A little update from my last post . . . my Mom decided to join Facebook.
Back on topic, I’ve been hearing more good things about Amazon’s
Kindle 2
But I could definitely see the benefit for people backpacking around Europe, or living in a foreign country, where books in English might be as difficult to get as a fair taxi price. Downloading all your books and having them in one place might also free up a corner of my office.
Now if I could only turn all my old college textbooks that I don’t have the guts/willpower to throw away into downloadable PDFs. That would save a couple more cubic feet in the storage closet. I’ve already started saving storage space by converting pictures to digital images through a Photo Scanning Service.
But realistically, I think I’ll always have paper books. The Kindle, although it has it’s benefits, might be more challenging to consult on a time-to-time basis as I can’t quickly flip through the pages to a particular section. I do this with my business reference books all the time, and I think it would be tough getting use to the Kindle. Although on the other hand, the search feature might come in handy if I’m just searching for a particular topic.
In a way, the Kindle is like the Google Book Search is to Libraries. Yea, it’s nice to be able to search and read stuff with ease, but sometimes nothing beats a trip to a good ole fashioned library.
- Daigle
