I'm thinking of giving an ebook reader to someone who loves reading
books and takes Metro to work. I'm trying to choose between the
Sony Reader, Amazon's Kindle, or waiting. Any experiences, concerns,
or suggestions to share? TIA.
I hate ebooks.
I travel a lot. I carry paperback books. They drop. They get wet. They
fall in mud, dirt, get lost under the seat in cars, buses, planes,
trains. When I finish reading my book, I give it to someone else, and
pick up another. Many small hotels, inns, apartments outside the US have
a library where you leave your finished books and pick up one you like.
Our local public library [Cecil County, MD] has a free magazine exchange
and used paperback books for 10-25 cents.
Wet paperbacks can dry out. Wet ebooks die. I trade paperback books with
other readers. I'd have to refill an ebook and couldn't share it and
have something to read at the same time. I've never had an ebook on the
beach, but I suspect they're hard to read in the sun, and don't do well
in sand [?].
Be sure that the person who will potentially receive the ebook really
wants one and realizes its features and limitations. Otherwise the ebook
will end up spending more time on a shelf or in a drawer, or broken. For
electronic books, I prefer unabridged audiobooks on my iPod.
My 2 cents.
Betty
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