A Kindle....Your opinion.

I got a Kindle for Fathers Day and much to my delight, I'm finding it wonderful..

I've been a book man for 50 odd years, have bookcases and rakes of books of various genres and styles thereon, but this thing is/was a gift..

No turning pages, bookmarking, summonses from libraries to contend with....

It offers a facility that you can share books conducive to your taste with like-minded readers for free..

The Crane (Techno Wizard that he is) "Uploaded" about 40 books of my liking (Author based) in half an hour today, as he drank 4 large Jemmys.

The Kindle....Top Job...

Yeah they're handy, especially for travel but I'd hate if they signaled the end of book shops.. I love a good book shop

Presume it reads them to you .....

Boxtyeater wrote:I got a Kindle for Fathers Day and much to my delight, I'm finding it wonderful..

I've been a book man for 50 odd years, have bookcases and rakes of books of various genres and styles thereon, but this thing is/was a gift..

No turning pages, bookmarking, summonses from libraries to contend with....

It offers a facility that you can share books conducive to your taste with like-minded readers for free..

The Crane (Techno Wizard that he is) "Uploaded" about 40 books of my liking (Author based) in half an hour today, as he drank 4 large Jemmys.

The Kindle....Top Job...

I'm shocked that you would engage in the use of such a machine. Books were meant to be read not broken into code and packed into machines. A crime against literature. An abomination.

Would love to try one, but the only reading I do is from Psychology textbooks and cant read things digitally...give me a headache.

I never read digitally ... just count. Such a blessing having 10 fingers ....

Jonsmith wrote:I'm shocked that you would engage in the use of such a machine. Books were meant to be read not broken into code and packed into machines. A crime against literature. An abomination.

Ye're a typical Cavan-man...

Jamesie: Gimme the scythe there Tommie.
Tommie: Fook the scythe, Y'er man Boxty above near Fenagh has a mower.
Jamesie: Fook Boxty and them Fenagh coonts..
Tommie: They're disadvanteged Jamesie, getting machinery grants...
Jamesie: That beardey melodeon player..Fook me....
Tommie: Hasn't he the TD in his pocket....

Hence Fenagh forumites haven access to ......

Epic device altogether.
Purchased one in May and couldn't recommend it highly enough.

The only downfall is that browsing through Easons (or the like) has been diminished somewhat, as the impulse purchase of reading materials is no longer on the agenda.