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meme
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I live in San Felipe. My son brought me a new Kindle when he came for the Shrimp Festival. It is Wi Fi & 3 G and I have no probem & no charges
dowloading books here in Baja. I love it but now must divide my time from computer better to find time to read it! There are millions of free books
just on Amazon! We do not like the voice that reads to you tho as it seems very boring and no emotions to it at all.
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bajaguy
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Kindle Cost
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
how much does a kindle cost ? I love the feel of a book, but it sounds like most of you got over it .... which is inspiring !
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Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003FSUDM4
[Edited on 11-29-2010 by bajaguy]
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mulegemichael
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blanca....i think amazon now has kindles at $139.00....they are great!!!
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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bill erhardt
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
blanca....i think amazon now has kindles at $139.00....they are great!!! |
Amazon apparently feels the competition nipping at their heels. I paid around $250 a year ago.
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bill erhardt
| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegemichael
blanca....i think amazon now has kindles at $139.00....they are great!!! |
Amazon apparently feels the competition nipping at their heels. I paid around $250 a year ago. |
$189 for the new model with the 3G and Wi-Fi 
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Santiago
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sigh.........
1. When I read a newspaper, I literally scan every page of each section, stopping to read the articles that interest me. This takes about 30-45
minutes and half a pot of coffee. I share the experience with my wife, as we chat about this or that item or complain that the other is hogging the
section that you want. I've tried reading "the paper" online, but it's boring and lonely. And I miss all those little articles that are tucked away
on the edges.
2. Bookshelves are not just meant to hold books; they are a reminder of the book and a way of expressing yourself. There are times I simply stand in
front of the selves and run my finger along the spines and somehow the ideas of the books come back to me. When I'm invited into someone's home and I
see bookshelves crammed to the hilt, I take a moment and scan them. This always elicits a response and soon, we're trading books, ideas etc. Soon
the offer of an adult beverage is proffered and a new friend is made. As a young man in my first apartment, I made sure that the clearly visible
books were showing my vestigial sensitive side, especially "Our Bodies, Our Selves". As I recall, got lucky a few times.
Requesting and delivering a box of books to someone, trading books, handing another human a book you have read: these are all actions that gently tie
us together.
Bookstores are some of the most important spaces in our society. If you haven't been in one recently, go to a used bookstore, get a cup of coffee and
just observe. Soon you will be browsing and a book you would never had thought to read will grab you; maybe it's the title, the author or the color.
You just ain't gonna get any of this with an electronic reader. Yes, there is something gained with our new gadgets, but you know, there is something
lost. I often wonder if it's worth it.
Oh, and they are called 'Albums', and will be to my dying day....
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bajaguy
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Kindle will be for wife, I will still get my hands dirty with printers ink while reading the "real" newspaper and continue to read and deal with
"real" books!!!!!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
As a young man in my first apartment, I made sure that the clearly visible books were showing my vestigial sensitive side, especially "Our Bodies, Our
Selves". As I recall, got lucky a few times.
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Reminds me of a technique mentioned in the book, "Gamesmanship." You buy a big, cheap, used piano and put it in the corner of your living room. Near
the keyboard, you have a butt-loaded ashtray sitting next to a half full coffee cup.
On the piano are scores of complicated, classical music, well bent and soiled making the scene look as though you spend most every waking hour with
Brahms and Beethoven when actually you can't play anything.
Can't do that with a Kindle.
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BajaBlanca
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it is so true that your mind is put into motion by reading the titles of books in a bookstore or in a library. also, when visiting friends, one often
sees a book that one might otherwise never read ... I absolutely adore the feel of a newspaper in my hand and turning the pages of a book. But, when
traveling, the kindle sounds like a fantastic alternative. And it sounds like a great way to keep up on current literature while living in Baja, for
those of us who live here fulltime.
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rob
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I can't seem to get a handle on the backup issues.
When your Kindle dies (and it will), does everything you have bought (sorry - licensed - you don't "own" anything in the new eworld) go with it?
Or can you back up the files to disk?
I love books and making notes in them, but the Kindles seem like the perfect solution to Baja's book challenges - expensive and hard-to-find.
Downloading by satellite would also bypass Mexican surcharges.
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oldlady
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Amazon keeps an inventory of all the books you buy, you don't need to back-up, you just go to Amazon, open your account and download again.
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toneart
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I would have thought that I would be the last person to use an electronic book. Where's the warmth? Being partially tactile, as we all are, I would
miss the touchy-feely aspect.
