Although I prefer paper books over the Kindle, it's only a slight preference. Paper doesn't provide light when I don't want to disturb my sleeping husband and dog.
The Kindle does have two advantages:
- Only one small thing in the suitcase when I travel rather than several books.
- Immediacy. I can get a book I want in minutes.
I prefer to use the English library in Geneva or order from my favorite bookstore Pages and Sips. I can't get good scones on Amazon like I can at P&S. Also supporting the woman P&S owner is important.
When I want the book immediately, I give in as I did when I wanted the three volume biography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook.
When I turned on my Kindle to read about Eleanor, adverts came up: things I never wanted, don't want now and will never want. Today, I got a dead bolt advert.
They tell me shop now. I don't want to shop now. I just want to continue reading about Eleanor Roosevelt.
Paper books don't delay my reading.
Call me a COW (Cranky Old Woman) but if Kindle were for books only I'd be happy.
Maybe someday I will find a device that is just for books.
At least Amazon doesn't do pop ups in the middle of a paragraph. Maybe I shouldn't write that because it might give them an idea on how to increase their annoyance factor. Or maybe I should be more patient and wait to go to the library or my favorite bookstore.
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Hi Donna , I never had an actual kindle, but these days I try and find the book on another reader, like KOBO by FNAC. There are many choices! Kobo has zero ads.
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