In 2008 my son Timothy gave me a wonderful Father's Day gift--an Amazon Kindle ebook reader.
It didn't take me long to fall in love with this amazing little gadget, which I find is often as pleasant to read from as a conventional book. (There are exceptions. The Kindle doesn't do well with pictures or graphs, and I can't imagine trying to deal with a mathematical monograph in this format.)
My favorite features of the Kindle include:
- the ability to adjust the font size, effectively making every book a large print book.
- the ability to easily look up endnotes with a simple click.
- the fact that free samples are available. Most samples include about a chapter. One very generous one--for the recent book Newton and the Counterfeiter--gives the first 60 pages or so.
- the fact that a number of classic literary works can be downloaded free of charge, and many others are just a few dollars.
- the fact that one can order a book or free sample and start reading it right away.
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