Buy a Kindle

Check the price of the Latest Generation Kindle on Amazon

You can now buy the Latest Generation Kindle on Amazon for under $200. There are actually two different versions available. One has 3G access which means you can download books anywhere in under 60 seconds. The cheaper version allows you to download content when you can connect at a Wi-Fi hotspot. This means as long as you can access a Wi-Fi network e.g. at home or work, you can easily download books just as quickly as with the more expensive 3G model. In fact AT&T are offering free access at their Wi-Fi hotspots across the United States.

The only problem with deciding to buy a Kindle is the timing of your purchasing decision. The technology keeps improving and the price continues to fall so it is tempting to wait until a newer version comes out. And then if you wait a bit longer, an even newer model will be released.

I decided to take the plunge and join the Kindle Generation, a generation that transcends age barriers, with the release of the Latest Generation model. Sure, in years to come there will be better Kindles available for purchase. And perhaps I will even get another one. But deciding to buy one now means that I will be able to get enjoyment now rather than have to wait until sometime in the future.

The Kindle has actually been Amazon's top selling product for the last two years. Of course, they have been promoting it heavily and this surely accounts for some of their Kindle sales but it is surely much more than just promotion that is causing people to buy such a large number of these electronic readers. There are certainly some really cool features offered by the Amazon Kindle.

One of the things that persuaded me to buy a Kindle was the fact that there are so many out of copyright titles that we can download for free. The Amazon website states that there are 1.8 million titles in this range. In effect, once you purchase a Kindle you need never buy another book again. However even though this is feasible, there are probably not too many people out there who choose this option.

A brief look at the Amazon website and you can find a huge list of the free Kindle titles that are available. The good thing is that they are really famous books. Many of them classic titles that everyone should try to read. For example, Dracula by Bram Stoker, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Sir James Knowles plus literally hundreds of thousands of others are available for free once you get your hands on your own Kindle. To me this represents pretty good economics. With a Kindle I will always be able to read a book even if I do not want to pay money to do so.

There are three types of the Latest Generation Kindle available. The most expensive machine is the Kindle DX which has the largest screen with a diagonal length of 9.7 inches. The other two versions are smaller at 6 inches in length diagonally. The difference between the two smaller Kindles is that one has 3G access + Wi-Fi while the other only has Wi-Fi access.

There is quite a difference in price between the new Kindle DX and the smaller screened versions. I chose to buy the smaller size with the 3G option. But I am thinking that the Kindle DX may be the one to go for. But until I actually try out the Kindle reader for myself I am reluctant to part with almost $400. Admittedly reading about the Kindle electronic readers on the Amazon website they sound amazing but I am keen to check out this technology for myself.

Amazon promote the fact that there are no monthly fees which seems really attractive. However they do not say so much about the cost of the Kindle titles. Admittedly they seem to cost round about $10 which is not particularly expensive. But since the books are being delivered in electronic format, the publishing costs are vastly reduced but they have not reduced the prices of the "books" as much as they could, in my opinion. That said, it is a pretty good business model to sell electronic readers at a reasonable price and then charge a low cost for electronic books but still make a really good percentage profit on the titles sold. In one way, it is a win-win situation for both Amazon and us, as customers.

Not only is there a massive selection of out of copyright books, there are plenty of best sellers and new books as well. These are the titles that cost about $10. In fact there are over half a million books that cost only $9.99. The great thing about the Kindle is that we are able to read the first chapter of books for free before we decide to buy them or not. In most cases we probably will proceed to purchase but it is nice to have the option to decide not to get a book.

I like the fact that our Kindle book collections do not take up space on our shelves. And not only are the "books" stored on our Kindle, Amazon also keep a back up copy of our electronic library.

For me, the time was right to buy a Kindle.