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|summary=We thought about it long and hard. Yes we did. We don't often think about things this long or this hard, because it hurts. But sometimes, cogitations are necessary. We wouldn't be here at Bookbag if we didn't love books but we knew that more and more people were enjoying ebooks. It was time to find out what it was really like to have up to 3,500 books in your pocket or your bag. 3,500! Yikes!
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So we took the plunge and bought ourselves a Kindle each (the posh one, too). They've taken a long three years to find their way across the pond, but when you find out that Kindle books are outselling hardbacks stateside, there really wasn't any time to lose. We've bought some books, we've acquired some free classics. We've subscribed to some blogs and read some newspapers. We've even sent an email or two via our new and sexy technology. Here's what we think so far.
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Like a child at Christmas, Jill was the first into print. She was also the only one to write in the first person. This may or may not indicate egomania, you'll have to make up your own minds about that!
===Jill===
She hasn't picked up all the other features as quickly as Jill and Keith but has the advantage that those ''ooh, look at this!'' moments have lasted for far longer. The Kindle is intuitive – far more so than many a computer of her acquaintance and she's slightly shocked at how quickly she's come to think of it as a real alternative to paper books.
===Update October 2011===
The Kindle is now smaller, lighter and - hooray! - cheaper than when we first wrote this article. It's tiny! The footprint is slightly smaller than an average paperback and it's as light as a feather - 170g or 6 ounces in old money. The space has been saved mostly by getting rid of the keyboard and relying on the five-way control pad for navigation - a wise move in our opinion. Page turns are slightly quicker and Amazon say there have been improvements in the e-ink. We have to admit that our old and haggard eyes aren't noticing much of a difference, but we thought the first stuff was great, so this isn't a criticism. Syncing books between devices was easy peasy.
We'll confess we'd rather have seen the [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005890G8O/ref=famstripe_kt3g Kindle Touch] or the [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051VVOB2/ref=famstripe_kf Kindle Fire] available this side of the pond for Christmas 2011, but even so, we think this e-reader is a bargain at £89, even if it doesn't have the style or panache of the iPad and its bookstore. The tie to a trusted retailer is a big plus for us, too.
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|comment= You comments are interesting and illuminating and totally trustworthy (unlike some of those of the eulogising Yanks!!), but methinks the dead tree version is the one I'll go for until the problems vis a vis authors' and their just dues get sorted out. A lot of money is being made somewhere! judging by Jill's comments on the price of books.
Thank you
Bonnita from South Africa
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