Does anyone have the kindle for reading their college textbooks?

Posted on June 6, 2010 - Filed Under Kindle | 3 Comments

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I аm thinking аbουt buying a kindle аnԁ want tο know іf іt іѕ worth іt fοr mу textbooks. Whаt іѕ thе experience Ɩіkе?

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3 Responses to “Does anyone have the kindle for reading their college textbooks?”

  1. Mike P on June 6th, 2010 8:35 am

    Yes, I own the Kindle and I’ve got a few textbooks on it. There will be more and more textbooks available for the Kindle, as Amazon has signed contract with some main textbooks publishers (which represents 60% of the textbook market). You can find more related information in my previous answer here:

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090720135726AAUiQMG

    I love my Kindle 2 very much indeed. If you are thinking of buying a Kindle, I’ll say get it and you won’t regret. Other than textbooks, Amazon also provides books for the Kindle cheaper than actual books, so it has saved me quite a lot of money. Right now I’ve read over 10 books with the Kindle, and I really like the idea that I can bring and store all the books with the handy device. Besides, it uses the e-ink technology, so even I read with the device for long hours, I don’t feel tired. My only complaint is the white case, right now all the Kindles are in white color… I think it will be cool if I can have a black or deep blue color Kindle ;)

    I’ll suggest you to read this review too, it outlines quite a lot of benefits of the Kindle:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR9J54TZ1541OR%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

    Hope this helps.

  2. Pauline A on June 6th, 2010 8:35 am

    I’ve also got a few textbooks on my Kindle. It saved me some heavy weights, and I’m waiting for Amazon to release more textbooks for the Kindle so eventually I only need to bring the Kindle with me and no more textbooks. That will really be amazing :)

    For me, I like my Kindle very much. I remember I read this review when I buy it:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR2DUM7S4XW06QN%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB00154JDAI%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

    And you may consider the new Kindle DX. Both the Kindle 2 and the Kindle DX are good. Just read this review and it should help you to decide which to go:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR23V08M2LNB81I%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

    Hope it helps.

  3. Natural on June 6th, 2010 8:35 am

    I don’t have a Kindle myself, but a number of my classmates have and I really admire them. I know they have got some textbooks on the Kindle.

    I remember I read this review some time ago, and I’m now saving money to get mine ;)

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR3NAEMOZTKPF5X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=ereader-2-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

    Hope it helps you making the decision.