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lessismore  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What book are you reading right now?
Oh yeah!! I cannot recommend the Kindle enough. I am easily reading twice as much as I used to prior to getting the Kindle and I read quite a bit. Of all the books you listed, http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Apart-State-America-1960-2010/d... seems the most interesting to me.

Thanks.





thundara  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Curious if either of you have opinions on a cheap tablet? I'd like to get an ebook reader, but the B&W ones aren't really conducive for reading literature with images, such as scientific publications or textbooks.

I guess the battery life would be a lot shorter, but is it really easier to read on the kindle screen than a glass-covered LCD?

lessismore  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I absolutely love my Amazon Kindle Keyboard and find it to be the ideal ereader. If you're going to be reading for long stretches of time, I highly recommend going with an e-ink based device, your eyes will thank you for it. The new entry level Kindle is priced fairly aggressively http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eReader-eBook-Reader-e-Reader-S...

I had a very rough time reading on LCD based displays (iPad in my case) for any stretch of time. To elaborate, I found myself having headaches if I read on it for more than an hour. With the Kindle, I can read for hours on in and not have any issues.