So, I have not forsaken books altogether. I do not pass by a book on someone's coffee table or bookshelf and sneak a feel when nobody is looking. I will accept one if given, and I will read it.
I still love libraries and book stores. Mostly, I hang out in them to soak up the culture by osmosis. I also succumb to impulse and pull out my wallet
occasionally. In those places, it is OK to touch. Nobody will have you arrested if you don't keep your hands to yourself. No, silly...I'm talking
about books, not one of these... My metaphors are restricted but are
mostly rated PG.
I still have bookshelves full of novels, art books, tons of reference material and even self-help books (which never really helped). They are old
friends and would be hard for me to get rid of, unless we keep getting power outages here in the frozen Northern CA mountains. Then they would come in
handy in the wood burning stove. Sure can't do that with a Kindle!
Besides the pros of a Kindle Reader that I mentioned in my previous post, it is perfect for travel and living in Baja. I am thinking of velcroing my
Kindle to the dashboard of my truck for those long trips. Other advantages: I do have the option of dumping my books. Think of how much easier moving
would be.
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bajalinda
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This is a topic of debate at our house too. We haven't gone over to the Kindle yet, but my other half is teetering on the edge of making the jump.
But how do you lend a book or give a book as a gift with a Kindle? And is 1 enough? I imagine sharing a Kindle would/could be difficult, no? so you
would pretty much need one per person. How do you Kindle owners deal with that?
I can see that it would be a great way to have access to magazines, which we have pretty much given up on receiving down here...so a magazine
subscription by Kindle is an interesting idea.
But heck - I just love seeing books on the bookshelves and reading with a real book in my hands, and browsing in bookstores too.
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Beachgirl
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It's down to this...there ARE no bookstores in Mulege. Our community center blew away during Jimena, along with all of the loaner books in it. The
Kindle is 1/3 of an inch thick. It fits nicely into my computer bag. I can get any book I want in about 30 seconds, and I generally read 2-3 a week
minimum. We started with one, then realized we didn't want to share. We also bought Kindles for three of our kids. ALL of the books we buy can be
shared between the five of us because we used the same Amazon credit card account for the purchases of the Kindles. Yes, I have nearly 20,000 books
at "home", and I love them. This is the only practical way to have an unlimited source of reading material down here. Now you don't even have to buy
the device. You can simply get the service on a iPad, iPhone, computer, and more. Save a tree, buy a Kindle! I raved about the Kindle on Nomads when
I first bought it, but guess I was a little early. Not one response! Glad to hear about so many other people enjoying the Kindle. Seriously, we had
been loading cargo bags of books down here in the past, never enough for six months, ever. Absolutely wonderful device.
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BajaBlanca
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hmmmm well, I guess if you read a kindled book and really loved it, THEN you could perhaps buy the real book and have it as a keepsake. And all the
books we read for fun could be on kindle and then yeah, we'd save a lot of trees.
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MsTerieus
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Wow, great thread! I never even thought of getting a Kindle before reading it, and now I am seriously considering buying one! Baja Guy should get a
percentage of all Kindle profits resulting from the thread. 
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bajaguy
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Better Idea
| Quote: | Originally posted by MsTerieus
Wow, great thread! I never even thought of getting a Kindle before reading it, and now I am seriously considering buying one! Baja Guy should get a
percentage of all Kindle profits resulting from the thread.
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I'll take one cold Pacifico for each Kindle sold to a Nomad!!!
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Santiago
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In re-reading my rant on electronic readers I think I may have come across a little snooty and for that I apologize. Obviously, if you spend a great
deal of time in a place with no libraries or bookstores, or you need to travel light, these things fill a very real need.
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rob
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Oldlady - thanks for that response! My last line of resistance crumbleth . .
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oldlady
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalinda
This is a topic of debate at our house too. We haven't gone over to the Kindle yet, but my other half is teetering on the edge of making the jump.
But how do you lend a book or give a book as a gift with a Kindle? And is 1 enough? I imagine sharing a Kindle would/could be difficult, no? so you
would pretty much need one per person. How do you Kindle owners deal with that?
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Kindle has applications that enable reading on other platforms. For example, we have one Kindle. We also downloaded "Kindle for PC". The same book
can reside on the Kindle and on the PC, and usually does. If one person is using the Kindle, the other can read the same, or different book, on the
PC.
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