Product plug

I'm a bit of a gadget girl so when my sister told me about the Amazon Kindle she saw on Oprah, I had to check it out. I was a little skeptical about an electronic book (since I LOVE to buy actual books at the bookstore) but was very intrigued by the convenience of having so many books on one device. That evening, I went to work and found out one of the Neonatologists had one with him. Long story short, I thought it looked awesome! So, I ordered myself one "from Santa" and got it beginning of Dec. I immediately loaded it up with books and have never looked back. It is very cool and never again will I travel to far away places with 15 lbs of books in my suitcase. Here I am enjoying my Kindle on Orient Beach in St Martin...



The clarity is incredible and there are 5 font sizes so you can have the type just the way you want it. It isn't backlit however, so reading at night still requires a book light. There are a ton of books available at the Amazon Kindle store and so far I've not found one that I wanted that wasn't available on my Kindle. It works wirelessly, but like a cell phone signal so you don't have to be near wifi. You add the books on the website and *poof* it sends it to your Kindle. You can also subscribe to newspapers, magazines, and blogs. The only thing I need to figure out is how to add them when I'm out of wireless range (ie. out of the country). It comes with a USB cord but instead of a plug and play feature, you need to download the book to your computer and transfer it to the Kindle. My computer wasn't cooperating in St Martin so I will have to figure that out before we take our next trip. However, the Kindle holds numerous books so I can put them on before we go and not run the risk of finishing them all. I just find that sometimes I'm really enjoying a particular author and want to add more books from him/her. I'm sure I will figure it out once I sit down and read the instruction book. Once you purchase a book on your Amazon account, you always have it. When you finish it on the Kindle, you transfer it back to your account and there is room on the Kindle to add another book. The battery life is extremely long so I haven't had any problems with that running out. One downfall is obviously it's an electronic device so you can't use it on take-off or landing on your flight. But, that's a small price to pay when I can travel with one small device and have several books at my fingertips...I'm hooked!