{"id":238,"date":"2010-03-07T18:12:18","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T23:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=238"},"modified":"2020-06-22T04:01:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T08:01:27","slug":"kindle-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/238","title":{"rendered":"Wendy’s Kindle News"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve owned my Kindle for a year now and I recently spent some time crunching numbers, massaging data and the results are impressive. I can say, with confidence that I have saved enough on my eBook purchases vs. paperback book purchases that I have recouped the money I spent on my initial purchase of my Kindle and accessories plus enough that I could have bought a 2nd Kindle.<\/p>\n

Here is how I broke it down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
avg $ of paperbacks I was buying<\/td>\n\u00a0$7.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
what I would have paid for 148 books<\/td>\n\u00a0$1,036.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
what I paid for 148 kindle books<\/td>\n\u00a0$281.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
savings<\/td>\n\u00a0$754.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cost of my kindle<\/td>\n\u00a0$370.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
overall savings<\/td>\n\u00a0$384.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0The willingness of some publishers \/ authors and Amazon to offer free books has greatly expanded my reading repertoire. I\u2019ve discovered many new authors whose story telling is top notch. Of course there have been those that haven\u2019t quite met my expectations, but the same can be said for some of my long time \u201cbrand name\u201d authors. Quite a few times after reading the free offers, I have gone back and then purchased others by the same author. These are authors I wouldn\u2019t have looked twice at, if not for the freebie.<\/p>\n

My new passion is finding “Indie” authors or self-published authors. These are mostly writers who have been turned down by the big name publishers, or the red tape and process of a publishing company was unappealing. Again I have read some real page turners and at other times, not so great books. No different than the “brand name” authors. These “Indie” authors also can offer their books at a lower cost than those in the “brand name” club.<\/p>\n

Bring on the books!<\/p>\n

To read how I determined the Kindle 2 was the e-reader for me click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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