Saturday, February 05, 2011

Reality of the Kindle Has Sunk In...

No doubt many of you own either a Kindle or a Nook. Jay has had three different Kindles. He loves them. Or, he did. An unexpected harsh reality of the Kindle has sunk in at our house though.

There are many, many books that are far cheaper to buy than to buy the e-reader version. There was a book I really wanted. I could have gotten Jay to put it on one of his Kindles for me...for $12.99. Then I realized I could buy the actual softcover book for $7.99. That's kind of a big savings amount especially when you think about how many books I buy/read a year. It adds up.

I can spend more and not have to physically store the book in my house, or I can spend less and have an actual copy of the book.

I, personally, am not one to pirate other people's copyrighted work, but there are a lot of people who will search the web until they can download a free version of whatever it is they wanted. So my question is, how are most of you dealing with the e-reader and the costs of books?