My Australian Amazon Kindle
I have received my Amazon Kindle a few days back and I am totally in love with it. I read a fair bit of books and one of my biggest headache is what book should I bring on the road? I normally have two to three books that is in progress at any one point of time, 1) a business/management books 2) something technological 3) every other genre but generally biographies, interior design or history books. Whenever I travel I can’t seem to be able to decide what I feel like and even if I feel like something when I am packing, I might change my mind when I am at the destination. Normally, I just suck it up and read whatever I have which isn’t a bad thing. However, now I have an option. I have held back buying some books until I received my Kindle and I bought two books over the weekend. Its great. All the reviews of Amazon’s Kindle for the American version applies to the Australian version. For those Aussies who are interested, both the books I bought downloads just within 60 secs!
Alot of my friends asked me to wait for other ebook readers to be released. But after I checked out the price, it didn’t make sense to wait. Based on the two books I bought over the weekend, I save approximately $15 – $20 per book. Let’s say on average I save $20 per physical hardcover/paperback book (inclusive of shipping), for me to break-even the cost of my kindle, I will need to buy approximately 14 books. For me, 14 books will take me anything between 6 months to 9 months to read. However, if you check out the prices of other ebook readers, they are generally double the price of the Kindle and my break-even point will double as well. I think the Kindle is very well priced and despite some features that it lacks, I am sure for an average reader like me, its fit for purpose.
I totally recommend Kindle to anyone who reads a fair bit of books and you get magazines delivered to your kindle as well! Woo hoo!
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