I bought one of these ebook readers a few years ago and it was okay. A little heavy so hard to read in bed. The kindle looks lighter. But $400! No way. I agree that Amazon needs to sell this cheaper and charge a little more for the ebooks themselves. Much too expensive.
Michael Psychology In Everyday Life www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Britt Host of The Psych Files www.thepsychfiles.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 20, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Marc Carter wrote: > > I read a lot on my Palm Pilot; I got it when I was living in New York > and had a two-hour (each way) commute on trains and subways and > busses, > and have used it ever since. I can carry about War and Peace, The > Brothers Karamazov, an unabridged dictionary, and a ton of other books > along with email, a web browser (if there's a wifi hotspot nearby), > and > a tiny Scrabble game. > > I am *never* bored.... > > m > > > ------ > "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering > what > it cares about." > -- > Margaret Wheatley > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Goff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:16 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE: [tips] faculty reading for pleasure? Would you Kindle? > > I am with you on this Ken. I do have a stack of books that need to be > read both at home (mostly fiction) and here in the office. The Kindle > would make it more comfortable to carry both stacks around with me, > especially if I could load my textbooks there too. But I want to > try one > of these things for a while before someone spends $400 dollars on it. > > Dennis > > Dennis M. Goff > Chair, Department of Psychology > Professor of Psychology > Randolph College (Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891) > Lynchburg VA 24503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original > Message----- > From: Ken Steele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:55 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] faculty reading for pleasure? Would you Kindle? > > > > Jeff Bezos, of Amazon.com fame, has introduced a new e-book, Kindle. > How many readers on the list are tempted? > > I would like to try one for a day. But $400 and then you still > need to > buy the books! I don't think it will make my Christmas list. > > > Ken > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu > Appalachian State University > Boone, NC 28608 > USA > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --- > > --- > > --- ---
