Yesterday, Google opened its ebookstore for business. The search giant joins Apple and Amazon (and Barnes & Noble) in a fast-growing field. Electronic books will never completely replace paper books, but they’re going to make up a sizable portion — and maybe even the majority — of the market sooner than you think.
Naturally, more and more GRS readers are moving to e-books. In fact, I’ve had a couple of people ask me about them recently. For example, Peggy wrote last week to share her experience:
What do you think of Kindle books? Do you have a Kindle?
Our family members are all avid readers. We live overseas and move every three-four years. Books are a major weight factor for us, so we started downsizing during our last move and kept only those books we enjoy re-reading or which have sentimental value.
This year we bought several Kindles, and I have to say, I really like it for its portability and that we can travel on R&R and have all our reading material in one small ‘container’. But when we retire and settle down, it might lose some of its attraction. I also wonder how it will hold up over time…but I guess it’s too early to tell about that.
I’m a die-hard bibliophile. I love the look, feel, and smell of an old paperback. I used to have several thousand books, though I sold many of them to pay off debt. Still, I have a modest library, and I love it. I cannot imagine a world without books.
Having said that, I did own an Amazon Kindle. I bought one in early 2009, and used it for just over a year. When I bought my iPad, I sold the Kindle to a friend. I switched to the Kindle app instead. (For those who don’t know, you can download the free Kindle app for iPad, smartphone, and computer, which means you can read e-books from just about any web-enabled device.)
Checking my Kindle account, I see that in the past two years, I’ve downloaded 54 books. Twelve of these were free, but the rest cost about $10 each. If I had to guess, I’d say that about half of my book dollars are now spent in the Kindle store.
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