Why You Should Buy a Kindle Wireless Reading Device
It is amazing that everyone doesn’t already own a Kindle wireless reading device. It seems that although a growing number of people are turning to Kindle to get their reading fix, the Kindle is still not as ubiquitous as the mp3 player. And in many ways the two items are similar. But should you buy a Kindle?
The mp3 player and especially the iPod changed the way people thought about music. It made people become serious music collectors because an mp3 playing device allowed people to collect massive libraries of music. Not only is downloading music easy and cheap it is also infinitely easier to store and catalog. No more flicking through hundreds of CDs looking for the track you want. And you can bring thousands of songs with you everywhere you go.
And the same is true of the Kindle reading device. The standard Kindle can hold 1,500 books and the Kindle DX can hold a staggering 3,500 books. The Kindle itself is about the same size as a paperback and only a third of an inch thick. There is no annoying backlight and the text is clear and easy to read both indoors and outdoors. The experience of reading a Kindle is similar to reading a normal book. Turning the page and marking the page is easy. The Kindle can also read books so is suitable for people with sight difficulties. Like the mp3 player it is now possible to bring around a massive library with you.
And that is not all. The Kindle reading device has 3G wireless technology that allows you free access to the internet. Not only can you download books straight to your Kindle reading device but you can also check your email and go to text based websites. Unlike the apple equivalent to the Kindle, there is a massive selection of books to download. Literally millions of books are available from the latest best sellers to the classics. And this is the genius of Kindle ? every book published before 1923 is out of copyright. Of all these out of copyright books Kindle has 1.8 million free titles to download. And new titles cost as little as $10. The Kindle itself costs under $200. That means that once you’ve downloaded 50 free books the Kindle has paid for itself assuming the cheapest second hand books cost about $4.
