I've bypassed the steps toward my goal and gone straight to the prize. I now own a Kindle. I was supposed to read all those books on my shelf before treating myself to the electronic device, but I got itchy to have one. Technology of the 21st century seemed to be slipping through my fingers. If I want to stay on the cutting edge of the publishing world, I needed to have it. Now!
I'm reading my first book on Kindle and I love it. I can set the size of the font to what is pleasing to my eyes. The screen really does look like ink printed on a page. And the little scale at the bottom tells me the percentage I've read. I happen to love this feature. When I read a paper book the first thing I do is look at the number of pages, determine the halfway point and track my progress through the story. I know. I'm weird. The Kindle does all that for me.
Yesterday I watched Oprah and James Frey of 'A Million Little Pieces' fame. I got out the Kindle and searched for his books so I could download them. The USA Today has a wonderful book section and if anything looks interesting, the heck with the bookstore. I download it. A friend of mine has her first book coming out in June. Guess what? I preordered it on the Kindle. 'Sisters of the Sari' will magically appear on its release date.
Instead of all my books getting dusty on the shelf, I can carry them with me wherever I go. Amazon makes it easy. I have no idea how much I'm spending. I download, they automatically charge the fee to my credit card. And e-books aren't really much cheaper than the print version, just lighter.
Never realizing how books bombarded me from so many places before, I don't even need to go to the bookstore anymore. It used to be my favorite hang out spot. Now I will be even more well read than ever with so many books at my fingertips. I may be spending more on books but with gas at $4 a gallon I might really be saving. Or at least that's what I'd like to believe.
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