unrelated to eating- about Kindle
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 6:22 pm
I know there is a forum for random topics, but I don't think it has as much action, so I"m asking here.
Basic question is whether or not you are glad you have Kindle unlimited, or something like it. You can skip all the details about myself, if you like.
I'm a pretty frugal person and (having read Small is Beautiful years ago, still antsy about how capital-intensive our lifestyle is with the "necessary" yearly cost of using electronics, among other things) use the public library for as much as I can to read, (I have several books out now and several more on hold) and I don't usually prefer reading books on devices. However, I'm trying to declutter and am struck with how even giving away hard copy books can just end up moving the clutter around. I've ordered a few digital titles from from Amazon (usually for 2.99 or less), but just recently wondered if Kindle might be worth the $120 a year, EVERY year (see how I think about such costs). I've spent less than $200 on books for personal use since 2007, besides the odd one found at a thrift store or yard sale. And I'm very judicious about them these days, too.
Don't know why I'm telling you all this when what I want to know is, if you do use Kindle or something else I don't know about, do you feel it's a godsend? Or does it end up complicating things with too much choice because you can just drop a book and move on to another? Or just being another way to be dependent on shelling out dough every month?
Thanks in advance for letting me know your opinion and perhaps a little about your attitude in general about these things.
Basic question is whether or not you are glad you have Kindle unlimited, or something like it. You can skip all the details about myself, if you like.
I'm a pretty frugal person and (having read Small is Beautiful years ago, still antsy about how capital-intensive our lifestyle is with the "necessary" yearly cost of using electronics, among other things) use the public library for as much as I can to read, (I have several books out now and several more on hold) and I don't usually prefer reading books on devices. However, I'm trying to declutter and am struck with how even giving away hard copy books can just end up moving the clutter around. I've ordered a few digital titles from from Amazon (usually for 2.99 or less), but just recently wondered if Kindle might be worth the $120 a year, EVERY year (see how I think about such costs). I've spent less than $200 on books for personal use since 2007, besides the odd one found at a thrift store or yard sale. And I'm very judicious about them these days, too.
Don't know why I'm telling you all this when what I want to know is, if you do use Kindle or something else I don't know about, do you feel it's a godsend? Or does it end up complicating things with too much choice because you can just drop a book and move on to another? Or just being another way to be dependent on shelling out dough every month?
Thanks in advance for letting me know your opinion and perhaps a little about your attitude in general about these things.