In love at last
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FORT COLLINS, Colorado -- It's truly happened. I'm in love -- with a machine. My family surprised me a few weeks ago with my very own Kindle, and what a great day that turned out to be. I love this thing. Unlike my Qwest Pocket PC cell phone, my Kindle digital reader seems to get reception everywhere. (I sometimes have to climb up to the attic to make my cell phone work.) All I have to do with my Kindle is slide the wireless connection button in the back to "on" and I am inside of the Amazon Kindle Store, that is, only if I want to be. The Kindle defaults to my last reading spot, which is another thing I like. I don't have to worry about losing my page when the bookmark falls out. There is no bookmark. The lovely little Kindle just knows whereI left off. My vain self loves the Kindle because I don't need to carry around a set of reading glasses wherever I use my Kindle. Thanks to a push of the text key at the bottom right of the device (looks like a miniature "A" and a big "A" stuck together), I can adjust the point size as needed. Again, unlike my cell phone, my Kindle is easy to read in bright daylight. Another fun thing is that I can put whatever I want on my Kindle. I just mail personal text to my special Kindle e-mail account that came with the device, and it is converted for use on the Kindle. For kicks, I went to Project Gutenberg and downloaded a free copy of Dracula to my Kindle account. (Please support Project Gutenberg it is a great cause.) I sent Dracula to my Kindle account, and it was e-mailed to my computer for download seconds later. From there, I saved the download onto my Kindle. I raced through my paper copy of Labryinth by Kate Mosse just so I could justify buying my first Kindle "thing". I chose The Last Patriot by Brad Thor. Talk about a slick way to purchase -- all I had to do was click into the store, search, select, and the book was mine. In fact, that spurred me to buy Mitch Albom's commencement speech to his nephew's graduation class. (A great, short read, by the way. Get it, grab your senior, and force them to listen while you read it out loud.) I also took advantage of Amazon's offer to download Spirit House for free. (Offer good until August 15, 2008 for Kindle people only.) The point of this comment is that I am now carrying around three books on the Kindle. Get this -- it can hold 200! As I said when I first discovered the Kindle (click here for that story), I foresee student backpack loads shrinking soon thanks to the Kindle. Finally, my Kindle's superb wireless access came with the device's purchase price. I do not have to pay a monthly subscription, I just buy books whenever I want. (A great marketing ploy by Amazon, I might add.) So, there you have it. A real person's Kindle love story. Click on the picture below to see the Kindle at Amazon. Read about love lost.
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