Comments on: Kindle 2 and 5 Things I Love About It!

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:59:47 +0000

Mary Jane,
Glad you got a Kindle and saved money…I took 31 books with me to UK and for only 1 pound. I found I could read on the bus and the airplane with it by making the print a wee bit bigger – no motion sickness at all. I read 5 books while away and did not miss out on Time Magazine or NY Times – There every morning (well afternoon for me!)

I heard some one say that is was not something they would ever use as a Palm Reader had not worked out and they hated pushing the bar to change the pages…I am still raving a year later.

I am reading a book with a eating plan for not getting Diabetes, hope that I can figure out how to flip to the recipes easily and skip the other information in the front of the book…but I think it is just a matter of bookmarking carefully?

Oh and Greece…lucky you…

I now have the travel bug but no funds ….my blog is only making me $10 a month but I am working on some other product ads now…so I can get more income.

Did you purchase the Kindle off my site….? I get paid for that …
Am I hustling here?

By: Mary Jane (Logan) Bradley

Mary Jane (Logan) Bradley — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:05:59 +0000

Hi, Trish! I did it! I bought a Kindle! Your praise of it spurred me on to more investigation, and thanks to good timing, I even purchased the Kindle II just as they were drastically reduced by $100! Hurray! This time: “a day late and $100 ahead!”

I’m still getting used to it, but am excited to take it on our trip to Greece in November.

Thanks for the recommendation. mj

By: Bord On A Wire, 7 & 8 | Jannie Funster

Bord On A Wire, 7 & 8 | Jannie Funster — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:25:16 +0000

[...] To feel elf-directed is a very meaningful thing [lifted from Patricia's Wisdom comments [...]

By: patricia

patricia — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:11:21 +0000

Hilary,
I am not sure I can directly answer your questions, but I will give it my best here: I now have about 60 books on my KindleII. I had to pay to have a text book put on the program but that was $40 versus the text which was $166. I have had two books not appear on the Kindle list when I tried to purchase…one was the novel The Highest Tide ( reviewed here) which I purchased paperback for about $10. and Thin is the New Happy which I purchase used for $3. so I did not try to Kindle.
I also have Time magazine and the New York Times on Kindle.
Yes magazine is coming soon.
I have heard of 2 editors who edit on Kindles and one researcher who took 130 books to a conference in Europe on Kindle….I think the A team players put anything they want on Kindle. I can not afford that.
Every week I get an email from Kindle on Amazon about the new books in the store, new blogs and newspapers available, and magazines.
There is a whole group of authors who just write Kindle books.

I have also found that if you go to the Kindle page at Amazon and find the connect to us page or contact us page the folks there are amazing….and the always reply so I can understand.
Hope that is helpful?
Thank you for asking and dropping by.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:29:37 +0000

Hi Patricia .. I was really interested on your summary of the Kindle II .. - so that was interesting. The question I wonder if you can answer .. is how many books and what sort of books are available on the Kindle? Thanks for the informative post .. Hilary Melton-Butcher Positive Letters Hilarys last blog post..Heraldry .. "a shorthand of history" - part 3/4

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:59:37 +0000

Robin, My only concern about the Kindle is that it and other readers as they get this "good" will put bookstores out of business that do not use an e-reader system....just as blogs are putting newspapers and magazines out of print business... I think it is good for the environment and it is surly easier on my eyes - and I do enjoy the systems very much....but I do have that worry. Patricias last blog post..Under Wear

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:57:06 +0000

Jannie,
I am having an interesting time with comments this week, my IT person is taking exams and has a beeeeg presentation due…so I am attempting not to interrupt her… but your comments are greatly appreciated and I adore your list of favorite tools and gadgets…a boost.
I am not sure if Liara meant elf-directed but I have enjoyed that concept all week long and told my massage therapist and she called to leave a question for my elf on my voice mail!
I have heard of angel directed….and I took a course from a professor who was the worlds leading expert on how many angels could stand on the head of a pin….???
Kindle II has an app. for the iphone too….alas I have not an iphone or a blackberry.
I am sure these gadgets are here to stay…

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:11:35 +0000

Hi Patricia - this is very interesting! I have never known anyone personally who had a kindle - I would never have even thought of reading books this way. Hmmm Robins last blog post..Tomato Seeds And Delicious Fruit

By: Jannie Funster

Jannie Funster — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:41:47 +0000

Oooo, what tools have I found that I like? I may wax eloquent here, so please forgive me.

Can opener.
Potato peeler.
Air mattress blower-upper.
Bailer twine.
Guitar tuner.
Fingernail clipper.
Nail file.
Eyebrow plucker.
Horseless carriage.

Wait… Did Liara really mean to write elf-directed?! That’s a hoot!

Patricia, are you? Elf-directed, that is? All this genius here directed from a previously unsuspected source?

Oh , how can I finish this comment now? I’m laughing too hard.

Kindle, yes I remember well your mountainous trek and champagne debauchery of the maiden Kindle voyage. It is a memory dear to my heart indeed. You were reborn on that trip, as you should’ve been. And deserved. And now you are on the second generation Kindle, whilst I have not even received my long-pined for i-Phone yet.

Luckily, all shall be revealed in time.

And dew-fangled electronic gadgets will still be there for the taking.

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By: Jannie Funster

Jannie Funster — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:49:37 +0000

Boo-hoo hoo.

Has my comment been eaten?

Oh well.

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