Comments on: Kindle Commercial http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:33:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corrin http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/#comment-138856 Corrin Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:56:00 +0000 http://corrinrenee.com/?p=4727#comment-138856 Erica - a few months after I wrote this post, I wrote a followup. I've seen the light. :-) http://corrinrenee.com/i-lied-i-want-a-kindle/ Erica – a few months after I wrote this post, I wrote a followup. I’ve seen the light. :-)

http://corrinrenee.com/i-lied-i-want-a-kindle/

]]> By: Erica http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/#comment-138850 Erica Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:47:20 +0000 http://corrinrenee.com/?p=4727#comment-138850 I absolutely love my Kindle! I have been an avid book reader and collector my entire life and I still love my Kindle. I had to start thinking about where I was putting all my books... and each time I move how heavy they are to move with me. I still have a book collecting addiction, but the Kindle allows me to collect the books that I want to read, without taking up space in my shoebox of an apartment. I still collect books, just not the novels anymore. It also cuts down on my tree consumption... I absolutely love my Kindle! I have been an avid book reader and collector my entire life and I still love my Kindle.
I had to start thinking about where I was putting all my books… and each time I move how heavy they are to move with me. I still have a book collecting addiction, but the Kindle allows me to collect the books that I want to read, without taking up space in my shoebox of an apartment. I still collect books, just not the novels anymore.
It also cuts down on my tree consumption…

]]> By: Linda http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/#comment-107990 Linda Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:17:17 +0000 http://corrinrenee.com/?p=4727#comment-107990 Kind of a late reply to this post, but the Kindle lacks page numbers due to the ability to change font size. I am also a Kindle owner myself, and it's definitely great for travel. I don't have to carry a ton of back breaking books with me, and I can buy a new book at any time day or night. I definitely love not having to bend the binding backwards on an especially thick paperback to catch the light correctly. As for the Kindle not being able to beat the pricing of used paperbacks, I completely agree. But if trading paperbacks seem cheaper then there's the public library which is completely free for penny pinchers. :p Have you Kindle haters actually used a Kindle before? Isn't reading really about the content of the book instead of the smell? I just hope you guys can just sit down with one before you start bashing it. Give it a chance :) Kind of a late reply to this post, but the Kindle lacks page numbers due to the ability to change font size.

I am also a Kindle owner myself, and it’s definitely great for travel. I don’t have to carry a ton of back breaking books with me, and I can buy a new book at any time day or night. I definitely love not having to bend the binding backwards on an especially thick paperback to catch the light correctly.

As for the Kindle not being able to beat the pricing of used paperbacks, I completely agree. But if trading paperbacks seem cheaper then there’s the public library which is completely free for penny pinchers. :p

Have you Kindle haters actually used a Kindle before? Isn’t reading really about the content of the book instead of the smell? I just hope you guys can just sit down with one before you start bashing it. Give it a chance :)

]]> By: Oh hey.» I lied. I want a Kindle. http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/#comment-102566 Oh hey.» I lied. I want a Kindle. Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:08:43 +0000 http://corrinrenee.com/?p=4727#comment-102566 [...] A mere two months ago, I swore I would never buy a Kindle. [...] [...] A mere two months ago, I swore I would never buy a Kindle. [...]

]]> By: Jessica Kennedy http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/#comment-93326 Jessica Kennedy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:19:04 +0000 http://corrinrenee.com/?p=4727#comment-93326 Yeah, it has a line of dots at the bottom and "location" numbers that really mean nothing to the user. The dots can be misleading though. :( I found <a href="http://www.bookmonk.com/labs/numbers.php">a cool site</a> that helps transform the location numbers into page numbers, so that helps! :) I use <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/bookreviewsbyjess">Goodreads</a> to track my reading so page numbers are a necessity for me, even if they are only estimates. :) .-= Jessica Kennedy´s last blog ..<a href="http://bookreviewsbyjess.blogspot.com/2009/11/contest-roundup-post-dec-1-5.html">Contest Roundup: Dec. 1 - 5</a> =-. Yeah, it has a line of dots at the bottom and “location” numbers that really mean nothing to the user.

The dots can be misleading though. :(

I found a cool site that helps transform the location numbers into page numbers, so that helps! :)

I use Goodreads to track my reading so page numbers are a necessity for me, even if they are only estimates. :)
.-= Jessica Kennedy´s last blog ..Contest Roundup: Dec. 1 – 5 =-.

