I own an iPad and I use it on average about 30 minutes a month, if that. It’s Greg’s old one and we debated selling it but decided to keep it at least for the kids, and maybe some day I’d find some use for it. I brought it to Saudi with me and didn’t open it until my flight home, to watch a movie. So much for finding it useful. I’ve also used it for a couple of recipes, but again, not very often. No real regrets on keeping it because the kids love it and it was already paid for.
Now, the other side of this story is that I haven’t tried reading a book on an electronic device, ever. Mostly because, well I think I’ve already explained it. I don’t use my iPad, and reading a book on my phone is a headache waiting to happen. Plus I love books. Real, paper books.
So, to tie these two threads together…tonight we were packing for a quick getaway to Salt Spring and Greg mentioned he’d bring his computer over so we could watch a movie. I decided I’d rather read while we’re over there. There’s a wood stove, and the idea of curling up with a good book in front of a fire really appeals to me at this time of year. Greg was fine with this, but I had a problem. No book. I looked at the iPad sitting there and thought, why not?
After the two Computer Scientists in the house struggled for about ten minutes trying to figure out how the f*** to download a book from amazon.ca to my iPad, we stumbled across amazon.com/kindlestore (WHY there is no link to this URL from their .ca site is a mystery to me). In 30 seconds flat I had downloaded a copy of Catching Fire. Woah. That was way too easy. We’ll see how the reading experience goes, but I may have to start exercising my ownership rights on my iPad. That and put myself on a Kindle book budget.
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