I rarely need the keyboard, but the physical page-turning button is handy.

I said this too, then I tried it. You only need to tap the edge of the screen with the same pressure you'd use to push the button to turn the page. It's just as easy to read one-handed as the keyboard. That was a big deal for me.

My Nook is only a week old, but I'm pleased with the readability. I reviewed some of the early e-readers forever ago, and the slowness of page turning made them impossible for me. I have assorted classics loaded on it, but the first thing I read was old H. Beam Piper.

I am irritated at the prices of the books for sale. Admittedly, most of the physical books I buy are used, but so many e-books that have had a number of paperback editions are priced at trade paperback levels or more.

Ginger, I was just talking about that with someone, that it irritates me that ebooks are so expensive, especially compared to actual books. I'm not the person who buys the $30 hardcover the day that it comes out, so the difference between the $15 paperback and the $10 ebook is irritating.

publishers claim that they are recovering the costs for marketing and the putting together of an ebook by charging these prices. Sure they aren't actually printing it, but there are costs to be recovered.

It doesn't seem like it should cost so much though.

I call bullshit on that. If that was true, then the prices would go down when they recovered their cost. And "putting together" an ebook just requires hitting the "covert to PDF" button. Hmpf.

Publishers need to start offering special features. Even with older books or dead authors, you get interviews and essays to include. It's not going to be expensive to add some new content to justify the price.

I will say that for books with expected small sales volume (total including e-books) there are a lot of fixed costs to recover - editing, layout, O&M etc. The marginal costs may zero, but unless total volume is high there are still fixed costs to be recovered. And Amy and I are one of those fixed costs. Don't e-books for non-best sellers replace paperback sales rather than supplment them? It is different if we are talking about a reprint or a book that recovered its fixed costs before going into ebook run. But with short print run recent books a $10 or $15 price may be as low as a publisher can afford for an e-book. And I do understand why a reader might expect a lower price. It is a real dilemma for the publishing industry.

A $5.00 price for Harry Potter would probably be profitable. Not for "Solving the Climate Crisis".

And Amy's suggestion of special features is a great one.

Typo, I agree with your analysis. I'm just annoyed when people lie to me.

Oh dear, this Kindle has ads or some shit! It's SPONSORED or something. But I can pay $40 to get rid of it. NICE GIFT.

I just e-mailed Machine of Death into my Kindle! Neat! But I don't know how to make it download to my Kindle app and Kindle for PC. Aren't they all supposed to sync?

So far the Touch works pretty nicely, touch-style. You can tap to turn pages or swipe. The constant e-ink refresh is kind of annoying, though. It makes me feel like it's broken. It looks like I can turn it off, but...is that bad?

How is battery life on these things?

Also, my Kindle is named Sokka. Because it would like to spend its vacation...AT THE LIBRARY!

But I don't know how to make it download to my Kindle app and Kindle for PC. Aren't they all supposed to sync?

I haven't much tried to get things from my phone to my kindle, but I have done vice-versa--go to "archived" and you find everything you've purchased, and can download any of it.

I assume the Touch is like the older Kindle--if you leave the wifi off mostly, the battery life is amazing. Weeks.