While I haven’t yet had a chance to try the stand-alone device, Josh Marshall’s take on Kindle pretty much sums up my experience of using the Kindle iPhone application. After about ten minutes of reading the first ebook I bought, I had the same feeling I had when I first experienced the simplicity of the iPod.
Pictured: Excerpt from Kindle version of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”
I’ve been reading an unending stream of tweets, emails and blog posts on screen for years. Making the leap to actual literature (no offense to your Twitter skills, dear reader) actually provides a welcome disconnect from the limitless distractions the iPhone offers.
I love paper and there will always be a place for it, but with three (e)books finished in rapid succession on iPhone I consider the experience of digesting strings of letters arranged into words, sentences, paragraphs and chapters to be more-or-less conquered.
