As someone whose Kindle recently died on me, I’d like to put in a word for dead trees. Also, I can loan one dead tree to a friend while still having all the others, but when someone wants to borrow a book I have on Kindle, I can’t loan it to them unless I loan them the Kindle.
Very good point. Although I think I remember reading that one of the ereaders—Nook, maybe—lets you lend books. Also I’d hope that it keeps track of what you’d bought and lets you redownload it without repaying, but that may be overly optimistic.
It does keep track and let me redownload, and the replacement was covered by warantee. I’d recommend kindle to anyone who reads a lot, but I’d advise en to invest in a protective cover—it doesn’t handle being bumped well.
As someone whose Kindle recently died on me, I’d like to put in a word for dead trees. Also, I can loan one dead tree to a friend while still having all the others, but when someone wants to borrow a book I have on Kindle, I can’t loan it to them unless I loan them the Kindle.
Very good point. Although I think I remember reading that one of the ereaders—Nook, maybe—lets you lend books. Also I’d hope that it keeps track of what you’d bought and lets you redownload it without repaying, but that may be overly optimistic.
It does keep track and let me redownload, and the replacement was covered by warantee. I’d recommend kindle to anyone who reads a lot, but I’d advise en to invest in a protective cover—it doesn’t handle being bumped well.