Comments on: The Kindle 60 days of use. http://www.ereaderchat.com/ereader/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-kindle-60-days-of-use/ News, Reviews, and Helpful Tips for all e-Readers Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Don http://www.ereaderchat.com/ereader/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-kindle-60-days-of-use/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Don Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:01:13 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2008/01/28/the-kindle-60-days-of-use/#comment-470 I would love to get the Fort Worth Star Telegram too on Kindle. Been using my Kindle 1 for many months now. I subscribe to WSJ, and a couple others. Wishing my local paper would get on board. I won't subscribe to the paper copy as I am allergic to newspaper dust. I read one and in no time my hands are itching and swelling up. I also don't like disposal of the paper when finished reading. To try to get more local Texas interest I've gotten the Austin and Houston papers on the kindle, but they are not quite the same as DFW topics. Keep hoping the locals with come into the 20th century. Online reading is ok, but I'd rather get it on my Kindle even if I have to pay 50 cents for it. Worth the convenience to me. The take-it-anywhere factor is high on my list since I travel to rural areas where I don't always have access to online news. I order them on the kindle before leaving so they are delivered before I leave. Then I can read them later offiline on the kindle when I get the chance. I would love to get the Fort Worth Star Telegram too on Kindle. Been using my Kindle 1 for many months now. I subscribe to WSJ, and a couple others. Wishing my local paper would get on board. I won’t subscribe to the paper copy as I am allergic to newspaper dust. I read one and in no time my hands are itching and swelling up. I also don’t like disposal of the paper when finished reading. To try to get more local Texas interest I’ve gotten the Austin and Houston papers on the kindle, but they are not quite the same as DFW topics. Keep hoping the locals with come into the 20th century. Online reading is ok, but I’d rather get it on my Kindle even if I have to pay 50 cents for it. Worth the convenience to me. The take-it-anywhere factor is high on my list since I travel to rural areas where I don’t always have access to online news. I order them on the kindle before leaving so they are delivered before I leave. Then I can read them later offiline on the kindle when I get the chance.

]]> By: Chris Kindle http://www.ereaderchat.com/ereader/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-kindle-60-days-of-use/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Chris Kindle Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:52:34 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2008/01/28/the-kindle-60-days-of-use/#comment-161 Just came across your blog on Google. Interesting post, you bring up a few good things to think about. Good luck with the blog. Just came across your blog on Google. Interesting post, you bring up a few good things to think about. Good luck with the blog.

]]> By: Robin http://www.ereaderchat.com/ereader/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-kindle-60-days-of-use/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Robin Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:03:15 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2008/01/28/the-kindle-60-days-of-use/#comment-74 I have had my Kindle since last December and while I love it for leisure reading I have found it to be burdensome when I am reading for my work. I often write notes in my margins, etc. and the inability to do this in an efficient way (that would draw my attention back to the passage) has caused me to stop ordering work related materials for my Kindle. I also miss the inability to quickly move through the text. While I have resorted to using my Kindle for recreational reading only, I can't abandon my hope that I merely need to find news ways to read and then I'll be able to use it for everything. On the other hand, I love it for leisure reading and I never leave without my Kindle. I, too, learned the hard way that I need to charge every night, but in spite of that one time incident, I love the sample chapters and found that I have read more books on this summer break than I have in the last two years! It is great to be able to finish a book at the beach and then start on a new one...no need to travel to the bookstore! I have had my Kindle since last December and while I love it for leisure reading I have found it to be burdensome when I am reading for my work. I often write notes in my margins, etc. and the inability to do this in an efficient way (that would draw my attention back to the passage) has caused me to stop ordering work related materials for my Kindle. I also miss the inability to quickly move through the text. While I have resorted to using my Kindle for recreational reading only, I can’t abandon my hope that I merely need to find news ways to read and then I’ll be able to use it for everything.
On the other hand, I love it for leisure reading and I never leave without my Kindle. I, too, learned the hard way that I need to charge every night, but in spite of that one time incident, I love the sample chapters and found that I have read more books on this summer break than I have in the last two years!
It is great to be able to finish a book at the beach and then start on a new one…no need to travel to the bookstore!

]]> By: April Hamilton http://www.ereaderchat.com/ereader/amazon-kindle/kindle-1/the-kindle-60-days-of-use/comment-page-1/#comment-73 April Hamilton Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.kindlechat.com/2008/01/28/the-kindle-60-days-of-use/#comment-73 I’m an author who’s hoping the Kindle can democratize the publishing industry. Now that the industry is dominated by vertically-integrated publishing megaconglomerates who are only interested in books that can turn reliable, impressive profits, there’s no place for the book equivalent of an indie film or indie band. POD and self-pub are stigmatized and also totally shut out of the national book distribution networks, but with ebooks authors can bypass publishers and distributors entirely to get their work directly to the reader. I’m having some success with my Kindle-edition novel ‘Snow Ball’, but I’m having trouble finding ways to promote it or raise its profile since there seems to be no ‘Booklist’ or ‘Publishers Weekly’ targeted specifically to the Kindle (yet). I’m trying to get Kindle bloggers to review free copies in the meantime. Might you be interested? I entered a link to a free excerpt from the novel under ‘website’ on this form (http://www.thinkydink.com/snowballexcerpt.pdf), if you’d be willing to take a look at it. Thanks! - April I’m an author who’s hoping the Kindle can democratize the publishing industry. Now that the industry is dominated by vertically-integrated publishing megaconglomerates who are only interested in books that can turn reliable, impressive profits, there’s no place for the book equivalent of an indie film or indie band.

POD and self-pub are stigmatized and also totally shut out of the national book distribution networks, but with ebooks authors can bypass publishers and distributors entirely to get their work directly to the reader. I’m having some success with my Kindle-edition novel ‘Snow Ball’, but I’m having trouble finding ways to promote it or raise its profile since there seems to be no ‘Booklist’ or ‘Publishers Weekly’ targeted specifically to the Kindle (yet).

I’m trying to get Kindle bloggers to review free copies in the meantime. Might you be interested? I entered a link to a free excerpt from the novel under ‘website’ on this form (http://www.thinkydink.com/snowballexcerpt.pdf), if you’d be willing to take a look at it. Thanks!
- April

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