Soon to be Kindling

I am anxiously awaiting the delivery of my very own Kindle 2. This is something I have wanted to own since I first saw the promotions on Amazon.com prior to the release of the original Kindle. In fact, I loved the concept of the Kindle so much, I purchased one for my mom for Christmas that year, but couldn’t convince myself to stretch our overwrought budget to make the purchase two instead of just the one. The advantage I had was to be able to actually hold a unit in my hands, and go through all of the functions because I knew I’d have to teach my over 70 year old mom how to use it. I also had the opportunity to be the first person to purchase Misfit McCabe for Kindle and was able to see in person how the conversion actually worked. Based on what I saw, I did log back in to the DTP platform and make a few tweaks so subsequent versions of the book will have better formatting. At the time I put Misfit McCabe on the digital platform, I was an absolute novice with e-book formatting.

One of the first things I’m going to do, after holding it and gloating for awhile, is download my Smashwords Kindlized version and see how it looks on the K2. I’ve already queued several books up to download as soon as I have enough battery power to complete the task. The good thing is that now I will have two Kindles under my Amazon account, since my mom doesn’t have an account herself and has no desire to have one. This means since my mom and I have similar tastes in books, the purchase of one book can be sent to either device or both, which is nice.

Also, once it arrives, I will be able to convert PDF’s I have received for review and read them on the Kindle. I’m actually quite excited about that possibility. I am a reviewer who does actually prefer to read the books I am reviewing in electronic format, so to be able to transfer the books to an e-book reader will be wonderful (I’m very hopeful). To read some of the other reason why I’m excited about the Kindle, hop on over to my blog. I have already received a comment on my post from someone who has a site dedicated to information and discussions surrounding the various Kindle versions. So for all sort of information about Kindles, visit IReaderReview.com. The blog author is anxiously awaiting the delivery of a Kindle DX, but already has a K2. I’m a little jealous of the multi-Kindle owners out there. It would be fantastic to have one to keep at home (Kindle DX all the way) and one to travel with (K2 without a doubt). But, I mustn’t be greedy.