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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Kindle Isolation to Goodreads Socialization


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Imagine a day when instead of having to hop in the car and drive all the way to the bookstore to get a book, you can sit at home and find any book you might ever want on your very own electronic device. Imagine a day when instead of taking up space on your phone for the many wonderful books you’ve downloaded, you can download those books to their own device -- made especially for books and without the added distraction of Facebook or Gmail. Your imagination has become a reality because, ladies and gentlemen, Amazon Kindle lives!

The Amazon Kindle enables people to shop, browse, download, and read e-books and other digital media. Besides access to books, users can make notes on their device, highlight particularly striking passages, and organize their books into collections (No more searching forever on your walnut bookshelf to find that one book; that book is now just a couple finger taps away on your Kindle).

Now, some say hold on. While the Kindle shines as such an incredible device for avid readers, it can also be an isolating device. Nothing about the Kindle requires human-to-human contact. To buy a Kindle, all it takes is creating an Amazon account, pecking in credit card information, and finding the Kindle edition that’s right for you. To buy or download free books on the Kindle, first make sure that your Wifi connection works. Next, click the shopping cart icon and browse the millions of books in the Kindle bookstore. Click on a title that appeals to your taste, and it quickly downloads to your handheld device. Now, to read those books, all it takes is curling up on your bed, couch, or soft patch of grass and reading to your heart’s content. No human contact. No socialization.