Comments on: A Girl & Her Kindle: A True Story of Book Borrowing, Buying, and Loving http://tammyoler.com/a-girl-her-kindle-a-true-story-of-book-borrowing-buying-and-loving Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:49:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tammyo http://tammyoler.com/a-girl-her-kindle-a-true-story-of-book-borrowing-buying-and-loving/comment-page-1#comment-221 tammyo Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:08:41 +0000 http://tammyoler.com/?p=301#comment-221 Thanks for your comment, Jane! I look forward to seeing how educators (K-12 and college alike) start to utilize e-book readers. It just makes *so* much sense. I haven't yet explored the newspaper options on the Kindle. Your thoughts on that are intriguing. I may have to check out newspapers or magazines in the future. Thanks for your comment, Jane! I look forward to seeing how educators (K-12 and college alike) start to utilize e-book readers. It just makes *so* much sense.

I haven’t yet explored the newspaper options on the Kindle. Your thoughts on that are intriguing. I may have to check out newspapers or magazines in the future.

]]> By: Jane http://tammyoler.com/a-girl-her-kindle-a-true-story-of-book-borrowing-buying-and-loving/comment-page-1#comment-214 Jane Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:02:06 +0000 http://tammyoler.com/?p=301#comment-214 I too went through the Conversion, last spring. I was fed up with more and more STUFF filling the house. I had adopted a rule of only keeping books that truly were life changers; the rest went to friends or Goodwill. (Still, we have shelves and shelves of them; I'm working on whittling down the collection). I love having several books or articles (I email them to my Kindle for reading during down time) in my bag at any time, to suit any mood or time frame, without additional weight or bulk. I no longer fret about damaging a cover or bending pages. I love being able to look up an archaic word, just like that. I actually like reading newspapers on it when traveling; I read more stories than I do from a newspaper web site because I get the first several sentences to judge a story's worth, rather than just a headline. During book-group discussions, it's great to be able to search quickly. Several professors have stopped me in the college cafeteria, asking about the Kindle; they see promise in being able to take their students abroad with one little device holding all their textbooks/readings, and at the same time reducing the size of their backpacks (and making them less of a target for muggers). I read more now. I read faster. And I feel a whole lot lighter! I too went through the Conversion, last spring. I was fed up with more and more STUFF filling the house. I had adopted a rule of only keeping books that truly were life changers; the rest went to friends or Goodwill. (Still, we have shelves and shelves of them; I’m working on whittling down the collection).

I love having several books or articles (I email them to my Kindle for reading during down time) in my bag at any time, to suit any mood or time frame, without additional weight or bulk. I no longer fret about damaging a cover or bending pages. I love being able to look up an archaic word, just like that. I actually like reading newspapers on it when traveling; I read more stories than I do from a newspaper web site because I get the first several sentences to judge a story’s worth, rather than just a headline. During book-group discussions, it’s great to be able to search quickly.

Several professors have stopped me in the college cafeteria, asking about the Kindle; they see promise in being able to take their students abroad with one little device holding all their textbooks/readings, and at the same time reducing the size of their backpacks (and making them less of a target for muggers).

I read more now. I read faster. And I feel a whole lot lighter!

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