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I want a Kindle but I feel like I am betraying books

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BuiltForComfort · 21/06/2013 15:03

I love books but I know a Kindle would be great for holidays. It's like contemplating an affair! I'm thinking, ooh just a flirtation for the holidays, but I wouldn't go the whole way. I'll stick with books the rest of the year ... will I? Or am I going to be making books into a cuckold whilst I run off with a shiny new Kindle into the sunshine? And would it matter if I did? Perhaps I'm thinking this way because there are problems in my relationship with hard copy reading?

What should I do? Should I LTB(ooks)?

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plainjaney · 21/06/2013 16:56

I wouldn't be without mine and I was a huge book hoarder. I even took all my paperbacks to the charity shop the other week. I'm reformed!

Why don't you got for one of the £29 nooks? That way if you don't get on with it you haven't spent a lot of money. I recently sold my Kindle and bought the more expensive Nook Glowlight and I personally prefer it.

SconeRhymesWithGone · 21/06/2013 15:18

I got my first Kindle three years ago when going to the UK for three weeks (I am in US) and did not want to carry books around and on the plane. I had been very resistant to the idea of an e-reader before that. I loved it! In fact, this year I upgraded to the Paperwhite which is one of the best designed-for-the-purpose tools I know of. I still read actual books, but I keep my Kindle with me at all times so I am never without something to read. It is also great for reading in bed at night without disturbing DH.

mimbleandlittlemy · 21/06/2013 15:14

I've had a kindle for the best part of two years and I still have lots of books so I think I'm now committed to a totally bigamous relationship. To be honest, as far as I'm concerned it comes down to the following when I'm buying any book:

a) is it cheaper to buy it on kindle or in pb?
b) is it in a series I already have in book form - in which case I continue to buy it in book form
c) is it an enormously thick book so heavy that I'll kill someone if I drop it on their head while strap hanging on the Tube, in which case it goes on kindle (unless it's part of (b))
d) is it a holiday, in which case it's just so much easier to take the kindle (but don't forget a pb for the flights as some airlines won't let you read the kindle for take-off/landing even if you DO turn it to flight mode).

There is something so incredibly enjoyable about being able to lie in bed downloading books and watching them pinging up on your Home screen that means I will continue to be a kindle/book floosie, but then I do love the weight of a book in the hand, until I drop it on my head when I fall asleep reading.

Not sure that helps at all but it is possible to have both in your life.

PiHigh · 21/06/2013 15:14

I have the kindle app on my phone and tend to use it for books that I wouldn't buy a hard copy of.

Eyesunderarock · 21/06/2013 15:11
Grin I have both, my kindle is for travelling and for ephemeral books that I read once. Sometimes if I've taken a 'deal of the day' and it was fantastic, I look out for the hard copy. It's not Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens, they can co-exist happily. But LTB? Never.
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