Jeff K.

Suddenly, Earth-Friendly E-Readers Are Everywhere (Switched)

Sep 13th 2009 2:16PM This thing is amazing. I recently bought my wife (a non gadget person but a pretty avaid reader) a Kindle2 and in the last 3 months she has read 9 books saving about $80 over the regular price of the same books which continues to reduce the price of the Kindle itself. After she reads about 20 books, which she easily will, the Kindle is paid for and goes on saving money on books! She swears by it. She says the reads are easier and go so much faster. She takes it everywhere. The fonts are size adjustable and even a "War & Peace" is about the size of large dvd package. If you are travel you can take your whole book library with you and your nosey seat neighbor can't see it. Best part of buying it (for me), my 11 yr old daughter (not so much an avid reader) has been bitten by the Kindle bug and instead of sitting in the back seat txting her friends, she, (as she says) is "Kindle-ling" and on to her 4th book over the summer! You can have your, size of a paperback-portable novel, in an hour without leaving your chair on the beach, have periodicals at your fingertips anywhere and what would you pay to have your kid get into that type of mentality about reading? Worried about being "listed" by Big Brother? Better stop using cell phones, beepers, computers, credit cards, debit cards, etc. Oh and how many of you, no "i-pody" gadgets for me- or wouldn't dare have wasteful plastic items to cover land fills..etc, would give up your "Easy Pass" to help the planet? It also gives you access to the web so you don't have to rev up your computer every time, saving energy. Not that any of this"green crap" is gonna matter in the long haul. Why do you think the Govt is spending billions racing to get to Mars? As a vacation destination I can assure you..NOT! They could take the price of the space program and pay off the deficit.. send out free coupons for college and pay off everyone's mortgage but nooooo!...Those that know...know that we need a place to be able to run to before the eventual stray asteroid turns this spinning blue ball made up of mostly undrinkable water into TEXAS TOAST! Spare me with your SMART CARS...soon they will be able to be folded up so that we can get them onto the shuttle so that we can have something to get araound in..LOL .Folks.. If you are a reader but and or a person on a fixed income or just don't have the extra money to get a Kindle...tell those who love you to pool $200. together for xmas and buy you one. And no, I don't own stock in any of it or work for anyone connected to ...I am simply in the best position to give an educated "comment" on how good it is..How? because...we own the thing and its great Case closed.. Stop crying...Get to "Kindle-ing". It will make a believer out of you. ("Now what page was I on? I see it...the Kindle kept it for me and telling me I'm 67% done with this book I'm reading!"