Comments on: Traveling with a Kindle: How to get free ebooks http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/traveling-with-a-kindle-how-to-get-free-books-and-make-them-readable/ Moving to and visiting Costa Rica Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:41:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Erin Van Rheenen http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/traveling-with-a-kindle-how-to-get-free-books-and-make-them-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Erin Van Rheenen Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:25:11 +0000 http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/?p=71#comment-15 Thanks for the post, Stephen. As for annib posting that the Kindle is the best thing that ever happened to her, well, I can only offer my condolences. But seriously, the Kindle is great in some ways--carrying a big 'stack' of research books in a thin little package comes to mind--but it has huge drawbacks, especially if you're trying to use a guidebook on one (I'll post on that later). And the lack of selection in the Kindle bookstore is a bit crippling if your tastes tend towards the non-mainstream. As for when Living Abroad in Costa Rica will be available for Kindle download--it already is! Thanks for the post, Stephen. As for annib posting that the Kindle is the best thing that ever happened to her, well, I can only offer my condolences. But seriously, the Kindle is great in some ways–carrying a big ’stack’ of research books in a thin little package comes to mind–but it has huge drawbacks, especially if you’re trying to use a guidebook on one (I’ll post on that later). And the lack of selection in the Kindle bookstore is a bit crippling if your tastes tend towards the non-mainstream.

As for when Living Abroad in Costa Rica will be available for Kindle download–it already is!

]]> By: Stephen http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/traveling-with-a-kindle-how-to-get-free-books-and-make-them-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Stephen Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:45:52 +0000 http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/?p=71#comment-14 Just read this comment in an Alternet discussion about the Kindle: src: http://www.alternet.org/media/143943/why_i%27ll_never_buy_a_kindle/ Kindle is the best thing that ever happened to me Posted by: annieb on Nov 17, 2009 1:19 AM The e-reader is the future, and to cling to the paper book is to cling to the past. I am almost at the end of my second year owning a Kindle. With the addition of an SD card, I have 336 books on it. There is nothing like being able to look up a word or explore an interesting topic at the touch of a button. There is no substitute for finishing a thriller at 3:00 AM and having the sequel downloaded and ready to read within 10 seconds. Someday soon most authors will publish their own e-books without intermediaries and e-readers will be ubiquitous. I can't wait! Question to Erin: When will your pub issue an eBook of LAICR? Just read this comment in an Alternet discussion about the Kindle:

src: http://www.alternet.org/media/143943/why_i%27ll_never_buy_a_kindle/

Kindle is the best thing that ever happened to me

Posted by: annieb on Nov 17, 2009 1:19 AM

The e-reader is the future, and to cling to the paper book is to cling to the past. I am almost at the end of my second year owning a Kindle. With the addition of an SD card, I have 336 books on it. There is nothing like being able to look up a word or explore an interesting topic at the touch of a button. There is no substitute for finishing a thriller at 3:00 AM and having the sequel downloaded and ready to read within 10 seconds. Someday soon most authors will publish their own e-books without intermediaries and e-readers will be ubiquitous. I can’t wait!

Question to Erin: When will your pub issue an eBook of LAICR?

]]> By: Shauna Roberts http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/traveling-with-a-kindle-how-to-get-free-books-and-make-them-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Shauna Roberts Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:03:30 +0000 http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/?p=71#comment-9 Thanks for posting these easy instructions. I'll use them often. Thanks for posting these easy instructions. I’ll use them often.

]]> By: How to get free e-books for your Kindle | Travel Writers News http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/traveling-with-a-kindle-how-to-get-free-books-and-make-them-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-8 How to get free e-books for your Kindle | Travel Writers News Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:02:32 +0000 http://www.livingabroadincostarica.com/blog/?p=71#comment-8 [...] Van Rheenen shares info on how to get free e-books for your Kindle on her blog, Living Abroad in Costa Rica. Conversion takes a few steps, but it looks do-able. Erin also writes, “Even as I take [...] [...] Van Rheenen shares info on how to get free e-books for your Kindle on her blog, Living Abroad in Costa Rica. Conversion takes a few steps, but it looks do-able. Erin also writes, “Even as I take [...]

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