On 10/2/2015 7:05 PM, Califbill wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/2/2015 3:27 PM, John H. wrote:
A daughter gave me one about three years ago for Christmas. I didn't use it until the
past few months, making trips to the library and getting 'real' books instead.
Finally I learned to use the damn thing. The library has a great selection of e-books
and downloading them is a snap.

If you've not tried one of these things, you might consider the idea. I love mine,
but am now thinking of upgrading to the Fire HD 8. Bigger screen, etc.


For a while I was downloading books to my iPad to read. Works well but
for some reason I still like a "real" book.





I like real books also, but the iPad is really nice when traveling. As to
the Kindle. I gave my wife a Kindle Fire some years ago. Is nice as a
reader, but for web and mail, sucks. Finally gave her an iPad Mini.
Better al around. Was on close out at Walmart in Medford, near Roseburg,
so not even a bad price. The grandkids love the Kindle for games. They
are 5 and 7, so non violent games.



During her last years we gave my mother a Kindle and set up an account
with Amazon for her. She was a voracious reader all her life.
When she passed away I took the Kindle and couldn't believe how many
books she had downloaded and read. It was good but I found the iPad to
be easier to use and read.