If you have a cell phone that uses 3G and works where you live then the Kindle will work there also. Bobbi

"Whispernet" is included with the purchase price of the Kindle. It's a wireless connection and the Kindle uses it to connect anywhere (provided there is reception). There's no ongoing fee for this.

Or, you can hook the Kindle to your computer and download from there. I think even dial up would be fine for the Kindle.

leafy wrote:

I was just reading about the Kindle on Amazon. You don't have to connect to internet to download. Sounds like it is wireless and talks about downloading any where. But maybe that still wouldn't work for you. Hubby has been dropping hints. At first I thought it was a crazy idea, but after reading the positive comments here and seeing a couple different folks on the airplane with them, I am reconsidering.

Lorna

I've thought about getting a Kindle, especially since I heard they have one that will read the books aloud, but I don't have fast enough internet to download any at home. If they ever run cable up the mountain here, maybe I'll get one... but then I'd have to *pay* for books (I generally use the library nowadays)...

There are definately times when owning the hard copy book is probably better - any time you have to make copies such as for applique or paper peicing for example. Also I just don't think it would work all that well for children's books (or any primarily picture book) because part of what makes them so special is the over all size and brightness of the illustrations, which I just don't think you could get from a screen no matter how good it is. But for just day to do fiction or informational reading... oh yeah I really want one

Vote me as a relic too. I like the feel of a book in my hands. Turning pages gives me a feeling of accomplishment (OK...it takes so little to amuse me).
However, my husband is the techie dude. He reads books on his iphone.

I would think that books with pattern pieces such as applique books..you would have to print those off anyway. So I would rather own the book.

FW

I have had my Kindle since February and I love it for reading, but wouldn't use it for quilting books. I am an avid reader like many of you, and it is wonderful. We even read the newspaper on it...and I never liked the newsprint on my hands so that is a plus!

Well, then call me a relic. I like the feel of having a book in my hands. I really like opening a brand new one and having that new book smell waft out to me. There's nothing like it.
eileenkny

Maggie, I loooove the way you are thinking. I used to do that for years: bought dvds as Christmas presents for my sons, knowing that I could watch them.

Lorchen

Mandy, sounds like you need to buy DH one for Christmas, and just borrow his!

Maggie from E. Central Illinois, still in Tucson

I'm trying desperately to get my dh to buy me one. I love reading books, but after seeing one of these in action I can see SO much potential, especially for those of us who do a lot of traveling. In fact that is my selling point for my dh. He is one of those kind that like to read 5-6 books at one time (don't ask me how, he just does it lol) and when he travels he takes one whole bag just for his reading material. If he had a Kendle then he could just load the books he was currently reading and it would fit in his regular breifcase!

My DH just bought me my kindle and I absolutely love it. I've gotten into more reading over the past 30 days than in the last 7 years. I always hated trying to find a book or book series that I liked. Storing all the books was not a problem until we moved. My DB loves the feel of books and can't imagine reading any other way and he now has a kindle and is enjoying it. They are great on vacations, less to pack and haul around and you can never run out of reading material. Bobbi

Thanks for the lowdown on the Kindle! Sounds like I'll need to stick to good ol' books for my quilting needs -- for instance, no backlight would make tracing applique patterns pretty tough! But it sounds great for reading, ain't technology great! Kathy B.

I'm with Lorchen in that I love to handle books although I can understand why Libbi would not want to carry them on her travels. Unlike Carrie Bradshaw, for me it is not the smell, it is the feel. Maggi