Wednesday 16 February 2011

Amazon Kindle

I've had a Kindle since September 2010. It's changed how much I read for a couple of reasons: the books are always with me and easily portable and I like messing with technology so this is a way of leading myself back to a more useful pastime. I also have a Samsung Galaxy Tab, but the Kindle is far easier on the eye and has a battery life measured in weeks, rather than hours. I do miss the feel and smell of books but I have one of the Kindle lighted covers, which has a great leather smell. I've downloaded loads of classics via the Gutenberg project. I also use Calibre software to download and read newspapers. I did have a cover without a light, but this started interfering with the Kindle by losing my place in what I was reading. Amazon's response to this typifies their excellent customer service - they replaced the cover with a lighted version at no extra cost