I'm thinking about buy a Kindle...

I want to develop the habit of reading, so today I thought about these e-readers and the Kindle has come to my mind. Does it worth it? Is this as good as a normal book? What are its limitations? I appreciate your opnion and experience!​

 

I have a kindle and I love it. I hate hauling books around whenever I travel so it's nice to have a little kindle that takes up virtually no space at all. I also read a lot in my bed before I sleep, which is a little awkward with a book, but my kindle makes it pretty damn comfortable, plus it's easy on the eyes.

But my favorite thing about it is Amazon's customer support. I cracked my kindle's screen a while back (not too bad but enough to annoy me) so they sent me a shipping label and I sent it to Amazon to get fixed. I thought they were gonna just fix it and charge me for the repair costs, but two days later I get a BRAND NEW kindle in the mail free of charge. It wasnt even under warranty anymore and they still threw a free kindle my way, it was pretty kickass

 

Thank you for your reply!

Does it reads PDF files? Can I put e-books that I didn't get in Amazon, on Kindle?

 

I'm pretty sure you can do that. I've never done it though

 

I have the Kindle app on my iPhone and have downloaded a lot of free books as well as purchased a few.

Gutenberg.org has thousands and thousands of good free books that you can download onto your phone. Also "Amazon" and "Barnes and Noble" have a lot of good free books. Plenty to purchase too of course.

Don't need to get a Kindle reader if you don't want to. You can use your cell phone and the Kindle app. The nice thing about the Kindle device is it's size. But if you have an iPad or Android tablet you can also download the Kindle app onto those as well.

 

Thanks for your reply!

I don't like to read on my smartphone, because I get tired really fast. Too much bright even if I low down to the minimal. Thanks for sharing that website, I'll pay a visit there. XD

 

I recommend getting a stick on glass screen protector. The screens they come with now are cheap and they have a weird roughish feeling to them and they scratch easy. The protectors are cheap, easy to install and they make the screen a lot smoother. Other than that, i like my kindle a lot.

 

I also plan to do so

 

Thank you all for your replies! XD

Does anyone uses it to study like college or else? Is it useful for that purpose?

 

What’s the title n subject of the book you’ve written?

 

Unfortunately, I don't have a tablet. I prefer real books too,specially for collection. But I don't have space to store these books in potential. I tried to read on my smartphone, but I found it uncomfortable.

 

Thank you all for your opnions. I just ordered my Kindle Paperwhite (white color) plus 3 months of Kindle Unlimited service for R$1,99 (which is somewhat U$0,48). Also I got 17% discount on my Kindle which made a huge difference in my currency with free shipping. I'm so hyped to get it on my hands and start reading! Thanks once again!

 

I'm not sure if this app works with kindles or not, but if you're interested in ebooks, I would recommend checking out Scribd. It's a service that costs about 8 bucks a month and has tons of ebooks and audio books you can read. If you're someone who goes through a lot of books, it might be cheaper than buying them all, especially if you dont care about owning and re-reading.