Q. ...I do not use leather but I want good protection because I am a klutz
I have animals that jump around when I am reading, I'm afraid of dropping my Kindle - any suggestions?
A. 10 Amazon Kindle 2 Accessories
Slide Title:8. Waterfield Designs Slip Case for Kindle 2
Slip into protection with the WaterField Designs Slip Case for Kindle 2. This slender and lightly padded case includes impact-resistant plastic to protect your screen. You also have six colors to choose from, including silver, black, and brown. Preorder it today for $27; it will ship on March 10.
Is reading on a kindle the same as reading a book?
Q. I love reading, but I'm running out of shelf space so I pre-ordered a Kindle Fire. However, is reading from a Kindle just as rewarding as reading an actual book? This sounds stupid but I feel like I'm gonna miss the feeling of the paper between my fingers, turning pages, and the smell of a new/old book. What do you think? Do you get the same experience?
A. Don't get a Kindle Fire. I'll address that in a moment.
Reading an e-reader doesn't have quite the same feel as reading a paper book, but for the black-and-white readers, it's pretty close. What you may initially miss about turning pages is greatly outweighed by cheaper book prices, nice feautres like searches, on-the-fly word definition lookups, automatic bookmarking, making highlights and margin notes without having to actually mark up a book, and being able to carry your whole library around in your purse. It may take you a day or two to get used to, but you will absolutely love having an e-reader.
Now the bit about the Kindle Fire. The KF, and other full-color e-readers, aren't like reading a book at all--they're like reading a laptop. That may be tolerable to you. However, a full-color screen has all of the problems of a laptop: it washes out in bright light (especially sunlight), and it drains the battery pretty quickly. The black-and-white e-readers read almost like a paper book. The screen is polarized, which means that once an image is displayed on it (like a page in a book), it requires no more power to display the image. You can look at the same illustration or page for 30 minutes and it won't drain the battery any more than just flipping past the page would have.
I understand why you're attracted to the Kindle Fire. A full color screen, fully touch sensitive, with the capability to play music, download apps, play games, and watch video. That's pretty tempting. However, Kindle products use their own OS, so game and app choices are going to be limited. Also, Kindle products use a proprietary Kindle e-book format, so the hundreds of thousands of titles in e-PUB and PDF formats, many of which are free, are inaccessible to a Kindle. Many of these books will have Kindle editions available, but not all.
If you want a full-color device, an Android tablet or an iPad is a much better way to go. Both platforms offer free applications to view e-books both for the Kindle and for other e-readers, so no title is out of reach for you. The screen and battery life will be similar, and when reading e-books, you won't notice the difference between the tablet and the KF. Your access to games and apps will be a thousand times what it would be on the Kindle platform, also. If you choose one of these, I recommend you demo both an iPad and an Android tablet. Personally, I prefer Android for a few reasons, but both platforms are excellent.
However, if the device is primarily for reading e-books, I HIGHLY recommend you get a black-and-white e-reader. Again, the B/W Kindle will let you read only Kindle format e-books. My recommendation is the Barnes&Noble Nook, first edition. The Wi-Fi version (you don't need 3G) is priced at $79 right now, and the accessories are on sale for dirt cheap also. You can get fully outfitted for under $100, and have plenty of room left over to stock up on books. The B/W screens do NOT wash out in bright light, and are much easier on the eyes are color screens. The first edition features a little color touch screen at the bottom, which can be used to view color illustrations and perform various other tasks. It shuts off while you're reading, so it isn't a big drain on the battery. You'll easily get a week (sometimes two) on one charge, even for hours of reading nightly.
The downside is that the Nook v.1 is pretty much a dedicated reading device. There are a couple very basic games, and a web browser which is fairly clunky to use. But, you have a computer, right? If you really need the extra stuff, get a tablet and not a KF.
Fun fact: you can now borrow e-books for FREE from most local libraries. Some libraries also offer Kindle format e-books, some don't. The e-books are electronically "checked out" and downloaded, and then automatically "returned" once the borrowing time is expired. You can download books from your library from anywhere in the world, as long as you have a library card. You can even place holds on books, or put yourself on a waiting list if the title you want is already checked out. Once the title becomes available, it's automatically downloaded to your e-reader.
Theres an ad on amazon.com about 40% off kindle accessories, & theres a picture of a pretty case I cant find?
Q. http://www.amazon.com/
It should be an ad at the top of the page, the picture of the case i like is on the left. Can anyone help me actually find this case?
A. I couldn't see the picture, but I suggest typing the looks of the case into google. Like, if it was a blue case with stars on it or something, type in something like "blue star kindle case" into google. Look at the links google gives you. If you still cannot find it or one similar, you can go into google shopping option and type it into there. They will give you stores with something similar and prices and such. Google shopping is another option like Google images or google news.
Post another link if I just missed it and it is still on their site. Is it any of these?
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Accessories/b/ref=sa_menu_kacces3?ie=UTF8&node=1268192011
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