Comments on: Kindling http://www.mostlymuppet.com/2009/07/20/kindling/ Part Mop. Part Puppet. All Crazy. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:10:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Seth http://www.mostlymuppet.com/2009/07/20/kindling/comment-page-1/#comment-601818 Seth Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:49:27 +0000 http://www.mostlymuppet.com/?p=2941#comment-601818 Despite all my protestations and rambling nonsense, I'll likely get one within the next 18 months. I'd prefer to get one on the cheap - maybe something refurbished or an older model at a reduced price once something newer is out there. Also, I'm going to make good use of Project Gutenberg. I could use more (read: any) free classical literature in my life. Despite all my protestations and rambling nonsense, I’ll likely get one within the next 18 months. I’d prefer to get one on the cheap – maybe something refurbished or an older model at a reduced price once something newer is out there.

Also, I’m going to make good use of Project Gutenberg. I could use more (read: any) free classical literature in my life.

]]> By: Dave http://www.mostlymuppet.com/2009/07/20/kindling/comment-page-1/#comment-601810 Dave Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:28:52 +0000 http://www.mostlymuppet.com/?p=2941#comment-601810 I own one (got it as a gift a few months ago) and this news didn't bother me at all (once I heard about the real reason). It's a similar risk you take when you buy anything that you don't host on your own computer or bookshelf. (Actually, I'm curious what happens if you bought 1984, downloaded the file to your desktop and then tried to put it back on the Kindle....) Remember what happens when music services pull the plug? Anywho, I'm not buying my big reference books and sticking them on there. Those are bought and destined to live on a shelf in an office with lots of mahogany. I'm buying magazines and novels and I rarely re-read them. Of course, I'm also catching up on old books I missed when they were hot off the presses, so they're cheap. Or I'm reading the classics and all the works in the public-domain that are free. Despite getting it as a gift, I'd recommend it for the convenience. In addition to getting digital versions for a cheaper price than the dead-tree version, I can have umpteen books with me at any time. If I've read them all and I'm stuck in an airport, I can buy another book right there. If I want to read the news but not sit at my desk through lunch, I can go outside and read the WSJ on it. I've paid for convenience and comfort (I hate trying to hold the last 50 pages of a 600-page paperback open. Or put it on a desk to read while I eat or rest my arms) and I'm getting my money's worth. I'm a realist and I realize that one day my Kindle will die and I can either buy a new one (or a compatible one) or just let the books expire. Since I've currently got boxes of books waiting to go to friends and/or a library and/or the trash heap, I don't think I'll miss them when that time comes. I own one (got it as a gift a few months ago) and this news didn’t bother me at all (once I heard about the real reason).

It’s a similar risk you take when you buy anything that you don’t host on your own computer or bookshelf. (Actually, I’m curious what happens if you bought 1984, downloaded the file to your desktop and then tried to put it back on the Kindle….) Remember what happens when music services pull the plug?

Anywho, I’m not buying my big reference books and sticking them on there. Those are bought and destined to live on a shelf in an office with lots of mahogany. I’m buying magazines and novels and I rarely re-read them. Of course, I’m also catching up on old books I missed when they were hot off the presses, so they’re cheap. Or I’m reading the classics and all the works in the public-domain that are free.

Despite getting it as a gift, I’d recommend it for the convenience. In addition to getting digital versions for a cheaper price than the dead-tree version, I can have umpteen books with me at any time. If I’ve read them all and I’m stuck in an airport, I can buy another book right there. If I want to read the news but not sit at my desk through lunch, I can go outside and read the WSJ on it. I’ve paid for convenience and comfort (I hate trying to hold the last 50 pages of a 600-page paperback open. Or put it on a desk to read while I eat or rest my arms) and I’m getting my money’s worth.

I’m a realist and I realize that one day my Kindle will die and I can either buy a new one (or a compatible one) or just let the books expire. Since I’ve currently got boxes of books waiting to go to friends and/or a library and/or the trash heap, I don’t think I’ll miss them when that time comes.

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