Literary Shoptalk
So, I've been reading rather sporadically lately (remember that plan to graduate from college and spend a month reading all the books I never got the chance to read? Remember how that DIDN'T happen?) Anyway, NaNo obviously sapped my free time, but now that I've got loads to spare, I find I have a reading list to match!
Anyway, I've been pondering buying a reader. The Amazon Kindle looks sort of spiffy--especially with the addition of being connected to Amazon. However, whenever I go into Border's, I see the Sony Reader. Of course, the Sony reader is cheaper, but the Kindle seems to have more to offer, at least in America, where you can connect to the Amazon wireless network. However, it seems rather advantageous if I go to Korea (still in the interview process, but I have high hopes) for one thing, I can't take loads of books, and although I know there're a couple of English bookstores in Seoul, I don't know:
a) how close they'll be to my residence and
b) how much more I'll have to pay because they'll be imported (probably a lot more?)
Also, I can apparently hook my Kindle up to my computer and download books from Amazon that way, so it doesn't matter too much if my Kindle can't connect wirelessly (unless I get stuck on a metro for four hours and suffer a literary emergency, but that's only happened once... uh, twice... uhm, okay, maybe I should download a couple of books at a time...)
What would really be hot was if Kindle could connect to any old wifi. Hm.
Yeah, I think I've kind of sold myself on the Kindle. IF I buy a reader. Should I buy a reader? :/
Anyway, I've been pondering buying a reader. The Amazon Kindle looks sort of spiffy--especially with the addition of being connected to Amazon. However, whenever I go into Border's, I see the Sony Reader. Of course, the Sony reader is cheaper, but the Kindle seems to have more to offer, at least in America, where you can connect to the Amazon wireless network. However, it seems rather advantageous if I go to Korea (still in the interview process, but I have high hopes) for one thing, I can't take loads of books, and although I know there're a couple of English bookstores in Seoul, I don't know:
a) how close they'll be to my residence and
b) how much more I'll have to pay because they'll be imported (probably a lot more?)
Also, I can apparently hook my Kindle up to my computer and download books from Amazon that way, so it doesn't matter too much if my Kindle can't connect wirelessly (unless I get stuck on a metro for four hours and suffer a literary emergency, but that's only happened once... uh, twice... uhm, okay, maybe I should download a couple of books at a time...)
What would really be hot was if Kindle could connect to any old wifi. Hm.
Yeah, I think I've kind of sold myself on the Kindle. IF I buy a reader. Should I buy a reader? :/