Contest time! I'm sitting over here, reading, so here's Ruthie Knox to tell you about the contest we're hosting this week!
The Contest!
Pimp My Read is your chance to win one of four fantastic e-readers, as well as best-selling, super-sexy, fun contemporary romances by authors Ruthie Knox, Sarah Mayberry, Shannon Stacey, and Molly O’Keefe. This week, we four authors bedeck ourselves in (virtual) feathers and gold chains, climb on top of our Pimp Caddies, and sing the praises of e-readers and digital books at four fantastic romance review sites: Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, Smexybooks, Dear Author, and The Season for Romance. At every site, one of us is giving away an e-reader, as well as prizes for runners-up. If you’ve been on the fence about which e-reader to get, or even why you would get one—or if you love your e-reader to bits and are dying to convert a friend or family member to the digital side—this is the contest you’ve been waiting for!
The Prizes!
Sarah Mayberry is giving away a Kindle Touch 3G at Smexybooks,
Shannon Stacey is giving away a Nook SimpleTouch with Glowlight at Dear Author,
Ruthie Knox is giving away a Kindle Keyboard 3G at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books,
and Molly O’Keefe is giving away a Kobo Touch at The Season for Romance.
The winner of each e-reader and two runners-up at each site will also receive Exclusively Yours, Undeniably Yours, and Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey, Her Best Worst Mistake and Within Reach by Sarah Mayberry, About Last Night and Ride With Me by Ruthie Knox, and Can’t Buy Me Love by Molly O’Keefe.
Make It So: Ruthie’s Conversion Story
Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and one of the things I’ve noticed is that everybody on the Enterprise has a Kindle Fire. Or possibly an iPad. Same size, same shape, same ability to pull up amazing amounts of information with the tap of a finger. Whenever Captain Picard needed to find out the specs on a mission or read about some obscure eighteenth-century French composer and Data wasn’t around, he always had his Unnamed Awesome Device (UAD) at hand to poke and frown at.
The Next Generation debuted in 1987, so that means that I wanted a UAD of my own for … *squinches forehead, crunches numbers* … twenty-one years before I got one. But once I got one, I gave up print books altogether.
Precipitous? Perhaps. But I had my reasons. First, I hate having things. I prefer to have the bare minimum number of things. Like, in the ideal world, I would be a bachelor with cinderblock bookshelves and two cans of soup in the pantry. But I read so much. And as you probably all know, when you read a lot, there’s this constant stream of books into the house. Sure, some of them are library books, but even library junkies end up with dozens of new books every year that have to be coped with. I don’t want to shelve them or keep them or pass them along to friends or send them to the paperback exchange. I want them to disappear!
Now that I have an e-reader, they do. I read the last line, I smile, I delete. Off to the archive the book goes, and I never have to think about it again unless I want to. I love living in the future!
The other extenuating factor is that books are heavy, cumbersome things. I think I strained my wrists holding the Twilight books above my head as I read them on the couch. Worse, sometimes I want to read and do other stuff at the same time, and that’s even harder. I figured out how to walk and read as a kid, no problem. Later, when I became an obsessive knitter, I learned to knit and read. I read the last Harry Potter book spread open on my lap, pages held by a book weight so I’d have my hands free to knit. But sometimes the book slid off and hit the floor, which was a bummer.
Then I had a baby, and the whole system went to hell. You know, it’s really hard to read and breast-feed at the same time. Sure, yes, yes, at first I thought I’d just want to stare at my baby and appreciate the miracle of life while I breast-fed him and bonded at some deep, cosmic level, but in fact that phase only lasted about two days. Babies eat slow, y’all. I needed a book. And it’s very hard to hold a book with one hand while you hold a baby with the other. You have to do that thing where you spread the book open with your thumb and your pinky, and my pinkies soon wearied of their new job.
Then one day in the hazy winter of 2008, my husband—who’s a bit of a computer nerd—walked into the living room and said, “Come in my office. You have to see this.”
“This” was the movie-ad-thing for the Kindle 2. Small! White! Attractive! Lightweight! Four bazillion dollars! “Order it,” I said. “Order it right now.” And God bless him, he did.
Some things about living in the future are not as exciting as I had hoped they would be. Transportation, for instance, seems much less cool than it did seventy-five years ago. (Have you ever seen the trains of the 1950s? They were awesome!) Cooking is still a lot of work. Strange men still show up at my door trying to sell me magazines, and I don’t know how to make them stop. But I can now buy a book in my living room, read it immediately, and discard it—all without actually having to move my butt off my couch or strain my delicate girl-wrists. Guys, this is EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED.
Or almost everything. I think the e-reader designers of the future should make readers that beep when you lose them, because I’m always leaving mine somewhere random, like on top of the refrigerator or beside the bathroom sink, and then not being able to find it later. I bet Picard’s UAD had a beeper.
But enough about me—let’s talk about you! Were you an early convert to the e-reader or a reluctant late adopter? Or are you still holding out, waiting for somebody to talk you into this madness? Do you love your e-reader with a devotion bordering on the manic and wish you could talk your mom/grandma/best friend/husband into getting one? I’m giving away a Kindle Keyboard 3G (my device of choice) to the commenter who convinces me she (or he) has the best reason for wanting it for themselves or someone else, so let’s hear your stories. Two runners-up will get books, books, books!
