[Liz - Aruba Lover]

I got the Kindle last October when it was shown on Oprah. I originally bought it as a Christmas gift for my brother. My sister-in-law said he rather "hold a book" so I kept it for myself. I really haven't used it as I've been busy. Last night was the first time I used it since May. I did recharge it about a month ago but it didn't work. Then I didn't have time then to call Kindle. Last night I did call and all I had to do was take off the back cover and reset it with a pen (or paper clip). This has happened before but I called to make sure of how many seconds to hold the paperclip/pen in the reset button. I was told if you hold it in for the wrong amount of time you can ruin the Kindle.

I do like the "feel" of reading a book much more than reading on Kindle. It takes time to get use to. The cover that comes with the Kindle is terrible; it never stays on. If the cover stayed on, it would feel more like a book. I think you can buy another cover but I haven't wanted to spend the money. Hopefully they upgraded the covers on the new Kindle.

The Kindle does not have pages numbers which can be annonying. There is a series of #'s on the bottom of a "page"which I haven't figured out. I should take the time to read the Kindle forums. The reason there are no page #'s is that you can adjust the size font. Since I read in a large font, I would have more "pages" than someone that has better eyesight and reads in a smaller font.

When you turn on the Kindle it should go to the "page" you were on last. Since I haven't used it in so long, I forgot where I was in the book. I even forgot what book I was reading. When I said this to Kindle support last night, he said even though it hadn't been working, that it should go back to my last page if I had the wireless turned on when I last turned it off in May. I must have as it did go to the page I was last reading. Thank goodness.

Kindle support has been great. When I came home from Aruba last January, my Kindle didn't work. Maybe? I got sand in it. I called support and they told me to reset it. Still didn't work. They sent me another one with a shipping label to send mine back. The 2nd one I had trouble with (no sand) and they send me a 3rd one. The 3rd one I was sitting poolside at Divi Golf Resort in April and sat my butt down on it. Amazing but it didn't crack but it didn't work. Its funny now but it wasn't then. Came home from Aruba' called Kindle (not telling them I sat on it) and they sent me another one. In one year I'm on my 4th Kindle.

You can also listen to audio books on the Kindle which I haven't done. I know Andrea loves her audio books but I rather read.

I had no problem reading in sunlight. Now they have the Interntional Kindle so you can download books/magaines/newspapers in Aruba.

Would I recommend the Kindle. Yes. But I don't have time to be a avid reader. I know people that read a book in 1 or 2 days. That gets expensive buying books for Kindle or Sony readers. If you didn't know, you can "share" books with up to 7 people if they are on your Amazon account.