Comments on: Re-KINDLE-ing My Romance With Books

By: Walter

Walter — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:38:05 +0000

Kindle is extremely convenient and no doubt many has loved it. Still, printed books holds a lot of memories.

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:02:09 +0000

I have the second generation Kindle and it’s pretty eye friendly and it’s thinner and lighter than the first generation. There’s no backlight so it simulates real books pretty well.

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:01:12 +0000

Maybe we can invent a spray. Like when you have a fake Christmas tree…you can buy that pine-like spray. For the Kindle we’ll come up with a Real Book mist.

By: Eve

Eve — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:26:32 +0000

Mo,

You might just make me a convert too. I’ve been lacking in the reading department lately and your points are good. But, can you get a good smell off the Kindle?

By: XUP

XUP — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:43:58 +0000

I saw one in real life for the first time just the other day and it’s not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I understand there’s a new generation Kindle coming out soon that’s even more eye-friendly and not quite as big or thick or something. I’m actually getting tempted to get one and I never thought I’d say that.

By: Mo

Mo — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:49:55 +0000

The Kindle is so much easier to juggle than books when you’re reading with cocktails.

By: Mo

Mo — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:48:01 +0000

That’s what I was thinking. The books that I really love I will buy and keep.

I was surprised that you could download cookbooks. I need to have a real, hard-backed cookbook to make notes in (although you can do that in a Kindle) and pictures of the finished meal.

By: MommyGeekology

MommyGeekology — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:46:54 +0000

Hubby has one and loves it. I’m not sure about it… I LOVE technology. LOVE. But I also love a good book, the FEEL of a book.

But then again, I could do without the hand cramp I get when I hold the book with one hand and read with a glass of wine.

By: Issa

Issa — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:34:18 +0000

I want one badly. Am in love with real books. It won’t make me stop buying them. But maybe it will make it where I only buy the ones I plan to re-read forever.

By: Mo

Mo — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:16:19 +0000

Good to know. I’ll do that.

I did notice one thing. Yesterday I opened my Kindle to read for a few minutes and lunch and it was dead. I charged it fully, a couple of days earlier but didn’t use it so I was surprised. Do you have to just keep it charging if you aren’t using it? Because you can’t turn it off-off, right?