The Fine Print (From Ruthie)
1. Feel free to increase your chances of winning by entering once at each of the four sites! But please, only one entry per site. Deliberate multiple comments on any individual e-reader giveaway post will get you disqualified.
2. The contest opens on each site when the post goes live and closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, July 20.
3. Ruthie, Sarah (Mayberry), Shannon, and Molly will choose the winners from among the comments on the site where each posts. Feel free to entertain us or tug at our heartstrings — we’ll pick the winners whose comments most effectively sway us!
4. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
5. This contest is open internationally. The e-readers on offer will work in many, but not all, countries. Please be aware that geographical restrictions may affect your ability to use/enjoy your prize.
The Disclaimers (from SB Sarah)
1. I'm not being compensated for this giveaway. I mean, I got to look at Jean Luc Picard, which is never a bad thing, but otherwise, no compensation.
2. Void where prohibited.
3. Must be over 18, as stated above, plus wearing a riding habit, preferably with a jaunty feather.
4. Call before you dig. Call after you downward dog. Adding a comma makes that sentence even more fun!
How To Enter
To enter, leave a comment explaining either (a) why you want to win this e-reader for yourself or (b) why you want to win it for someone else. (Please include your e-mail address in the appropriate comment field so we have a way of contacting you if you win. Your e-mail address will not be visible to the general commenting public.)
So, let's hear it – you want it for yourself, or as a gift? Bring on the entries!
Every year, my dad and I go on a trip. Sometimes two. He’s 82 now, so we’ve crossed quite a few places off the bucket list. In years past, I would bring an extra bag to carry our reading material. My dad would usually run out of things to read about halfway through each trip, so I had to be sure to bring some extra mysteries and historical-type stuff for him. When he’d finish those, he’d ask what else I had. Well, it turns out that he is not interested in reading romances. Go figure.
A couple-few years ago, we noticed that everyone on the train seemed to have an e-reader. Then my sister got one. Brainstorm: I’ll get one for Dad for Father’s Day! But first, I had to bring it home and learn how to use it, so that I could teach Dad. I fell in love. With the Kindle, I mean. I learned how to buy books and load them onto it. I even found out how to get library books. And magazines. Wheee!
Then it was time to give the Kindle to Dad. We went on our trip (to countries comprising the former Yugoslavia, this year). Dad took to the Kindle immediately. Old dogs and new tricks? Bah!
We’re back home now. I’ve only had to drive to Dad’s home (300 miles away) to help him with the Kindle once so far. I miss the little device. Oh, the convenience of getting a book in the middle of the night without having to worry if the bookstore or library might be open! So bittersweet, to taste the joys of the modern age and have them snatched away.
Well. My time will come. In the meantime, I am
Yrs,
The Dutiful Daughter
Should I win a Kindle I would give it to my daughter. She’s twelve and for the last three years she’s officially read over a MILLION words each school year by herself. Her school tracks their reading by having the students take tests from a site called ARbookfind for each book they read to prove they’ve read the books.
What’s even more amazing is that she doesn’t even take a test for each book she reads—I know because we discuss the books she’s reading in addition to the “official” AR book of the moment.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree—-her whole life we each routinely had/have books we are in the middle of reading in the living room, in the bathroom, beside our beds and in our purse/backpack all at the same time. Since I received a Kindle for Christmas two years ago though, I just carry it from place to place instead of leaving books in the usual spots. I’d love to be able to gift her with the same ease of access.
Should I win a Kindle I would give it to my daughter. She’s twelve and for the last three years she’s officially read over a MILLION words each school year by herself. Her school tracks their reading by having the students take tests from a site called ARbookfind for each book they read to prove they’ve read the books.
What’s even more amazing is that she doesn’t even take a test for each book she reads—I know because we discuss the books she’s reading in addition to the “official” AR book of the moment.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree—-her whole life we each routinely had/have books we are in the middle of reading in the living room, in the bathroom, beside our beds and in our purse/backpack all at the same time. Since I received a Kindle for Christmas two years ago though, I just carry it from place to place instead of leaving books in the usual spots. I’d love to be able to gift her with the same ease of access.
I will be an empty-nester come August with time…long, never ending stretches of time…please help me fill this heart breaking emptiness with a kindle…please…
Once upon a time, there was a girl who followed the love of her life to a far distant land where the people only speak an odd, guttural, and definitely not sexy language (unless you’re the type of girl who likes hearing odd, guttural, sweet nothings whispered in your ear, in which case this is the land for you). However, she moved for love and love him she did.
But alas, as time went on, the girl discovered that to read all of the historical romances that she normally would, in the language that she fluently understands, that it would cost a small fortune. About 12 euro for a mass market paperback to be exact. And so she wept with tears of sadness at not being able to easily and cheaply read all of the books she might otherwise in her homeland.
But then one day she saw a ray of hope. A glorious Kindle that could save her from her suffering. Where she could read the classics and modern romance for the same price as back home. And also begin to read more books in the odd, guttural language as well because the Kindle has dictionaries that could clarify the words she doesn’t understand.
