Kindling a Fire of Reading
by Zinta Aistars
It took me years to get to the point of plunking the money down. I'd been watching the birth and development of Amazon's electronic reading device, the Kindle, since it's appearance online. As all such gadgets, it started with a high price, several hundreds, and gradually came down to a reasonable $139.
Temptation itched at the seams of my wallet. I was most curious to try this slim little gadget. What tempted most was the idea that this six-inch, slim reader can hold within it...
It took me years to get to the point of plunking the money down. I'd been watching the birth and development of Amazon's electronic reading device, the Kindle, since it's appearance online. As all such gadgets, it started with a high price, several hundreds, and gradually came down to a reasonable $139.Temptation itched at the seams of my wallet. I was most curious to try this slim little gadget. What tempted most was the idea that this six-inch, slim reader can hold within it...
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Oh, I think the future is here, was here a while ago, when Amazon reported that they are now officially selling more e-books than print. I am enjoying mine very much, the ease of adding new books, its portability. And I still ended up buying two new print books at my favorite local independent bookstore last night ... books that were not on Kindle. Not giving up anything!
Absolutely right! My granddaughter loves her kindle! I am taking three paperbacks to review while I visit my family in Chicago. A kindle would take up a lot less room!
Supposedly the e-book, the kindle, is the wave of the future. My Strategic Book Publishing kindles went along with other SPB ones to the Book Expo in China and apparently they are all sold! Lordy!