Comments on: Why I Don’t Like Reading Books

By: hannah

hannah — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:41:02 +0000

reading books is great and very good for you.

read this link to find out:

http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2007/12/the-26-major-advantages-to-reading-more-books-and-why-3-in-4-people-are-being-shut-out-of-success/

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:27:42 +0000

Something else to consider is that the Kindle and Kindle content is only available in the US at the moment.

As an Australian based indie author, my books are available in print on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/RealmShift-Alan-Baxter/dp/0980578205/ref=ed_oe_p and http://www.amazon.com/MageSign-Alan-Baxter/dp/0980578213/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226877823&sr=8-1 ) and as an ebook through smashwords ( https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/376 including a Kindle compatible edition), but they’re not available on Kindle at Amazon. To publish through Kindle you need a US bank account – as an Aussie, I don’t have one.

By writing off anything that you can’t get on Kindle, you’re cutting yourself off from a massive amount of quality overseas writing. Kindle will spread, I’m sure, but not very soon. We don’t even have an Australian Amazon yet, let alone an Australian Kindle.

By: Abbie@essays

Abbie@essays — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:41:28 +0000

The reading experience is revolutionized when you used Kindle but I still stick to my paperback.

By: Len Edgerly

Len Edgerly — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:35 +0000

I totally agree with you on this. In addition to the factors you cite, I find my mind’s connection with the author’s words is more intimate and less cluttered on the Kindle than with print. Perhaps it’s that I am looking at only one “page” at a time, or that the font is perfectly tailored to my eyesight and mood. I also read more actively on the Kindle because of the ease of looking up a word in the built-in dictionary or even doing a little remedial history study at wikipedia if I come across a reference that escapes me.
I have interviewed 26 people so far on my weekly Kindle Chronicles podcast, and except for a very few (and they tended to be in the book publishing industry), they all admit to preferring Kindle reading to print. You are not alone!

By: BiblioMom

BiblioMom — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:25:11 +0000

I’m certain this will happen to me when I finally break down and buy myself the Kindle. Of course currently it’s between the Kindle and feeding my girls so it might be awhile.

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