have a Kindle2 - I bought it for H to take on trips. It’s a great little device.</p>
<p>Alright, explain it to me, whats a kindle?</p>
<p>[Amazon</a> Kindle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle]Amazon”>Amazon Kindle - Wikipedia)
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<p>My brother and I bought one to give to my Mom for her 88th birthday. It is the best thing we ever did.</p>
<p>She is housebound for the most part with some vision impairment. The ability to make the font bigger is a huge plus. It is also lighter than most books and much easier to handle with her arthritic hands.</p>
<p>DH has Kindle 2 and loves it. He especially loves being able to decide the size of the print as he’s had difficulty with his glasses recently.</p>
<p>We have one and like it very much. The book reader is great. The internet access comes in handy in the car.</p>
<p>Gave DD one for her grad school graduation. She loves it. It is so light and she uses it outdoors without any glare. However, she wishes it comes with backlighting for night time use.</p>
<p>I just submitted my order with 2 day shipping. Thank you all for your responses.</p>
<p>no back lighting: I think that is the trade-off for such loooooong battery life.</p>
<p>I’ll turn on a lamp!</p>
<p>I hadn’t thought about the advantages of Kindle when it first came out; just thought how I’d miss reading a “real book”. But I’m finding the same trouble that Zimmer mentioned - today’s books don’t hold together well, a real inconvenience, especially for the cost! Plus, their weight and font size is beginning to be an issue for me. After reading these positive posts about Kindle, I’ll be giving it another look. Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t think I’ll be bothered by no back light. I assume that it is no different than having to have a light source when reading a book. I think if it had a backlight I would feel like I was sitting in front of my computer screen. I ordered the clip on flexible light to go with it just in case I need it. </p>
<p>I’m going out of town at the end of the month and am so excited not to have to haul books along.</p>
<p>No back light is actually an advantage, less eyestrain, more like a “real” book. To extend battery life, make sure you turn off the wireless when you’re not downloading.</p>
<p>Only real disadvantage is that you can’t give your books away or resell. You can have more than one Kindle on the same account, but you can’t transfer books to another account. In my life, I’d rate the electronic devices I can’t live without this way:</p>
<ol>
<li>Stereo</li>
<li>Laptop</li>
<li>Kindle</li>
<li>Ipod</li>
</ol>
<p>TV doesn’t even make the list…</p>
<p>audiophile - I think I would have to list my electronic devices that I can’t do without this way:
- Computer (desktop) - we also have a laptop but I work from home, travel rarely, and have a nice big desk (we are in the office furniture business) so the desktop is preferable for me.
- I’m going out on a limb and listing my Kindle next (even though I don’t have it yet - but reading is my guilty pleasure.)</p>
<p>I don’t have an I-pod. I generally only listen to music while driving or on my computer (via Sirius).</p>
<p>I could probably do without my cell phone - I basically use it to text my kids.</p>
<p>I think I would also survive without the TV. The only things I ever watch are news (which is generally depressing) and sports.</p>