I have to admit. I’m conflicted about Kindle, Amazon’s new(ish) digital book-reading gadget. It looks cool enough. But, two things are stopping me:
- I remember the not-so-pleasant experience of reading digital books on Palm products. No, thanks.
- I really love the feel of a book. An honest-to-goodness book, with paper and everything. Do I really want to give that up?
That said, some pretty cool people whose opinions I respect are turning to the Kindle, and liking it. Case in point (heck, case in chief, actually): Ernie the Attorney, who writes (mostly) positively about his Kindle here.
So, I’m going to get one for myself. I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts. Have you used it? If so, what’s your experience? Let us all know in the comments.
If you’re interested in getting a Kindle for yourself, you could go to Amazon and just look on the main page, since Amazon’s pushing this product pretty hard. Or you could help me put my kid through college in ten years by using this affiliate link: Kindle
Your choice!
Ain’t America grand?
You won’t be disappointed. But it will take at least 3 days, or a week, before you get suitably acclimated. The pleasure comes most easily when you don’t think about what you’re doing, just as happens when you read a book. But once you get used to it, you’ll quickly find that it’s easier in most ways than reading a book.
Here’s a good post about kindle:
http://www.johndavidmann.com/journal/2008/05/01/the-world-in-your-hand/
Thanks for that link, Stephanie. Good post — I have to say it does sound like heaven to someone not so keen on the whole delayed gratification thing.