eBook Reader Source

If you have ever traveled before then you will probably agree that having a book to pass the time can really make the experience more pleasurable. Books are a great diversion that let you forget about that eight year old kid kicking the back of your airplane seat or the traffic jam you have been stuck in for three hours.

There are a few limitations however with books. What happens when you finish the book or magazine that you brought with you? Or what if the book, 501 Crazy Things To Do With Broccoli, that you just bought wasn’t actually as interesting as you originally thought? Well, you could stop by the airport newsstand or country gas station and buy one of thirty or so books that they have on display. Chances are though that you aren’t going to find something that your are happy to purchase. This is where eBook Readers come to the rescue. They allow you to carry a small library with you wherever you go. Say you are like me though and are either too forgetful or too busy to preload your eBook Reader with books before you leave on your trip. Well that is what makes Amazon’s Kindle eBook Reader so useful. Unlike other eBook Readers on the market the Kindle offers the most seamless and easy-to-use eBook environment for a traveler.

With Kindle you are only a few seconds away from over 130,000 electronic books, magazines, newspapers, and articles. Since the Kindle is always connected and logged in to your Amazon account, finding and buying an eBook couldn’t be easier. You can browse for a book directly from the Kindle itself, no computer needed. The Kindle Store makes it very simple to find something you are interested in and includes the same reviews and shopping recommendations that you would normally find at the Amazon.com website. You can even download sample chapters to see if you will actually like a book before buying it! When you find a book that you want to purchase all that you have to do is click the buy button and you are done. No entering credit card information or filling out personal details or anything, just click a button.
Another great thing to mention about the Kindle, and eBook Readers in general, is that eBooks are cheaper than physical books. That means that buying eBooks for your Kindle from the Kindle store will save you even more money than buying from Amazon normally would.

Besides being able to connect to the Amazon Kindle store, the Kindle eBook Reader lets you browse the internet as well. While it is not able to display complicated images or multimedia applications, it does allow you to check your reservations or find a few more reviews of a book you are interested in. This feature also lets you access a wealth of free eBooks as well through websites that offer such things. Since finding free eBooks for the Kindle is a whole article in itself I will just suggest Feedbooks as a wonderful way to expand your book collection for free. Best of all you can do it all directly from the Kindle eBook Reader while you are traveling!

If you access Feedbooks Kindle Plugin through your Kindle browser it will download the file so you can browse their collection. From there it is up to you to find what you want to read. For more information go to the Feedbooks Kindle download guide. Alternatively you can access the Feedbooks mobile website.

It goes without saying that the Kindle beats the tiny selection of overpriced books and magazines normally found at your typical gas station or airport newstand. I think Thomas Chaffee, CEO of ePublishing summed up the benefits of the Kindle best with this remark,

“I was stuck on the tarmac waiting in the plane last week … so I fired up the Kindle, and within 5 minutes had purchased a book and a magazine for half the price of the in-airport bookseller, with a selection of 120,000+ books. I happily enjoyed the extended battery life and my new “book” over the entire cross-country flight.”

If you find yourself often facing long commutes or are planning on traveling in the near future then you should consider bringing along the Amazon Kindle eBook Reader. It makes a great travel companion and is great when you are not on the move as well. Give the Kindle a spin. I think it is a great device for everyone, especially travelers.