The Kindle could bring joy and learning back into her life and help ease the pain of homesickness for Cowboys and Vampires and Millionaire Tycoons who wish to rip bodices and stare with smoldering eyes. And then life would be good again. For a life without easy access to books is a half life. And a life without sexy romances is just tragic.
Some of these entries are so creative! lol
I love to read, expecially romances. Despite the fact that I’m mocked for reading them in public most of the time (After my college groupmates saw my copy of Savor Me Slowly I had to put up with countless jokes about laser nipples. With my ereader I can be reading Oliver Twist for all anyone can see.
Also PRICE. Buying paperback is great, but doing so all the time leads to a tragic, tragic bankruptcy. Not to mention judgement from the Chapters staff who all know me far too well lol
I wish to have an e-reader once in my life because I love reading books. I have lots of ebooks in my computer but I want it to reading using a Kindle gadget especially while I am studying or reviewing, it will be very convenient to use.
And I want it also for my cousin which is also studying right now. She deserves a Kindle reader too! 🙂
I would love to win this for myself (purely selfish, I know). I don’t have an eReader, but have recently rediscovered my passion for reading, and getting lost/escaping in books. Having 3 kids not easy. Nothing beats the smell and feel of a good book, but I realised that our bookshelf would be come a haven for my kids to delve into and trash my books if I dared put them there, so I would really love to win and keep my books safely on a Kindle, plus the added bonus would be getting instant books, no waiting for them to arrive by postie 🙂
My junior year I studied aboard for the full academic year in southern Spain, forcing me to pack my entire life into a single suitcase; a feat made more difficult by my propensity to sacrifice key items of clothing in favor of books. Ultimately I was only able to bring one book with me abroad: Pride and Prejudice.
Living with a Spanish family, surrounded by strangers and speaking Spanish 24/7, sometimes one longs for the familiarity of a good book with well-loved characters.
I plan on returning to Spain after I graduate in the spring, and unfortunately reverting to my previous book-less state.
Unless, of course, I had an e-reader.
Small, light weight, able to contain hundreds of books simultaneously with the ability of acquiring more books in the blink of an eye, it effectively circumnavigates all the issues I face earlier regarding bring books abroad.
I think the designers of all the Star Trek shows and movies have impacted how things are designed like cell phones. Current cellphones look an awful lot like communiocators from the 60’s show.
I would give the reader to my mother. I loaned her mine when we were on a cruise becuase all the books could be made large print. She really loved it.
Since i have a habit of multiple book reading, i usually read at least 2 books at the same time. That’s why i’ve been dreaming of owning an e-reader. Unfortunately, in my country it cost quite a fortune and i can’t afford it yet. Now, my bed is full with my currently reading, i pilled my borrowed books on my table (the book shelf is over flown with books) and i’m having dilemma choosing which book to bring with me everytime i went out. Please help.. I need an e-reader
I have a Kindle an a Nook tablet and I love them. So if I won, it wouldn’t be for me, but for my best friend Chris. She has been my friend for 23 years. Last year I lost my 25 year old son to war induced PTSD and a month later I had a massive heart attack. Even though she was going through a very painful divorce, she was always there for me. She has held my hand, hugged me when I needed it and cried with me over the loss of my beautiful son. She has made me laugh over the funny stories she tells about him. But most importantly, she has never told me “to get over it” or avoided me because she didn’t know how to deal with my pain. She lifts me up when I don’t think I can go another day without him and she is my rock when I am brought to my knees with the pain. She loves to read and would love an ereader, but can’t afford one. I would love to give her one to thank her for being there for me, even though she was in pain too. Thank you so much for the chance to win an ereader for this wonderful, beautiful friend of mine.
I have a Nook color which I received as a gift a year ago. I like it for traveling and have discoverd authors who are available in digital format only. Having suffered through a power outage recently, I was happy i still buy print. It’s impossible to recharge one’s reader if there is no electricity.
If I win, I would give the reader to my sister. She has vision problems and the reader would allow her to change the print size.
I would keep this reader for myself. Every time I travel somewhere I debate about how many books I should bring and try to figure out what will provide the most reading time with the least amount of physical space in my luggage. I hate when I run out of stuff to read and an ereader would solve that.
I guess I should join the 21st century – there are more & more books that I’d like to read that are only in digital format. I’ve even won eBooks & had to decline since I don’t have an eReader & reading on my laptop isn’t comfortable.
I would love to win an e-reader because I can’t afford to buy one. I am a 53 year old single mom of a 24 year old boy, I am very proud that I raised him very well. I always prioritize his needs because he is my treasure and I love him very much. He pushes me to read books and he told me that books fictional or non-fictional can inspire you to look life in a much better way, not only that, it can energize your mind by way of imagining things. It is so hard for me to read an actual book because of my poor eyesight, Haha i don’t even have the money to buy glasses for myself but this e-reader as my son always wanted to have one too and he explains to me one of it’s features like you can zoom things that you read, by that I don’t need to get reading glasses just to read stories. Please let me win. Thank you for the awesome chance! