January 29, 2009
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Filed by trumwill from Elsewhere

Kindle

Do any of y’all own one?

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6 Comments

  1. They’re handy, especially in terms of de-cluttering one’s house of books, but I would be hesitant to bring one on the train and subway due to the risk of dropping or otherwise damaging it. Some months ago I dropped my iPod off the platform several feet onto the train tracks. It was fine, but Kindles look more fragile (not to mention more expensive).

    Amazon really screwed up in not making enough available to meet demand.

    Comment by Peter — January 29, 2009 @ 7:35 am

  2. I have one. I like it a lot. It gives the same experience as reading a book. The only drawback is that I tend to buy more old books than new ones, and many old ones aren’t available in Kindle format. On the other hand, lots are. Including some really good 60’s-70’s sci-fi for a couple of bucks a pop.

    When I buy a book, I always look for the Kindle version first.

    Comment by Kent — January 29, 2009 @ 8:24 am

  3. No, I think it’s not worth the price right now (when I usually get my books from the library).

    Comment by Becky — January 29, 2009 @ 9:46 am

  4. Kent, is it the case on the Kindle that you can only read stuff that you buy through the Kindle store (or whatever) or can it read other documents, too (PDF, LIT, RTF, TXT, etc)? I haven’t seen any reference to the latter, but that’s really the only way that I would consider buying one.

    Comment by trumwill — January 29, 2009 @ 11:53 am

  5. I’m curious to try one. However, I don’t know if I could ever trade it for a paperback.

    Comment by Abel — January 30, 2009 @ 9:02 am

  6. You can e-mail documents to your Kindle, but support is limited to a few formats (text, Word, HTML, and “experimental” PDF support). Details here.

    Comment by Brandon Berg — January 30, 2009 @ 9:42 am

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