Woe be unto ye

On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:56:15 -0700, "Russell D." wrote:

On 01/05/2011 08:22 PM, Giles wrote:
with families and such inscrutable encumberances!



I love books. Always have. I grew up in a home without television. So
books were our escape, our entertainment. Especially during those long
Idaho/Wyoming winters.

I love to have books. I like their smell, their look, their heft. I love
to see rows of them on my bookshelves.

When I first heard of the Kindle a few years ago I considered it a
damnable object to be scorned. I saw it as a threat to those books that
I loved.

But, the more I learned and the more I thought about it the more I
realized that as much as I love books, I love more the words in those
books. I came to realize that the Kindle is a great way to carry around
those words. Lots of those words.

August 1st I preordered the new "Kindle 3" and it showed up the first
week of September. In short, the Kindle is a great reading tool. I have
read more books since September than I have in the last year and a half.
The simple reason is because I always have it with me and find all kinds
of opportunities to read. That dreaded forty-five minute wait in the
doctor's office is now a pleasant escape into some book until that
annoying nurse pops out and says, "The doctor will see you now." It is
much easier to carry around than a book (or books--I'm always reading
several books).

So congrats on the new Kindle. I think you'll enjoy it. I highly
recommend getting a cover for it. Not only does it protect it, it makes
it seem more bookish. The Amazon.com covers are very well made, but
there are lots of others out there.

I love my Kindle.

Russell

Well, I guess I'll hafta blame it on you, Russell. Bought a Kindle3
today (although it'll be a couple weeks 'til it comes in, as I went
for the free shipping - hey! Had to get the cover to protect the
investment, so felt I should save some money SOMEwhere!).

On 01/09/2011 01:47 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:56:15 -0700, "Russell wrote:

On 01/05/2011 08:22 PM, Giles wrote:
with families and such inscrutable encumberances!



I love books. Always have. I grew up in a home without television. So
books were our escape, our entertainment. Especially during those long
Idaho/Wyoming winters.

I love to have books. I like their smell, their look, their heft. I love
to see rows of them on my bookshelves.

When I first heard of the Kindle a few years ago I considered it a
damnable object to be scorned. I saw it as a threat to those books that
I loved.

But, the more I learned and the more I thought about it the more I
realized that as much as I love books, I love more the words in those
books. I came to realize that the Kindle is a great way to carry around
those words. Lots of those words.

August 1st I preordered the new "Kindle 3" and it showed up the first
week of September. In short, the Kindle is a great reading tool. I have
read more books since September than I have in the last year and a half.
The simple reason is because I always have it with me and find all kinds
of opportunities to read. That dreaded forty-five minute wait in the
doctor's office is now a pleasant escape into some book until that
annoying nurse pops out and says, "The doctor will see you now." It is
much easier to carry around than a book (or books--I'm always reading
several books).

So congrats on the new Kindle. I think you'll enjoy it. I highly
recommend getting a cover for it. Not only does it protect it, it makes
it seem more bookish. The Amazon.com covers are very well made, but
there are lots of others out there.

I love my Kindle.

Russell

Well, I guess I'll hafta blame it on you, Russell. Bought a Kindle3
today (although it'll be a couple weeks 'til it comes in, as I went
for the free shipping - hey! Had to get the cover to protect the
investment, so felt I should save some money SOMEwhere!).

Welcome and enjoy. A word of warning. There is that issue with your
children's inheritance that Wolfgang mentioned. Amazon makes it
devilishly easy to buy new books for your Kindle.

Russell

Like a kid in a candy store.