]]> By: Jessica Kennedy http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/#comment-93324 Jessica Kennedy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:16:10 +0000 http://corrinrenee.com/?p=4727#comment-93324 I tried PBS but wasn't liking how long it took to get the books I REALLY wanted. I don't have to wait when I have my Kindle. :) Of course I understand the money thing. I should probably only get books from the library but I'm back at that I WANT IT NOW issue. :( .-= Jessica Kennedy´s last blog ..<a href="http://bookreviewsbyjess.blogspot.com/2009/11/contest-roundup-post-dec-1-5.html">Contest Roundup: Dec. 1 - 5</a> =-. I tried PBS but wasn’t liking how long it took to get the books I REALLY wanted.

I don’t have to wait when I have my Kindle. :)

Of course I understand the money thing. I should probably only get books from the library but I’m back at that I WANT IT NOW issue. :(
.-= Jessica Kennedy´s last blog ..Contest Roundup: Dec. 1 – 5 =-.

]]> By: Corrin http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/#comment-93321 Corrin Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:53:20 +0000 http://corrinrenee.com/?p=4727#comment-93321 Jennifer - I read a ton (about a book a week), and get all my books for practically nothing through www.PaperBackSwap.com. Kindle will never be able to beat that price! :-) Jennifer – I read a ton (about a book a week), and get all my books for practically nothing through http://www.PaperBackSwap.com. Kindle will never be able to beat that price! :-)

]]> By: Corrin http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/#comment-93320 Corrin Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:52:28 +0000 http://corrinrenee.com/?p=4727#comment-93320 Jessica - The lack of page numbers alone would make me throw a Kindle through a window. How bizarre not to include page numbers! Jessica – The lack of page numbers alone would make me throw a Kindle through a window. How bizarre not to include page numbers!

]]> By: Jennifer T. http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/#comment-93317 Jennifer T. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:36:44 +0000 http://corrinrenee.com/?p=4727#comment-93317 Another Kindle user here. I completely agree with Jessica's points. I just wish I had more time to read. Another Kindle user here. I completely agree with Jessica’s points. I just wish I had more time to read.

]]> By: Jessica Kennedy http://corrinrenee.com/kindle-commercial/#comment-93151 Jessica Kennedy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:57:12 +0000 http://corrinrenee.com/?p=4727#comment-93151 Hello to you all from a Kindle owner! *waves* I will try to be brief. HA! The Kindle power is NOT an issue. It lasts for weeks w/o charging. Unless you're a whore with the wireless access. I LOVE books. Love them. I haven't stopped reading real books and never will because there will always be that one book not available digitally, or I want that book for my series, etc. I honestly hate holding books now after having my Kindle. I can hold my Kindle with one hand w/o killing my thumb or with NO HANDS while propping it on a pillow. And reading in bed? Love to do it. Not so easy with a real book, but sooo much easier with the Kindle. And the wireless. I love instant delivery of books. I shopped for a new book on the beach last year! And new releases? I can pre-order them and have them downloaded the morning it's released. Bookstores? I still go! I bargain shop because MOST Kindle Editions are cheaper than the real thing. Not all, but most. The only issue I have with the Kindle is the lack of page numbers. I love knowing how far I have to go before I'm done a book and that can really sneak up on you with the Kindle. And I can't share my Kindle books with my friends and family. :( Oh and I love the ability to increase or decrease font size and the built in dictionary is amazing. .-= Jessica Kennedy´s last blog ..<a href="http://bookreviewsbyjess.blogspot.com/2009/11/contest-roundup-post-dec-1-5.html">Contest Roundup: Dec. 1 - 5</a> =-. Hello to you all from a Kindle owner! *waves*

I will try to be brief. HA!

The Kindle power is NOT an issue. It lasts for weeks w/o charging. Unless you’re a whore with the wireless access.

I LOVE books. Love them. I haven’t stopped reading real books and never will because there will always be that one book not available digitally, or I want that book for my series, etc.

I honestly hate holding books now after having my Kindle.

I can hold my Kindle with one hand w/o killing my thumb or with NO HANDS while propping it on a pillow. And reading in bed? Love to do it. Not so easy with a real book, but sooo much easier with the Kindle.

And the wireless. I love instant delivery of books. I shopped for a new book on the beach last year! And new releases? I can pre-order them and have them downloaded the morning it’s released.

Bookstores? I still go! I bargain shop because MOST Kindle Editions are cheaper than the real thing. Not all, but most.

The only issue I have with the Kindle is the lack of page numbers. I love knowing how far I have to go before I’m done a book and that can really sneak up on you with the Kindle. And I can’t share my Kindle books with my friends and family. :(

Oh and I love the ability to increase or decrease font size and the built in dictionary is amazing.

.-= Jessica Kennedy´s last blog ..Contest Roundup: Dec. 1 – 5 =-.

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