| Amazon's popular wireless reading device, the | | | | memory to hold about 1,500 ebooks and personal |
| Kindle reader, is the most widely available ebook | | | | documents. |
| reader on the market, being accessible to people | | | | In addition to ebooks, Kindle International owners |
| in 175 countries worldwide. | | | | have access to several dozen international |
| If you are new to e-readers, the Kindle reader is | | | | newspaper and magazine subscriptions that are |
| similar in size to a regular DVD case, but thinner, | | | | far cheaper than their paper cousins. Here are |
| and weighs 289 grams. It has a built-in wireless | | | | some newspapers Kindle users can expect to |
| modem that allows for downloading ebooks, | | | | receive wirelessly each morning: The Times, Daily |
| newspapers, and magazines directly to the device | | | | Mail, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, Le |
| itself. The wireless service is free and doesn't | | | | Monde, Les Echos, Frankfurter Allgemeine, |
| require any monthly payments or roaming | | | | Handelsblatt, The Irish Times, El País, |
| charges. Because of this, you don't have to use a | | | | Diariocritico, AS, Corriere Della Sera, and La |
| computer to download your books, although you | | | | Stampa. |
| have that option if you prefer it. | | | | Aside from Amazon, there are a number of |
| The Kindle reader uses a technology called | | | | websites that have free, non-DRM protected |
| electronic paper that mimics the look of a printed | | | | ebooks that will work on a Kindle just fine. Some |
| book, giving it a high contrast ratio with rich, dark | | | | examples are Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks, and |
| text. It is very easy on the eyes unlike bright | | | | Baen's free library. Another website, MobiPocket, |
| LCD computers and phones, and is readable in | | | | has nearly 10,000 free English ebooks along with |
| direct sunlight. Another benefit of this technology | | | | approximately 100 free German language ebooks, |
| is that it's extremely energy-efficient; a battery | | | | 700 French, 275 Finnish, 170 Dutch, and several |
| will hold a charge for roughly 7,500 page-turns, or | | | | other languages too. |
| 2 weeks of regular reading. | | | | Additionally, the Kindle reader will play music and is |
| The majority of countries have access to over | | | | compatible with audiobooks from Audible. |
| 400,000 ebooks from the online Kindle store. Most | | | | The new International Kindle e-readers have a |
| new release and bestseller ebooks cost $9.99 in | | | | global AT&T modem that can pick up a free |
| the US and $11.99 everywhere else, with the | | | | wireless signal in over 100 counties. This includes |
| exception of the countries in the EU, where an | | | | access to Wikipedia, and a few countries have |
| additional 15% VAT is applied to ebook purchases. | | | | free internet with the Kindle's experimental web |
| A nice perk with Amazon, they allow you to | | | | browser, but because of current cellular bandwidth |
| download a sample of any book for free so you | | | | issues and increased wireless costs abroad it's not |
| can read the beginning to see if you like it or not. | | | | available everywhere. |
| And the Kindle reader comes with 2 GB of | | | | |