Kindle e-books for Dummies?

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21 Jul 2010 12:00 AM by mike_walsh Star rating in Torrevieja. 594 posts Send private message

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Hi  ..  I see e-books are now outselling conventional books! Not sure how they work though as having checked kindle out on Amazon I think you need a kindle screen (?) which costs about $190 and then, for the price you would buy a conventional book you download it and screen read it. Have I got this right?

I can see advantages in many ways. Is this the way to go? Imagine, no more libraries (thank goodness I am not in the business of selling bookcases) Like DVDs and CDs; millions to choose from.

Can anyone put a paragraph together on Kindle e-books for Dummies' ? Cheers. Mike.



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21 Jul 2010 12:42 PM by Roberto Star rating in Torremolinos. 4551 posts Send private message

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I can see the advantage for people who like to take plenty of reading matter on holiday but don't want to pay excess baggage charges for the privilege!

Like you, I'm a bit surprised that the e-books aren't cheaper, after all, there will always be a demand for the real thing because there's something special about the feel and smell of a book (unlike a CD), but I imagine like everything else, prices will drop, especailly when they start circulating on p2p file sharing sites, which is surely inevitable?

Of course, you can download e-books to read on your PC, laptop, netbook, iPad etc., the only difference I can see (apart from compactness of course) is the e-book reader uses "electronic ink" to avoid eye strain and glare - but my monitor has a setting for reading, which I presume does a similar thing. 



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