ebook reader review

By Roderick Powers

In 2007 Amazon.Com introduced an legendary book reader called Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device. This wireless reading device is a portable e-book reader that you can transfer data from your PC to you e-book reader.

Reading for business or personal use has become almost unlimited as this amazing wireless reader can access almost any book newspaper or magazine right at your finger tips.

The Kindle book reader provides a clean and crisp black and white screen that resembles the appearance and readability of printed paper. This is all possible by the utilizing a new high resolution display called electronic paper.

The screen works using ink just as newspapers and books, but displays the ink particles electronically. Unlike other electronic displays, it uses no backlighting, but reflects light like ordinary paper.

This book reader also help you analyze your e-mail account. You can use its stereo headphones to listen to an audio file that is in MP3 format. The wireless reader is only 10.3 ounces in weight and is compact as well so you can fit it into almost any size bag as you travel.

The book reader is not limited to a the typical hotspots that you would normally have to go to use it. E-book reader comes with its own Whispernet in which you can be anywhere to use it. Kindle reading device provides you with spontaneous reading choices on demand.

As you can see, the Amazon Kindle E-book Reader really is a better alternative to carrying your recent book around with you and can offer a better solution for those individuals that cannot read a normal book for whatever reason.  The Amazon wireless reading device has revolutionized the reading experience.

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I was recently looking at Amazon.com and saw their new Kindle E-reader. I am thinking about buying one. I would imagine you would have to pay for the books you download but how do you pay for them?

You set up an account with Amazon (if you do not already have one) and when you buy your Kindle, it will automatically be registered to that account. You must set up a 1-click option in order to buy items for your kindle. That simply means that you have a credit card on file and you only have to press one button to place your order.

The books you buy (or get free) from Amazon are mostly in .AZW format, which is Amazon’s proprietary DRM (copy protection) format. When you see a book you want, either on your kindle or at Amazon, you just have to click on the buy-with-1-click button and the book will download to your Kindle, right away if you have the whispernet turned on, or when you do get around to turning it on, from your home screen, just pick “check for new items” and anything you have bought that has not been downloaded to your Kindle will then download.

You can also find loads of free books for the kindle at places like feedbooks.com and gutenbergpress.com. Books should be in .prc or .mobi format. Many free sites have a “kindle” option so you don’t have to figure it out. Feedbooks will even allow you to use whispernet wireless to download directly to the Kindle as will Mobileread.com.

These free books are books that are out of copyright, so they are mostly over 50 years old, but all the classics are there.

Occasionally, publishers will have free e-book promotions so you have to watch out for those. Baen.com, a sci-fi publisher has many free books listed. It’s a marketing experiment where they encourage authors to give away the first book in a series to see if it generates sales.

I’ve found that the Kindle does what it’s supposed to do very well, which is display books. It does other things less well. For instance, I don’t like shopping for books on my Kindle, or using the web in general. It’s just too cumbersome for my taste. I do most of my Amazon shopping from my computer and download my purchases later.

Amazon is not saying when the next version of the Kindle will be released. There’s been some speculation that it would be this year, but Amazon has vehemently denied this. They say sometime next year. Whether the next version will be radically different or better than this version, who can say. My guess is that changes in the hardware will be mostly cosmetic, and that most, if not all firmware and software changes will be available as an update to the present kindles.

So, if you really, really want a kindle, you might as well go for it. It’s well worth the money and you’ll probably enjoy it. If you don’t, you can always send it back!

Would it be weird and such?

The Kindle is a book. However, it’s also an electronic device. Each school has its own rules on these things. The best thing is to ask your teachers.

Can you get a lot of different books on there?

If you read a lot (and buy your books as opposed to getting them from the library), then the Kindle is definitely worth the money. If you don’t usually buy many books, it might not save you any money, but the convenience factor is still very nice. The price of books on the Kindle is less than the dead-tree version, and you can carry a LOT of books with you, and it is extremely easy to buy new books. Of course, that could also be a downside, at least to your budget…

By Tim Pecunia

The iRex iLiad can be considered one of the ‘high-end’ e-book readers among the many models available in the market. Due to its high pricing, one would assume that it has more functions that the average e-book reader but is this really the case?

One of the most obvious distinctions of the iRex iLiad is its large screen. At 8.1 inches, this e-book reader currently has the biggest screen among other e-book readers. This big screen greatly enhances the readability of the iRex iLiad and reduces the need to constantly scroll the pages. The screen, like many other models, uses the electronic ink technology and has over 16 shades of gray. Its word contrasts are good, and many consumers who have bought the iRex iLiad complimented on its great readability. Another feature of this e-book reader that is not found on other e-book readers is the build-in stylus. You are able to write notes on the screen and save the notes on the e-book reader.

The software on this e-book reader is Linux based, making it less accessible for those who are not familiar with Linux. Although the iRex iLiad is able to access the internet through wi fi, you would not be able to do so until you obtain an upgrade package from the manufacturers. The iRex iLiad can read html, Txt, PDF and Mobipocket files.

Compared to other major models such as the Amazon Kindle and the Sony PRS 505, the iRex iLiad does have a few features that are not found on any other readers. But does these features justify the hefty price tag? You be the judge.

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I want one! I want one!

Since its launch on 19 November the device has been widely examined but opinions about it are mixed.

A notice on the Kindle pages on the Amazon web store said "heavy customer demand" for the device meant it would be out of stock until 3 December.

The date mentioned is for the US so for UK is anyones guess.

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Unfortunately they are not free - you will need to buy a subscription to the particular magazine or newspaper that you are interested in.

However most newspapers range in the $10 per month mark (depending on the paper you want), and magazines are around $1.25 per month range (again depending on the magazine).

Obviously the benefit is that you can view them anywhere/anytime and that you don't have the paper version to clutter up your house.

I personally love the fact that I get it straight away now and they are very easy to read and find just the info you want on the Kindle.

Hope I've helped!

And can you like rent books on it if you only wanna read a book one?
I meant :"a book once." not "a book one."

It varies. It's always cheaper than the paper & glue book. I've seen them in the $2 to $10 range. The Kindle price is on the page for every book that is on Kindle.

I hesitate because you can usually get used books for less than the kindle version, and I don't want a new gadget that I'll have to replace every two or three years like an ipod. That gets expensive. Any thoughts?

Nope. I'm usually only reading 1 book at a time anyway.

I'm really interested in the feature of the Amazon Kindle of downloading the New York Times every morning for me. But it wouldn't be worth it if I couldn't do my crossword…It has a keyboard, is it Crossword Capable?

No. It can't do crosswords, and you have to pay for the New York Times (same thing that's free online). Also, it only downloads once per day, in the morning, so you don't get current news all day long like on the web.