The Kindle Available in the UK
The Kindle Well if you haven't heard of the Kindle by now you must have your head in the sand, this fabulous creation from Amazon will blow you away.
It is now available to purchase within the UK, but this has to be via Amazon.
com it really is as simple as using the amazon.
co.
uk site.
It shows all relevant questions and answers and give you the option alter payment to show GBP.
I went on the amazon.
com site, read the articles, looked into the features and placed my order, all from the UK.
The site advised that delivery could be 4-5 days, it arrived two days later, awesome service.
This just confirms that the facility is readily available within the UK so no excuses.
Okay I guess if you haven't heard of the Kindle you really need to know what it is, the simple answer is, it is an e-book reader or another word would be an electronic book or even an electronic book reader.
So really and truthfully it is just another tool to use to read a book electronically, it really is that simple.
Is this the iPod for books? Other fantastic thing is Amazon have now made this available within the, very simply all you have to do is to go to the Amazon.
com website and all the information is there to enable to order it.
At present this is the only way to purchase the Kindle one would assume that sooner or later Amazon will make is available Amazon.
co.
uk.
If you consider only maybe five years or so ago the majority of us would not have realised the impact that the iPod would have had on the music industry, the facility to be able to download music instantaneously and then listen to is awesome, without any loss of quality.
But what Apple have done for music I believe Amazon have emulated them for books.
If you consider that Amazon currently hold over 340,000 English language books to choose from surely to goodness there will be something for the majority of us to choose from which can all be accessed via the Kindle.
Therefore not only can we purchase from a huge range of books we can also download new releases without having to wait for the printed version in either hard or paperback and by utilising an electronic book such as the Kindle we are able to access it today.
Perhaps you may think that this is a passing phase and it will not catch on due to weight, size, durability - well to answer a few of these it weighs in at 10.
2 ounces which is considerably lighter than a typical paperback and it is just over one third of an inch thick.
To purchase your e-book is as simple as a download via the 3G wireless network, what you also have to bear in mind is that you will not incur any monthly fees or annual contracts.
The reading experience of using an electronic book reader is just like real paper, even in bright sunlight without any glare, the Kindle has the capacity to hold approximately 1,500 books and the awesome technology enables you to read different books simultaneously, it will even save your page.
If you tire of reading there is an experimental text - speech feature, how cool can that be! Imagine lying on the beach eyes closed listening to your favourite thriller or romantic novel.
If you tire of reading the books you can also subscribe to national and international newspapers, so wherever you are in the world the Kindle will ensure you never have that problem ever again in finding your favourite daily newspaper.
It is now available to purchase within the UK, but this has to be via Amazon.
com it really is as simple as using the amazon.
co.
uk site.
It shows all relevant questions and answers and give you the option alter payment to show GBP.
I went on the amazon.
com site, read the articles, looked into the features and placed my order, all from the UK.
The site advised that delivery could be 4-5 days, it arrived two days later, awesome service.
This just confirms that the facility is readily available within the UK so no excuses.
Okay I guess if you haven't heard of the Kindle you really need to know what it is, the simple answer is, it is an e-book reader or another word would be an electronic book or even an electronic book reader.
So really and truthfully it is just another tool to use to read a book electronically, it really is that simple.
Is this the iPod for books? Other fantastic thing is Amazon have now made this available within the, very simply all you have to do is to go to the Amazon.
com website and all the information is there to enable to order it.
At present this is the only way to purchase the Kindle one would assume that sooner or later Amazon will make is available Amazon.
co.
uk.
If you consider only maybe five years or so ago the majority of us would not have realised the impact that the iPod would have had on the music industry, the facility to be able to download music instantaneously and then listen to is awesome, without any loss of quality.
But what Apple have done for music I believe Amazon have emulated them for books.
If you consider that Amazon currently hold over 340,000 English language books to choose from surely to goodness there will be something for the majority of us to choose from which can all be accessed via the Kindle.
Therefore not only can we purchase from a huge range of books we can also download new releases without having to wait for the printed version in either hard or paperback and by utilising an electronic book such as the Kindle we are able to access it today.
Perhaps you may think that this is a passing phase and it will not catch on due to weight, size, durability - well to answer a few of these it weighs in at 10.
2 ounces which is considerably lighter than a typical paperback and it is just over one third of an inch thick.
To purchase your e-book is as simple as a download via the 3G wireless network, what you also have to bear in mind is that you will not incur any monthly fees or annual contracts.
The reading experience of using an electronic book reader is just like real paper, even in bright sunlight without any glare, the Kindle has the capacity to hold approximately 1,500 books and the awesome technology enables you to read different books simultaneously, it will even save your page.
If you tire of reading there is an experimental text - speech feature, how cool can that be! Imagine lying on the beach eyes closed listening to your favourite thriller or romantic novel.
If you tire of reading the books you can also subscribe to national and international newspapers, so wherever you are in the world the Kindle will ensure you never have that problem ever again in finding your favourite daily newspaper.