Comments on: If you own a Kindle do you still buy books from the book store?

By: Mike P

Mike P — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:04:07 +0000

I’ve a Kindle 2. It is so convenient to put all my books, notes, bookmarks, all centralized into one place, so I buy most of my books for the Kindle. Now every time I want to find something, I just need to get my Kindle without searching into piles of books.

I suggest you to read this review, it outlines quite a lot of benefits of the Kindle:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR9J54TZ1541OR%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

By: Livi

Livi — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:12:23 +0000

I still buy books if they are cheaper than the Kindle price, or if I don’t want to wait for it to become a Kindle book. I love my Kindle. It is great to go on trips and know if I finish a book I have another one right there without taking up more room in my luggage.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:52:38 +0000

I absolutely still buy books from the bookstore. I love the Kindle, but sometimes you just want the book itself.

By: MissDeviance

MissDeviance — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:53:50 +0000

Yes. The Kindle is a great idea but has a LONNNNNNNG way to go. I’ve read a few books on mine… and found I actually read them faster than if they would have been on paper, but it’s just not as good.

I also read a lot on non-fiction and use reference books for work. For those, the Kindle is ABSOLUTELY ABYSMAL. I know some schools are thinking of using them for text books. HUGE MISTAKE. They are not up to the task yet. The potential is there… but it’s going to be a few more years before it’s a perfect replacement for a book.

A fun toy (I got as a gift), but I honestly find myself tending to buy the real book, even if it’s twice the money.