Amazon's e-book reader - the Kindle - is, at least in my opinion, very close to the perfect product. Certainly, as someone who reads a lot I must be fairly close to the Amazon marketing men's target customer. Typically, I expect to read an absolute minimum of a book a week - and it's quite common for me to have one novel, one non-fiction and a number of reference books under scrutiny at any one time.
I doubt if that's so unusual. Otherwise conventional printed books wouldn't sell as well as they do. However, it does mean that I can spend a fair bit of cash on books. In addition to the cost involved, the physical space taken up by my book collection can quickly become fairly large. Every now and again I sort through the collected volumes and, putting aside reference books and any special favourites, have a bit of a tidy out. Usually the books find their way to relatives, friends or charity shops.
Recently, just before moving house, I got rid of more than fifty volumes. It wasn't until I saw them gathered and packed to go that I realised I was looking at a spend of something between $500 and $1000 - accumulated in less than twelve months.
Certainly, Amazon's Kindle reader is a fairly expensive item - but the e-books available for download from Amzon's Kindle store usually cost quite a bit less than a conventional book. That's unsurprising - there are no printing or distribution costs for either the publisher or Amazon. Even a cost saving of a few dollars a book should mean that any regular reader would be able to offset or recover the cost of their Kindle pretty quickly, and then save money on an ongoing basis.
Apart from financial considerations there are other benefits offered by the Kindle. The Kindle 2 has the capacity to store about 1500 books in its memory. The DX stores even more - around 3500. That's a small library that you can now carry around with ease - and you save on storage space in your home or office as well.
Some users have suggested that the Kindle is a green, eco-friendly, device - based upon the fact that it will save on the usage of paper. Whilst you can see the logic in this argument, clearly some consideration must be given to the materials used in production and the manner of disposal when it reaches the end of its useful life.
The actual benefits achieved will vary from user to user and will probably depend chiefly on how many books are bought per annum. However, for keen readers, it does seem as if the Kindle can offer a number of different advantages which should justify the initial purchase price.
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