My new Kindle has arrived!
Actually it is a Kindle 2, the new, improved version of the original Kindle, made by Amazon. It is basically an Electronic Book. There are over 265,000 books available for the Kindle, and they are available to download right to the Kindle itself, no computer is involved.
After I took it out of the box I had to plug it in the charge, and it popped up a cool author picture while it charged! Since I've been using it for a few days I now realize when you put it to sleep it pops up a random author picture each time. When it is totally shut off no picture is displayed.
Here I am with my fully charged Kindle 2, reading the instructions on how to use it, and trying to decide what my first book purchase will be. The books that you buy for the Kindle are cheaper than normal books, because, obviously, there is no cover, pages, etc.
I finally decided on one of my favorite Minnesota authors, Brian Freeman, who has a new book out called In The Dark. Brian was at the Gunflint Book weekend last year. He and his wife Marcia were very fun to be around. I had read his books before the Gunflint, since they are Minnesota Mysteries, which are pretty much my favorite thing to read. His main character is Joanathon Stride who is a cop, and most of the books are set in Duluth, although the second one is set in Vegas. Brian's website: http://www.brianfreeman.com/
In order these are the Jonathon Stride books:
Immoral (2005)
Stripped (2006)
Stalked (2007)
In the Dark (2009)
If you click on those book titles it will take you to Amazon where you can buy them.
I copied the titles over from one of my favorite websites:
www.stopyourekillingme.com
Where they list all sorts of mystery series. You can search by author or by main character, and they tell you the order in which the books were written, which is important when you start to read a new series.
Here is the Kindle telling me its downloading my first book, which cost me $9.99.
You are probably asking why do I need an Ebook? I hadn't really thought about it before Valentine's Day. I was doing a scrapbooking weekend in Alexandria with my friends. Maren, a friend from my old B. Dalton / Software Etc. days had a Kindle. She said her new husband bought it for her because he didn't want his house taken over by books. Hmmmm, my house is taken over by books. We were scrapping, talking about good books. I mention Water For Elephants, by Sara Gruen. One of my favorite books of all time. The next thing I know, Maren is reading it on her Kindle. She downloaded it in seconds.
Hmmmm, you don't even have to leave the house to get a book, you don't have to look for WiFi, you just do a couple of things and there it is.
One of the best things about it, to me, is traveling. I usually take 5-6 books with me on a trip. I try to pick books that I know I'm not going to want to keep so when I'm done with them I can leave them behind as a gift to whoever finds them. Think of the space I can save!
Here is an interesting article written about ebooks:
I'm about 1/2 way through In The Dark, and I am loving the Kindle. For some reason I think I read faster with it. I'm not sure why, and it certainly isn't a proven fact yet. I'll keep you posted on what my next book buy is, and how I'm liking the Kindle 2 as time goes on.
You may find yourself saying Hmmmmm, and then clicking on Amazon.com!
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