I know by some of the threads on here quite a few of you do quite a bit of reading!!

Just wanted to know as anybody had or sampled the new or fairly new Gadget The Kindle??



The last book i bought was Lee Evens Autobiography at a cost of £10.00 so was wondering would it not be more benifictial to invest in one of the Kindles rather than keep lashing out for books all the time!!



I cannot find any web sites on getting some kind of feed back on them either so will have to hope all your replies are pretty much honest cheers The Ditch..

I know at least 3 people at my work who have 1 and they all say how much they like them, especially how the text looks on screen, battery life and how many books they can hold.

Get books from the library, it's free.

Someone should've told Amazon, would've saved them a lot of money/time/effort...





Think they're a great idea. Personally, I can't justify buying one (although the price is amazing i.m.o. for what you get), but they make sense if you're a bit of a bookworm and travel a lot, but don't want to fill your suitcase with bulky books. I have the programme for the computer and it's really easy to use, and there are loads of websites offering free ebooks (including amazon, who give you a certain amount for free if you buy the kindle) Project Gutenberg has tonnes of old literature (From Shelley/Dickens/Shakespeare to foreign language stuff, if that floats your boat), which is so easy to download, and you can keep it for as long as you like.

Happy reading!

Wife has one and wouldn't be without it now.

There is a whole load of support stuff on the amazon web site.

I got the wife one as an anniversary present and she loves it.



The amount of books it can hold is incredible and download speed is excellent. I live in Burtonwood and my Internet runs really slow but it still only takes about 10 seconds to download and entire book via wi-fi.



Also the wife can suffer from head aches and migraines when she looks at a comp screen for too long but has no problem with the kindle due to the screen not being back lit.

I bought Mrs Rogue on for her birthday last year. She loves it. The web browser isn't brilliant, but as an electronic book it's fantastic.

What does not being back lit mean.....?

I want one for my missus, she has a bad habit of reading books in the dark, like on long car journeys at night.



Is 'not being back lit' like reading a digital watch screen, ie ok in light conditions but needs illuminating in the dark....



If so that would defeat the object and i'll buy her a clip on lamp for her book and save about £78 quid ...!

Thanks guys a few positives there might just be tempted into buying one.

You can buy a cover with a light built in that is powered from the kindle.

I love my kindle. Fast download speeds and long battery life are a bonus! There are lots of free books as well as the kindle editions of the best sellers. Not being backlit means that you don't get that glare in sunlight that you get on laptop screens, and as someone else said, I bought a cover with a light attachment for reading in bed! When you turn it off it opens back up in the right place and saves your page. If I had to give up either my laptop or my kindle it would bye bye laptop!

I like real books and I suddenly feel very lonely