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Amazon are awesome!
>>Tuesday, July 20, 2010<<
Just after I got my Kindle, I pre-ordered the newest Temeraire book: Tongues of Serpents. It was set to be released in July, and as I love the series so much I put it on pre-order so I'd have it as soon as it was released.
A couple of months later (two months ago), I was looking and noticed that the book was now marked as Not Available for Australian customers. Naturally I was pretty annoyed, as many of the books I want to read are not allowed in Aus and here was yet another one. I blame the stupid publishers who don't understand eBooks - if I can buy an American paper book and ship it over to Aus, why can't I buy an American book and download it in Aus?
Anyway, my pre-order was still in my account so I decided to wait and see what happened. I resolved to call Amazon and complain if it was cancelled.
Last week I was checking my emails, having completely forgotten about the book, when I saw an Order Confirmation from Amazon... That's Odd I thought, as I didn't remember actually buying something. So I opened it and saw Tongues of Serpents listed!! Within seconds I had my Kindle out and found my new book!!
Even though it is still marked as Unavailable in Australia, Amazon honoured my pre-order and sent me the book.
Thank you Amazon, you are awesome.
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Why I love my Kindle
>>Friday, June 25, 2010<<
Put simply, I love my Kindle. Here are a couple of short reasons why I love it so much...
- I love reading - One of my favourite things to do is read a good book. With my Kindle, I can sit down wherever I am and read. I read on the bus, I read in bed, I read on the couch on weekends... you get the picture.
- It makes it easy to find new books - As much as I love reading, I never managed to get to book stores frequently enough to stop re-reading my favourite books. With my Kindle I can find new books whenever I am :)
- It's nice and light - a lot of the books I read are huge tomes. The Kindle can hold many of these, yet is very small and light. Nuff said.
- I can read PDF's without having to print them - I am currently reading through Stargate Horizon (a Stargate-based Virtual Series), and as my Kindle can read PDF files I can read SGH easily.
- Free Internet Access - With the recent update Australian's were given access to the entire internet for free. Sure, it is slow, black & white, on a small screen, and has very limited formatting, but it is more than adequate for reading articles or checking emails. Try doing that on a Kobo!
- Impressive battery life - with the 3G wireless radio off it will go for weeks between charges. With the 3G wireless on and only basic usage it goes for a week. Heavy 3G usage gets me a few days :)
There are many more reasons than just those 5, but they will do for a start and give you a good idea why I like it so much. Sure, it isn't perfect, but I does what I want and I haven't once regretted getting it.
