First Book on Kindle

So, other than being my first Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb book that I have read, Origin in Death also happened to be the first book I ever read on a Kindle. What did I think? I think I like it.

The system is far more portable and easy to use than I thought it would be. Paging through books is easy, chaning from one book to another, easy, and buying and downloading content is far easier than I expected. I love the fact that when I go buy the book at Amazon I am paying full price (so the author benefits from the sale) and the Amazon Kindle full price is equivalent to buying a book at Half Price Books. I’ve always loved finding great deals on books at Half Price. I’ve always felt bad that I am not supporting the authors that I like to read. Now, with the Kindle, I have the best of both worlds.

There are a few dislikes. I don’t like the fact that I have to tell the Kindle how to orient itself when I read it. I positioned that sucker in a multitude of ways (usually horizontal) to read it. My brother’s iphone re-orients itself automatically, not so the Kindle. I didn’t like the fact that in extremely low light, I aint reading. I can’t seem to find a back light function. I don’t like the fact that it looks as though Apple is going to do the same thing they did with the ipod, not allow Kindles to download from itunes. That would have been a nice feature. The itunes app is far easier to utilize than Amazon.

All in all, I love it. I would never have bought one for myself, now that I have one, I’m not going back. Two thumbs up. And, I’ve already bought another book for it.