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Good deal, but I prefer the larger screen for textbooks/reference material which is where you get the most use out of the Kindle. Paperbacks I generally get at
by krschultz 16y ago
Good deal, but I prefer the larger screen for textbooks/reference material which is where you get the most use out of the Kindle. Paperbacks I generally get at the library or used book stores for a buck, reference books I buy and keep.
- varjag 16y agoKindle doesn't seem to be that well suited to references to me. It's not a kind of reader where you can quickly flip pages back and forth.
- jonhendry 16y agoIt's probably best as an additional copy of a reference work. Maybe read it straight through the first time on the kindle, but have a paper copy around for more typical reference use. You'd still have the kindle copy handy for things where you're mobile and need to dive in for a quick search.
- krschultz 16y agoInteresting point, I was going on the fact that I keep a lot of mechanical engineering books for the tables in the back of various material properties, and having a kindle instead of a 6 testbooks would be physically so much smaller on my bookshelf, but for actual content the kindle might not be the best choice.