Thanks for the advice everyone and Erin, that post has been really helpful.

I might go for the more expensive one cos I don't want to be farting about transferring bits from the PC to the Kindle, (although I might have to with the course books) - but for leisure reading I want it to be as convenient as possible and an extra 40 quid is worth it if it prevents me having something else to moan about

My son bought me a Kindle for christmas and so far I love it. It is so easy to use, easy on the eye and easy on the pocket. Generally the Kindle books are far cheaper than paper books. you can fit it in your handbag, but the best thing for me personally is that I can hold it without it affecting the arthritis in  my thumb. I highly recomend it

Same here Sezit

Novice.

How much for a book?

£110 or £150, VD.

(The pricier one gives you free 3G or summat)

Yes.. mine has 3G.... it means you can still go on line to the Kindle store when you are away from your wifi....

Think I'll look into one - Mum's Birthday  

Novice.

How much for a book?

Velvet. There are loads of classics that are free, and the other books start at at a couple of pounds. Some are seven or eight pounds, but generally I would say 3/4 pounds is the average.

Just check out the Amazon website :
 http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=kindle+ebooks&tag=googhydr-21&index=stripbooks&hvadid=6761388286&ref=pd_sl_6zks1nl0f5_b

Thanks Sezit - will do 

Its here ! arrived today.
I have the WiFi one ,not the 3G as I thought I had ordered .
Green light on ,its now charged and we are navigating our way around.

Great link Sezit,cheers .
I have just downloaded
Heart of Darkness
The Mysterious Island
Who can be happy and free in Russia
Word Morph

I'm hoping to get one for my birthday   I have however downloaded the app to my phone and I believe once I get a bona fide Kindle I can transfer any books I've bought to the kindle 

I've downloaded lots of the free books already   as I prefer classics to modern books 

I treated myself to one a few months ago and I can honestly say, as an avid reader, it's one of my favourite buys ever! I also got the case with the light but mine only connects to our WiFi but I have downloaded loads of my favourite books and can flick through whichever book I fancy at the time

I have cookery books on there, the whole series of 'Wheel of Time' so I don't have to go scouring through my bookshelves for all thirteen books, there are loads of free books and I got the entire works of Shakespeare for 79p!  In addition to this, I can take clippings from the books and either keep them in a special folder or share them with my friends on Facebook if I feel they are interesting enough.  The cookery book is also great for taking with me to Sainsbury's to buy the ingredients without having to carry a big book about.

There is a web browser on there and I can access Wiki/FB/forums quite well but heavy-graphics pages don't work so well.  You can even hack it and put on your own pictures to use as screensavers (google for instructions).

And this; this is the really clever bit: I downloaded the app to my phone and opened up the book I was reading and it opened up the exact page I left it on the kindle itself - wow

Karms, if you are thinking about using it for your OU course books, this will be of interest to you          http://www.amazon.co.uk/tag/kindle/forum/ref=cm_cd_ttp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3IRFCNF3E5K2W&cdThread=Tx17F52B3WKCQ0W&displayType=tagsDetail

Fracas, just read through all that, really, really helpful. Thank you missus xxx

I was thinking of a netbook but then I might as well read the stuff on the lappys, looks like I will be able to convert the PDF to read on the Kindle though (although now I'm looking at the DX). Will keep an eye on that link so thanks again x

Kindles are fab


Z.

Fracas, just read through all that, really, really helpful. Thank you missus






Welcome pet...guess who's been spending the last month on kindle forums?  The Amazon forum  is mental, some great fighting and a couple of really trolly authors, completely fab!  x

Ooooh sounds like a new possible pastime x

Oooo never knew there were Kindle forums I found all the free books last night... had great fun downloading them

Ello Baz ->  Amazon forum http://www.amazon.co.uk/tag/ki.../ref=tag_cdt_hd_icdf  fulla nutters, great    


And a couple of UK Kindle forums, if helpful advice and polite interaction is your sorta thing


http://kinfinity.co.uk/


http://www.kuforum.co.uk/kindleusersforum/index.php

Thanks Fracas

Still hate Kindles, no matter what ya'll say. Nothing beats the real book..

 And before Xmas I would have agreed with you Deman... but I'm hooked

Baz has gone over to the dark side
Nope, I'll never see myself getting into Kindles, sorry. Doesn't matter what they do, unless they can replicate the sensation of turning the pages over, or recreate the SMELL of books...