Very good friends of mine have just become my lifetime reading benefactors. They’ve provided me with the money to get the new Amazon Kindle, a wireless reading device that can store hundreds of books- old and new. What makes this product so amazing is that I can load it up with free books that will last me for months on end. Classics are easiest to find for free, but I also have a bunch of e-books that can be converted into Kindle format and then sent to the device using my computer and a USB cable.
The Kindle can be used as more than just a book reader. When I was in California this last weekend, Dan was showing me his and some of the cool features, including a basic text web browser (I could even pull up digihitch.com) and instant messaging service (Yahoo! Messenger). As a wireless device, the Kindle can receive new books straight from Amazon, so if I do choose to buy a new bestseller I can be reading it on my Kindle within a minute of purchase. I can also read sample chapters from nearly any new book release without paying a cent, plus get samples/excerpts from many thousands of older books.
A few geek features I’m excited about include the ability to do keyword searches on words within the books I’m reading, as well as digital highlighting of passages. I can even store notes about something I’ve highlighted! Perfect for when I’m doing some non-fiction research. I really think the Kindle is going to make my “bed life” a whole lot easier. I’m heading over to Amazon.com to buy one now.
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