tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post1216433864716081775..comments2023-12-31T20:43:08.499-05:00Comments on THE STILETTO GANG: The KindleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-70240460236346357392009-06-30T10:06:49.253-04:002009-06-30T10:06:49.253-04:00I bought a cover for my Kindle and it opens like a...I bought a cover for my Kindle and it opens like a book--and yes, you can read on it outside. It isn't back-lit like some of the readers, the pages are more like pages in a book. <br /><br />I think it's very much like reading a regular book except it's lighter and easy to turn the pages. If you fall asleep, it'll go into sleep mode.<br /><br />The only reason I was able to get it was because of a ghost-writing job I had. I say "had" because the man I was doing it with decided not to make his next payment, but the initial one was enough to buy the Kindle.<br /><br />Marilyn a.k.a. F. M. MeredithMarilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-65488474110480837132009-06-30T09:37:41.289-04:002009-06-30T09:37:41.289-04:00I'm so jealous! I want a Kindle but my budget ...I'm so jealous! I want a Kindle but my budget just can handle it right now. Can you read outdoors with it? The screen is visible outside?<br /><br />Rhonda<br />aka The Southern Half of Evelyn DavidThe Stiletto Ganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667670723330755598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-46229136757423638122009-06-30T08:49:57.888-04:002009-06-30T08:49:57.888-04:00I don't (yet) have a kindle, but I may eventua...I don't (yet) have a kindle, but I may eventually.<br /><br />One thing that I don't like: it's the loss of that great, old-fashioned, low-tech feel and weight of a book in my hands and pages to turn. I always loved an old Garrison Keillor phrase that the simple and humble object known as a book was many things, including "durable as a turtle"!<br /><br />One thing I think is great: how the Kindle allows you to change the typeface size, which is so wonderful for others in the household to pretty much instantly turn any and every book into "large-print". I think that's wonderful for people with lower vision, etc., and makes the sharing of the pleasure of reading easier and faster.<br /><br />I'm thinking and hoping that tech like the Kindle will only add to and enhance reading, and that BOTH our hard-shelled and our soft-ware books will be well-used and well-loved.Vicky Politonoreply@blogger.com