Comments on: Anybody got a Kindle? https://habitablezone.com/2015/11/19/anybody-got-a-kindle/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:45:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2015/11/19/anybody-got-a-kindle/#comment-33799 bowser Thu, 19 Nov 2015 19:01:24 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=52314#comment-33799 Now THAT is what I wanted to know. Thanks a lot. Both of you. Now THAT is what I wanted to know. Thanks a lot. Both of you.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2015/11/19/anybody-got-a-kindle/#comment-33795 RobVG Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:04:01 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=52314#comment-33795 I use it a lot. It's the color fire version and has great graphics for games. I just finish a book a friend wrote and self published. It's nice when you open the book and it goes to the last page you were reading. I also like it for surfing the internet by wi-fi. Don't really like typing on it so I use my desktop when I have something to say. I use it a lot. It’s the color fire version and has great graphics for games. I just finish a book a friend wrote and self published. It’s nice when you open the book and it goes to the last page you were reading. I also like it for surfing the internet by wi-fi.

Don’t really like typing on it so I use my desktop when I have something to say.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2015/11/19/anybody-got-a-kindle/#comment-33794 TB Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:45:52 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=52314#comment-33794 <p>I pack a Kindle Paperwhite almost everywhere I go.</p> The e-ink version isn't as impressive as the full-color Fire types, but the only thing I use it for is reading, and the e-ink is readable in full daylight and still has an illumination system for reading in the dark. Also, battery lasts a lot longer. The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQVZDJM" rel="nofollow">newest Paperwhite</a> has a better display, and 4 GB instead of 2 GB storage, and I'm thinking about it. Storage isn't that critical, since Amazon maintains a copy of your library in case anything happens. If you are planning on getting a new one, pay close attention to options. One option saves you money if you allow them to put ads on your "off" screen (the wallpaper that comes up when you switch it off). If you travel a lot away from wi-fi connections, and buy new books frequently, you can get the cell-phone option that hooks you up to the Kindle store through a free, no-contract cell hookup. I don't have this, since I'm not away from wi-fi often enough for it to be important. Amazon sells a little case with the Kindle that's really nice. A magnetic clasp automatically starts and stops the Kindle when you flip it open, and the Kindle does need protection from drops and just being sat on. The amount of sheer literature available is amazing. A vast number of classics, out of copyright, can be had for next to nothing. I have complete works of Twain, Kipling, Chesterton, R. L. Stevenson, Verne, Wells, and many others. Almost any of the masters of literature (my collection is mostly entertainment stuff) can be found for sale. Most of them for less than five bucks. Shop around, though. Anyone can legally produce these, and it's worth a few bucks to avoid the "free" versions and look for someone who put some effort into assembling the collection. Recently-published books are more expensive, sometimes not much cheaper than the paper version. Your mileage may vary. Being able to carry a library around with you is great. Also, if you read while you eat (like I do), it's easier than trying to hold a regular book open with one hand or a weight. Fahrenheit 451 is not going to be a problem in a world where you can dump a library in your pocket. Also, it's a lot easier than memorizing a whole book. I pack a Kindle Paperwhite almost everywhere I go.

The e-ink version isn’t as impressive as the full-color Fire types, but the only thing I use it for is reading, and the e-ink is readable in full daylight and still has an illumination system for reading in the dark. Also, battery lasts a lot longer. The newest Paperwhite has a better display, and 4 GB instead of 2 GB storage, and I’m thinking about it. Storage isn’t that critical, since Amazon maintains a copy of your library in case anything happens.

If you are planning on getting a new one, pay close attention to options. One option saves you money if you allow them to put ads on your “off” screen (the wallpaper that comes up when you switch it off). If you travel a lot away from wi-fi connections, and buy new books frequently, you can get the cell-phone option that hooks you up to the Kindle store through a free, no-contract cell hookup. I don’t have this, since I’m not away from wi-fi often enough for it to be important.

Amazon sells a little case with the Kindle that’s really nice. A magnetic clasp automatically starts and stops the Kindle when you flip it open, and the Kindle does need protection from drops and just being sat on.

The amount of sheer literature available is amazing. A vast number of classics, out of copyright, can be had for next to nothing. I have complete works of Twain, Kipling, Chesterton, R. L. Stevenson, Verne, Wells, and many others. Almost any of the masters of literature (my collection is mostly entertainment stuff) can be found for sale. Most of them for less than five bucks. Shop around, though. Anyone can legally produce these, and it’s worth a few bucks to avoid the “free” versions and look for someone who put some effort into assembling the collection.

Recently-published books are more expensive, sometimes not much cheaper than the paper version. Your mileage may vary.

Being able to carry a library around with you is great. Also, if you read while you eat (like I do), it’s easier than trying to hold a regular book open with one hand or a weight.

Fahrenheit 451 is not going to be a problem in a world where you can dump a library in your pocket. Also, it’s a lot easier than memorizing a whole book.

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