Does anyone have an Amazon Kindle?

i just re loaded from lap top,do you mean lose the kindle itself?

What happens if you lose it? Do you lose the books you downloaded as well?

DH bought me one for xmas and I am beside myself with excitement - manged to download three books last night - darling dd gave me a £30 amazon gift voucher and have spent about 12 so far. I love it so much I think I may burst

the light on my cover has come in handy whilst on hols and reading in bed. the reason i bought one is it saves so much space when trvelling. i would have had to bring at least 15 books with me,now we have dd2 theres no space.
only thing that bugs me is not knowing how many pages to go,just %.

I found a cover for mine on amazon for a tenner and the reviews look good on it so am hoping that will be ok.

It will all arrive NYE

I bought one for dh and one for ds1: Mainly to try and cut down the amount of luggage we need to take with us for a 2-week holiday, as we're all avid readers!

But dh got given one as a gift as well, so I'm probably going to have that one.

You can link up multiple kindles to one amazon account, so you only pay once for the books and subscriptions.

I got a Kindle from DP for Xmas, i love it i have already read one book on it and its great. I am a bit dissapointed that you can't get the harry Potter books on it, hopefully they will be availiable in future then i can put my valuable copies somewhere safe!
There are a coupleof authours not on there which is a shame but i have discovered all of the famous 5 books that i will get as they are cheap and i do love to read books from my childhood!
i haven't had a good look over it yet on the browser or any of the other 'experimentals' but i am in love with it and will be taking it wth me everywhere, especially usefull for hospital visits with ds and college.

Do you have a case for your Kindle? The Amazon ones are very expensive, might get one from Ebay.

I have ordered my kindle today (Xmas money) and am soooo excited!!!

I want it to arrive now!!

I got a kindle because DD would only sleep on my chest, its impossible to turn pages one handed and daytime tv had me trying to eat my own face off in desperation. As soon as she went in the cot, the kindle went on the shelf and I've not touched the dreadful thing since (the kindle that is, not the daughter).

Have you tried gigapedia? Its a good source for books

Thanks ladies - I have my account set. Just have to get my Kindle and I am ready!

I have looked at one and they are great, it really didn't feel like I was looking at a screen. I can imagine that it feels like a book when you are reading.

You have to have your amazon account set up for 'one click' purchasing. Your kindle is linked to your amazon account, so it's your kindle to send the book to.

Because the screen is not back-lit it doesn't feel like you are looking at a screen. And you still have to hold the device and click to 'turn' the page, so like a book but slimmer, lighter and less unwieldy.

SSS- It is very fast no usb cables or downloading you just click and the book is on your Kindle in under a minute.

I am in love with mine and you forget you are looking at a screen.

I love that you can get samples before you buy so you don't end up paying for a dud book.

may sound old fashion i don't think I could use a kindle there is still something about holding the book itself

I still prefer the paperpack as I'm sick of staring any screens.

Is it that quick? They just charge your card?

Hmmm, even better.

Roland -"no shit with uploading and syncing"
Amazon delivers the book straight to the kindle via wifi.
The other night I was in bed, finished my book and thought, I really fancy reading the Pillars of the Earth RIGHT NOW. One click on the kindle et voila, 30 seconds later I was ploughing into Chapter One.

I think some of them may be a little illegal though.

I'm not sure if the quality is the same either. I have a disc on it's way to me, so I'll see soon what it's like.

There are plenty of reasonably priced ebooks on Amazon/Waterstones anyway and also free ebooks from sites such as manybooks, Amazon etc.

I suppose it all depends on whether you want the newest releases or if (like me) you'd read the back of a cereal packet if you got desperate enough.

Can you really buy ebooks on ebay??

I wasn't aware of that.

Ooh, now even more tempted...

Ahh Roland, you're making me feel guilty and traitorous now.

I'm not defecting completely, just here and there

You can buy ebooks on Ebay too...

so buy a book
like most people read enough Dickens to make it worth while!

It saves me a fortune - you can download works by Dickens, Austen et al for either free or pence. That compares to buying an actual book in say Waterstones for about £5.99
Other books retail approximately about the same as if you actually bought the book.
Real boon not to have piles of books cluttering up the place!
Wouldnt risk reading it in the bath though personally I'm too clumsy

Not now I don't!

The only thing I'll miss is the smell of paper.

I can manage that for the bonus of not having loads of books on my bedroom floor and resorting to reading DH's crap books when I have run out.