I'm getting a Kindle. It hasn't arrived yet but it's coming soon. It's being shipped now and I'm quite excited. Not just because it's a new gadget. But it's also a representation of me becoming even more involved with technology and the ever increasing need to keep up with it.
I had thought that getting a Kindle would not be not a great change... just reading books on an electronic device, instead of printed format. But I didn't realise that the world has changed... people are reading on various portable devices and sharing content and using interesting software that I had no idea about until now. I'm feeling very green.
So far I've learned a lot about e-readers. I've learned that the reason that Australia is offered a more limited number of publications than the U.S. has a lot to do with Digital Rights Management or DRM. I've also learned that I don't have to only buy ebooks from Amazon but can get them from other sources - I just have to upload them onto my Kindle which I can do with software like Scribd or calibre.
If you're looking to find out more about ebook readers and ebooks in Australia, then check out Kathryn Greenhill's blog Librarians Matter.
I should have my new Kindle by Monday!
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