Free kindle ebook: Over Fields of Fire: Flying the Sturmovik in Action on the Eastern

[Sternjaeger II]

mmmh yeah, I don't deny the practicality of it, but you kinda lose the sense of happening with it somehow... besides, it's kinda like you get access to more books that you will ever be able to read in a lifetime, I dunno... I have iBooks on iPad and I borrowed a Kindle for some time, I remember the most frustrating thing being the horrible effect you had when you changed page.. is it still like that or they improved it?

Another thing that I always loved is going to see a friend and having a nosey in his books collection.. it's kinda the same with Spotify: you have it all and dunno what to listen to..

[Sternjaeger II]

UPDATE: ok, I've downloaded it on the iPhone and iPad, I'll try and read it there and see what it feels like (although I know it probably reads better on the Kindle).

[winny]

The search on ibooks is horrible, if you type WW2 it won't find any World War 2, WWII or World War 2 or two books

... I agree about the more books than you could ever read statement, but if you want a nice reference library you can carry with you on a subject you like, then kindle app/ibooks/ipad is pretty good. I have nothing but WW2 Aviation stuff on mine.

There's lots of books on guns too

[Dano]

I'd rather have more books than I can ever read than be stuck without a book at all, as for the page turn comment, seriously? You can't blink as you change the page or ignore it? Is it impacting what you're actually reading at all?

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Dano

I'd rather have more books than I can ever read than be stuck without a book at all, as for the page turn comment, seriously? You can't blink as you change the page or ignore it? Is it impacting what you're actually reading at all?

Ok ok man,it's just that I work with a lot of hi-tech stuff and it's details like that that put me off things,sorry!

[335th_GRAthos]

OK, I guess I owe some gratitude to Amazon for their development, it is time to pay it back....
I am not working for Amazon or any company related to the promotion or similar.

I bought a Kindle last month as present to my wife.
It is the Kindle eReader, Wi-Fi, 15 cm (6 Zoll) E Ink Display

This is the Kindle but NOT my wife!

My opinion on it is that it is one of the most amazing pieces of HW I have ever seen!
because:
- amazing battery life (a couple of weeks up to a month per charge, normal USB chargeable)
- extremely light (lighter than a paperbook)
- amazing screen technology! Never seen something like this, you can read under direct sunlight, even while wearing sunglasses, and the more light falls on to it, the more white (like a book page) the screen looks like.
- you can adjust the size of the text (the older you get, the bigger it has to be )
- you can e-mail to your "Kindle-e-mail-address" (you get a specific one with the Kindle you bought) any PDF, DOC, etc file and within minutes it will be converted to Kindle-format and be sent to your Kindle (provided your Kindle is within WiFi network)
- All your books and files you sent to it are stored centrally at Amazon (you do not lose them if your Kindle get destroyed).
- You can share the books among the Kindles of your family (provided the Kindles are all under the same Amazon account).
- It costs 99USD or even less depending on the country.
- It saves a lot more space having a Kindle than filling up tons os shelves with paperbacks.

I am using it because I live in a country where it is very difficult to buy German books.
Now I can log into Amazon Germany, buy the book I want and within minutes it will appear in my Kindle. Previously, I would have to wait for weeks for a German paperbook to arrive (and it would cost me 2-3 times the cost of the book due to transportation costs).

My personal opinion as a user, Amazon did a great job with this Kindle model. And the price is right, too.

~S~

[brando]

+1

I've had mine about a year now and I've bought two of the new model; for my wife and my sister-in-law @ Christmas.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by winny

There's lots of books on guns too

Guns? I hate guns!