So far I have had no reason to regret buying the Kindle ebook reader (see my post on the subject from 1 November and respective comments).
On the contrary, I am very satisfied both as a user of the device and a customer of the Kindle Store.
On the contrary, I am very satisfied both as a user of the device and a customer of the Kindle Store.
I would like to add that most ebooks with the Mobipocket (.mobi) format are readable on the Kindle and quite a few of them may be downloaded for free from a host of websites. A leading one for the classics is Project Gutenberg.
Other ebooks, though not gratis, are nearly so. In fact, I have just purchased the complete collection of Joseph Conrad's novels for only US$3.00 (yes, no mistake, THREE!), and all of Friedrich Nietzsche's works for US$6.79!
I have found that, for recent publications, the average price of a Kindle ebook matches, or is even slightly lower than, the corresponding paperback version's (not including the savings on postal and delivery charges for printed materials, which can be significant; such charges may actually surpass the cost of the delivered books, depending on the number of items and their weight!).
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