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I live in the Future
Aug. 16th, 2011 01:43 pmI have a type 1 Kindle. I got it for my 47th birthday and called it my magic book.
While I don't find it as easy to read on the computer as I do on the Kindle, when Kindle for PC came out, I downloaded it and I've found it useful as the Kindle I have does not have the memory space of later models. I downloaded a couple of samples to my PC on Sunday. There were two options: Send to Kindle, Send to PC.
Today, I checked out a book on city planning I had been recommended. It was available on Kindle, and, as I often do, I opted to "Read Sample Now" -- which, by the way, is one of my favorite things about Kindles. I appreciate it more for the books it weeds out than the ones I ultimately buy. There was a third choice: Send to Cloud Reader.
I LOVE IT. I uploaded my music, etc. to Amazon's Cloud Player before they made the official announcement of its existence. Since I have to stuff envelopes (hey, don't judge me, I'm employed), being able to bop along to my music -- I do have headphones -- or being able to play a little Haydn when my cubicle mates are being distracting has been wonderful. And now there's a whole fluffy cloud of my books.
It's great to live in the future!
While I don't find it as easy to read on the computer as I do on the Kindle, when Kindle for PC came out, I downloaded it and I've found it useful as the Kindle I have does not have the memory space of later models. I downloaded a couple of samples to my PC on Sunday. There were two options: Send to Kindle, Send to PC.
Today, I checked out a book on city planning I had been recommended. It was available on Kindle, and, as I often do, I opted to "Read Sample Now" -- which, by the way, is one of my favorite things about Kindles. I appreciate it more for the books it weeds out than the ones I ultimately buy. There was a third choice: Send to Cloud Reader.
I LOVE IT. I uploaded my music, etc. to Amazon's Cloud Player before they made the official announcement of its existence. Since I have to stuff envelopes (hey, don't judge me, I'm employed), being able to bop along to my music -- I do have headphones -- or being able to play a little Haydn when my cubicle mates are being distracting has been wonderful. And now there's a whole fluffy cloud of my books.
It's great to live in the future!
