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Kindles worry me

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GreatNorthRoad · 11/09/2013 10:33

It's the way books are "mine" and not for sharing.

Actually I don't have a Kindle, but DH does. As a teenager, when stuck for something to read, I would browse along my parents' (or siblings') bookshelves and pick something. Or at my Grandparents' house I wold do the same. It probably would be something different to I would have picked if I'd had a wider choice to choose something just for me iswim.

Same thing on holiday. Often rental properties will have a few of the owners' books. They might not be what I would usually read, but I've discovered some good books this way.

DH is gathering a biggish library on his Kindle, but I, DC, or any of our friends/guests are never going to read them.

DS1 is an avid reader, but he reads the same things over and over. The books he buys and that he asks people to buy for him are very similar and as the Kindle thing becomes more widespread there won't even be other books lying around for him to have a look at iyswim.

A concern or do I have too much time on my hands?1

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ilovepowerhoop · 11/09/2013 11:10

you can download the kindle app to your phone, computer or tablet and read a different book on that. DD is reading one of the books from my kindle account on her tablet and I am reading a different one on my kindle. DH is reading another different one on my old kindle.

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GreatNorthRoad · 11/09/2013 11:02

Yes, but valium, if you were each reading a different book from your collection you could both read at the same time. Not so with one Kindle?

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NotQuiteCockney · 11/09/2013 10:59

My children both have their own kindles. If I want to buy them new books, I just send them a lot of samples, and they pick what they want me to buy. There are upsides and downsides to any method.

Cheddars · 11/09/2013 10:58

I have a kindle but if I want to read something like Black Beauty or Pride and Prejudice I always buy the hard copy for exactly your reason op.

I want my dc to explore new books and have access to literature without having to 'borrow' my kindle. Bookshelves are still very important in my view, and a list of titles on a screen just can't compete.

NotQuiteCockney · 11/09/2013 10:56

Two people can read the same book at the same time, in the same account, on different kindles. You have to be careful not to synch up your place.

Yes, it removes a lot of the 'opportunistic' finding of books. But - you can just try samples, for free, until you find something that agrees with you. I just keep lists of authors I want to try, and then get lots of samples.

I do worry about what happens when I die though ...

valiumredhead · 11/09/2013 10:55

Yeah, same as a book, take it in turns to read. I quite often go and retrieve the kindle from the side of ds's bed at nightGrin

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GreatNorthRoad · 11/09/2013 10:53

Ok,so it can work in immediate family, but vallium what happens if you've both got a book on the go, you have to agree shifts?

Murder, you and DH can share, but not a neighbour?

You're not likely to see a book at a friend's house and think that looks interesting, or pick up a book on holiday that you wouldn't usually consider, but read it anyway because there was nothing else.

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MurderOfGoths · 11/09/2013 10:48

Me and DH just use the same Amazon account, so we can access each others ebooks.

OddBoots · 11/09/2013 10:44

I'm concerned too but for slightly different reasons - the book isn't actually yours, all that is yours is the licence to access it provided you meet certain conditions.

Having said that, I read an article last week that explained that the glue used in in the 50 Shades books make them un-recyclable and there is no market for them second hand so the waste of resources/landfill cost by that set of books is huge - I personally think that type of glue should be banned from use in books but kindles and the like could play a big part in stopping that happening again.

valiumredhead · 11/09/2013 10:39

Ds always looks on my kindle for something to read.

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