Um, so I got a Kindle Touch as a department holiday gift, and now I don't know what to do with my life. I never actually wanted an e-reader because I like real books! And I don't want to pay for the same book twice.

So what else can I do with a Kindle Touch besides buying books that I would rather buy physically? I suppose there are some books that I don't want to actually own and take up space but I want to read and maybe I will find convenience here, and maybe there are things that are only available as e-books or something. I'm sure a lot of you with Kindles also love physical books, so how has getting one change your book-buying habits? (I mean, I still buy CDs, okay.)

Kindle Touch? I don't know how good its tablet functionality is.

I like physical books, but the snappy convenience of buying and having a book anytime anywhere is totally addictive to me, Nookwise. Also, the idea of having certain books on me at all times is great--I have Hitchhiker's on paper, obviously. But now, I can sit down and read it again anytime anywhere.

Mostly now I look for ebook first for anything that's not layout dependent. Especially anything I'd get in paperback.

There are also free ebooks in public domain, and library books.

Oh yeah, I think I'm going to eat up the free ebooks.

And then never get around to reading them.

Also, the idea of having certain books on me at all times is great--I have Hitchhiker's on paper, obviously. But now, I can sit down and read it again anytime anywhere.

Yeah, that is kind of cool! Like I have Machine of Death on my phone! With the Kindle app. But now I can have it bigger. ALSO, maybe then I will read that free Skulduggery Pleasant book sometime. Although those books have pretty badass covers and I would want to buy them.

And I totally need to figure out how the library ebooks work! Because that would be fucking great, not to have to get to the library before it closes or whatever.

Amazon has that lending library for Prime-account-having Kindle owners. You can take advantage of that.

So what else can I do with a Kindle Touch besides buying books that I would rather buy physically?

Library books and travel.

Amazon has that lending library for Prime-account-having Kindle owners. You can take advantage of that.

Oh yeah! I totally have Prime. That's only one book a month, but that's not bad, though, especially if it can let me read some really recent books that I wouldn't be able to get at the library.

Do I need to get a screen protector and a case and all that? What do people recommend?

Library lending is easy. You go to your library's website, find where it is (edit: navigate to the digital library or whatever they call it), enter your library card number, search the catalog, and find books you like, and check them out. Unfortunately, Kindle library books are new, so there aren't as many of them as there are epub, but it's growing pretty fast (caveat, here, may be different where you are).

Edited to make a little more sense.

Do I need to get a screen protector and a case and all that?

How are you going to be carrying it?

I'll probably have it in my backpack. Or maybe in a cargo pants pocket. Or tossed in a bag.