Comments on: Coming soon to an Amazon near you: the Kindle Paperwhite

By: JimG33

JimG33 — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:26:14 +0000

I’m on my second Kindle, a Fire HD. I’ve loved em since I got my first one, which I rolled on to during a hospitalization. If you are ever in a similar situation keep em under the pillow rather then under your arm.

I can buy books on a whim as the prices are so low and Amazon loves me! Books I’ve wanted for years are immediately accessible.

It is now possible to read three books at once, and never loose my place! And never overload my back pack.

My chronic illness means thet I spend a lot of time in the NY Subway and in doctor’s offices, except I’m on a starship or the deck of a destroyer as I wait my turn.

Now don’t get me wrong, Art books can only exist in a dead tree format, but for all the rest I love having a bookcase in my hand.

By: Tom R.

Tom R. — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:10:25 +0000

I have a chronic neurological disorder that makes me very weak, too weak sometimes to lift some of the large books I have lying around. The Kindle, at slightly over 10 oz., has been a life saver. I have the old Paperwhite but will probably buy the new one, too.

However, I lead a monthly book study that relies heavily on being able to note the literary structure of a passage, focusing on its immediate and larger context, noting parallelism, word usage, etc. I never use my Kindle for this study. Yet almost all of my students these days follow along on a phone or a tablet where they cannot see the whole text but just a small window on the text. They no longer see whole pages. I wonder sometimes how effectively they are able to follow my arguments.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:31:27 +0000

Star Trek reading pads, took about 30 years to develop.

By: John F. MacMichael

John F. MacMichael — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 22:53:39 +0000

I love my Kindle. As others above have already testified, it is a joy to be able to carry a library in my pocket, especially when travelling. I had to fly back East this summer and my Kindle helped me hold onto my sanity despite all the TSA, the airline and Mother Nature could do. When our flight back was held on the tarmac at Dulles for over two hours because of bad weather, I kept my cool because my Kindle took me away from a horribly cramped economy class seat off to Cold Comfort Farm. Ironically, about half way throught this delay the captain came on the PA system to thank us for our patience. Then he announced that as a gesture of thanks he was going to…(here I looked up in hope, thinking: “Oh boy! Free drinks!”) but alas no, it was free video on the inflight video system.

Another thing that I prize about my Kindle is the instant gratification aspect. When I find a book I want to read in the Kindle Store I can be reading it within seconds.

By the way, Neo, as a small token of my appreciation for all your work on this blog, I do use it as my default access point to Amazon whenever I order from them (whether ebooks for my Kindle, print books or anything else). It is no great amount but I hope it comes under the Widow’s Mite principle.

By: carl in atlanta

carl in atlanta — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 22:34:48 +0000

I’ve been thinking about the new Paperwhite as well. As I’ve gotten older I’ve developed a bit of a dislike of paperback books. They take up a lot of space and I’m very hard on them because I read off and on all night (insomnia) often break their backs and sometimes fall asleep and roll over onto a open book, often doing some harm. I’m thinking a Paperwhite might be more carl-proof.

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 21:49:21 +0000

I have a Kindle, which I tend to use only when I travel. I still like the look and feel of the real thing. I’m sure that’s a habit difficult for those of us of a certain age to break. I’m glad I have the choice. To be able to carry a month’s worth of reading in a Kindle is a true blessing when on the road.

By: Dustoffmom

Dustoffmom — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 21:36:10 +0000

Oh…and thanks for the ‘hint’. For my money never feel hesitant about about posting them! I had planned all along to order a new paperwhite but hadn’t as yet….when I read your post I clicked your link and, hopefully, gave credit for the sale to you! I never remember to do so it seems but if you slap it in front of my face as a reminder….you get the credit!!

By: Dustoffmom

Dustoffmom — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 21:33:38 +0000

Oh Neo, I fought against it for years. I LOVE books, real books, the smell and feel of them and was certain I would not enjoy a Kindle. My daughter sent me one for Christmas two years ago and I have hardly bought a ‘real’ book since. I love it! I think you would as well were you to give one a try. The enlarged fonts, the on demand dictionary, never lose your place, I could rave on. And so very easy to handle and pack, tote along hundreds of books if you choose, buy another anytime, anywhere…..they are great!

By: JFM

JFM — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 21:01:14 +0000

My Paperwhite Kindle has an illuminated screen, which means that I can read in a dark room without waking my wife.

By: Gringo

Gringo — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 20:35:18 +0000

I didn’t own an e-book until last fall, when a relative, who loves her KindleS, gave me a used Kindle. I then bought a Nook for $59 during the Black Friday sale. I have become an e-book fan.

As an owner of both a Kindle and a Nook, I much prefer the Nook. The Nook can change fonts on PDFs. The Kindle cannot. All the Kindle can do with PDFs is zoom in and out- which gets old in a hurry. I also prefer the page numbers on EPUB.

I can easily organize my books and docs in folders on a Nook. While some have told me I can do the same on a Kindle, I haven’t yet personally experienced such a capability.

While Amazon has a better selection- and a website that is much more user-friendly then the Barnes and Noble website- that doesn’t matter much to me as most of my books come from Project Gutenberg.

While I have read a lot of e-books on my devices, as the saying goes, my eyes have been bigger than my stomach, I have enough books on my Nook and Kindle to keep me busy for years and years.

Perhaps the new Paperwhite will be able to change fonts on PDFs.