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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

blaze

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1. Wow! This really surprises me!

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 07:39 AM

Jul 2012

I would have thought all those people with Kindles and such would have jumped on this... and quickly!

My sister and I gave our Mom (86) a Kindle for Christmas. It was a bit of a struggle at first... neither of us live near her... so I had it shipped to me first so I could try to figure it out and then be available for (weak) tech support via Skype.

Now, she absolutely LOVES it! She loves the portability of it... slips it in her purse when she's off to a doctors appointment or anything else when she might have to sit around and wait. And it's so satisfying when I Skype her and she's grinning and telling me the latest book she had reserved just downloaded to her reader.

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Libraries target growing e-book audience [View all] Sherman A1 Jun 2012 OP

Wow! This really surprises me! blaze Jul 2012 #1

Part of the problem has been that these books have not cbayer Jul 2012 #2

I don't think it's any easier now blaze Jul 2012 #3

Why I love my Nook gejohnston Jul 2012 #5

nook and kindle are not supported by my library NMDemDist2 Jul 2012 #6

i jumped on it with my new Fire NMDemDist2 Jul 2012 #4