We are zoooming!
I have a confession to make: I'm addicted to downloading free books to my Kindle.
In November 2009, a short prequel to a book series I was reading became available for free on Amazon. Since the Amazon for PC app was also free, I downloaded both.
A couple of months later, I scrolled through the top 100 books (before they split them out) and found other free books to download...and a monster was born.
My husband finally got me a Kindle for Christmas in 2010 since I was never going to sit at my computer and read the 200+ books I'd downloaded.
I now have over 1900 (paid for 32). In May of 2011, they opened the flood gates to short stories and I downloaded over 200 books that month alone...it's been almost as bad every month since. And no, I don't download every free book. I have almost no classics, and I shy away from the plethora of horror and erotica available.
I've read about 30 of them. Of course, I'm hoping to have more time to read after I finish editing my book.
BUT despite the fact that my Kindle still has plenty of room, the processor is groaning under the load and the battery is dying fairly quickly now. When I download the latest copy of my novel to read through and edit when I'm away from my desk (and, yes, I delete old copies so they don't take up room), I usually bookmark where I've been reading to my sister. In the past 2 months, my Kindle had to do a hard reset whenever I tried to add a bookmark and sometimes when adding an editing note. Even hitting the home button takes it a minute or three (timed).
My husband kept threatening to send it in, but I cringed to think of having to redownload everything to a refurbished Kindle (something about sticking with the devil you know...).
So, tonight, when it took over 10 minutes for my Kindle to realize it'd been connected via USB to my computer, I finally bit the bullet and am removing the 2010 books from the device. We'll see how much faster that makes it go. *cheesy grin*
In November 2009, a short prequel to a book series I was reading became available for free on Amazon. Since the Amazon for PC app was also free, I downloaded both.
A couple of months later, I scrolled through the top 100 books (before they split them out) and found other free books to download...and a monster was born.
My husband finally got me a Kindle for Christmas in 2010 since I was never going to sit at my computer and read the 200+ books I'd downloaded.
I now have over 1900 (paid for 32). In May of 2011, they opened the flood gates to short stories and I downloaded over 200 books that month alone...it's been almost as bad every month since. And no, I don't download every free book. I have almost no classics, and I shy away from the plethora of horror and erotica available.
I've read about 30 of them. Of course, I'm hoping to have more time to read after I finish editing my book.
BUT despite the fact that my Kindle still has plenty of room, the processor is groaning under the load and the battery is dying fairly quickly now. When I download the latest copy of my novel to read through and edit when I'm away from my desk (and, yes, I delete old copies so they don't take up room), I usually bookmark where I've been reading to my sister. In the past 2 months, my Kindle had to do a hard reset whenever I tried to add a bookmark and sometimes when adding an editing note. Even hitting the home button takes it a minute or three (timed).
My husband kept threatening to send it in, but I cringed to think of having to redownload everything to a refurbished Kindle (something about sticking with the devil you know...).
So, tonight, when it took over 10 minutes for my Kindle to realize it'd been connected via USB to my computer, I finally bit the bullet and am removing the 2010 books from the device. We'll see how much faster that makes it go. *cheesy grin*