--- In [email protected], sue keehnen <srkeeh...@...> wrote: > > My sister owns kindle and loves it. I personnly don't "get it" - why buy > a > gadget and then still have to buy the book? >
Well - when you buy a CD player or MP3 player do you expect to get an infinite supply of new music for free? If you think of a Kindle as just another kind of media-player it makes sense that they charge for new books. [There are lots of public-domain or otherwise free e-books out there, but I don't know how many of them are compatible with the different models of e-readers. If I did have an e-book reader I expect I'd want to use it with free books as much as possible - imagine being able to carry all the works of Dickens, Trollope, and Twain around with you without needing a truck!] FWIW, I have no interest in an e-book reader at present, although I might like to rent one if I were going on a long trip and couldn't haul along enough books to last me! But since I love BookCrossing, I like to take advantage of road trips and vacations to wild-release books along the way, and since you can't do that with e-book readers I'd undoubtedly have printed books with me in any case. I have friends who do enjoy their e-book readers - one just switched from a Kindle to an iPad - but they still get printed books as well; it's another option, not a replacement. -GoryDetails http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/GoryDetails ------------------------------------ Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
