I May Have To Eat Crow Regarding Kindle

[redbrunja]

So, my Fiction class on Friday sucked and was a complete waste of time for several reasons, but one of the things that happened was that I had two people comment on what I was reading (on positively, one simply asking what I was reading) and I ended up going into my  whole I-hate-people-talking-about-what I read spiel. Which I felt really bad about, because both of the people commenting had positive things to say. In fact, one of them had a kindle and he pulled it out as an I-read-trash-books-and-no-one-knows solidarity thing.

And actually, his kindle was very cool. It was very sleek and about the size of a hardcover book and I didn't have the same instinct to skim that I do on the computer. I didn't feel the same disconnect with the text that some people reported and I think the dictionary feature is nifty. Now, I still think it should be back-lit and I have issues with how close a kindle book is to a corporal book in price but that experience plus hearing a UN worker rave about being able to have a whole personal library in something the size of a hardback is winning me over.

Comments

[aj.livejournal.com]

*nod* That's fair. That being said I would honestly think about saving up for it if you think you'd use it. It was, honestly, the best $ I spent last year and is something that I absolutely use on a daily basis. Mind you, I have a Sony, and they just released a $200 model that's pretty great. :)

I totally like to compare it to an iPod or MP3 player: definitely a luxury item, but one that gets a lot of use from me. And, weirdly, I actually read more physical books now that I'm in the habit of reading.

STILL. Library: FREE.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

STILL. Library: FREE.

That is a hard price to beat.

And I have a feeling that in a couple years, when I have a steady job and all the kinks have been ironed out of kindle, I'll probably pick one up.