Wow, I had never realized how much I didn’t want a Kindle until a free one was offered to me. Yes, as the earth shudders in anticipation of the Apple iPad, Amazon has heard the buzz–and is responding.
I have blogged, commented, and tweeted about my great admiration for ebooks, and my great desire not to have to move boxes of books ever again. I have also been a purchaser of digital books. It would seem, however, that I am also “an unusually active book customer” and so deserving of a limited-time offer: buy a 6″ Kindle for $249 and, if I’m not happy with it, get a refund AND keep the Kindle. Say what?
Yes, you read that right. Essentially buy it in the next few days, use the Kindle with my Amazon account, send an email within 30 days that I’d like a full refund (including shipping), and get my money back. It’s a free Kindle.
Well, I’ve seen them in public and always kind of wanted to try one. But one of the reasons I’m an active ebook buyer is that I’m pretty darn satisfied with my current ebook reader–my first generation iPod Touch. It fits in a pocket or purse easily, it also has games, movies, music, news, RSS feeds, e-mail, and the web (if I’m near WiFi). I’ve had it for a couple of years now and it has yet to show its age. It’s got about thirty audiobooks on it now and about thirty ebooks as well.
Well, who knew that “free” could be so clarifying. I like gadgets, but I think I’ll pass on this one.
Anybody out there like their Kindle more than their iPod or iPhone?
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