Book readers/lovers, have you heard of Kindle?

I commute to my office in bus which is only 7km away from my home. Including waiting time, journey takes around one hour. I don't have problem with that as my office have flexible timings and I have Kindle eBook reader. Whenever I open Kindle, there will be always minimum few pairs of eyes stare at this black device with surprise. Few people ask me "What is this". I always explain about device, based on observer interest level, I give demo on how to use the device also. Few people think, it is tablet. One particular guy asked me whether I am reading "Fifty Shades of Grey" in Kindle. Recently there was one article about reading these genre books in Kindle in one of the leading news paper in India. So here I am writing this article to explain why I purchased Kindle and why you should purchase Kindle?

 In June 2015, with colleague I went to Bhutan, the land of thunder dragon. It was ten days trip so as a avid book reader I planned to carry up to 5 books along with other luggage. But it’s against backpacking rule of traveller; as per rule you need to pack as light as possible. I wanted to read those books from long time so I was not able to drop any books. Then I started to explore other options. eBook readers are not new. Along with amazon’s kindle, other eBook readers like kobo ereader and Sony eBook reader available in market. Initially I was apprehensive about eBook readers as old-school guy I thought paper book reading experience is irreplaceable. I tasted my first eBook reading experience when I got three free eBooks for purchasing Moto G from flipkart.com. I have read Yuvraj Singh book “The Test of My Life” in my mobile. As I like Yuvi, I loved the book. Surprisingly I didn’t find any problem while reading eBooks.  Next I read Steve Job’s authorized biography in my mobile. I read that book almost everywhere even in lunch breaks. As nowadays mobile screen is as big as 5.5 inch, you can easily read books on mobile because even Kindle is only 6 inch device. Only problem with mobile is backlight display so eyes get strained very soon. Kindle has ink display so you can read for long intervals.

So I decided to buy “Kindle, 6" Glare-Free Touchscreen Display, Wi-Fi”. So below I list out advantages of kindle and why you should buy one?

• Kindle books are cheaper than paper books.
• Kindle can store up to 1000 books so you can read whichever book you want.
• Even though Kindle is not intuitive like apple devices, operating is fairly simple. You can easily maintain notes and highlight important points. Most importantly you can access your notes and highlights easily. 
• Kindle is not only for books, you can read articles, blog post what not. By using send to kindle plugin, you can send interesting articles, blogs or Quora answer to your kindle. When you sync your kindle by connecting to Wi-Fi, new content will be loaded to your kindle. 
• You can read PDF also in kindle. It’s best to convert PDF into kindle format or mobi format for better reading experience. 
• With kindle unlimited subscription, you can read many books for Rs. 199/month. There are lots of good Indian authors books available in Kindle Unlimited like Amish Tripathi (Shiva Trilogy), Chetan Bhagat, Ravinder Singh etc. At a time you can load up to ten books to your kindle.
• Kindle battery life is really good. Daily I commute to office through bus. I read in my kindle on both ways for around 2hr/day. I charge my kindle maximum two times per month. 
• Kindle is having ink display so eyes will not get strained for long intervals
• You can read almost any books for free by downloading pirated copy but I strongly suggest don't read pirated books. Authors put lot of efforts to write a book. Reading pirated book is like stealing. 
• As the size of house shrinking, it's always difficult to store and maintain paper books.

Cons:

• Kindle is stand alone device, you can't install any apps.
• As of now, amazon is not supporting Indian language fonts. I tried some hacks but nothing worked out. I contacted amazon but no changes as of now.
• Only few Indian language eBooks are available for purchase.
• Some times shadow of previous page appears in present page.
• Browser is experimental as mentioned in specs. It has long way to go.
• Kindle is available in only white and black colour.
• No colour display.
• Kindle don't support interactive graphs like tableau or gif files.

if you are avid book reader, go ahead and buy kindle for Rs.4999. Feel free to comment if you have doubts.

Kindle, 6" Glare-Free Touchscreen Display, Wi-Fi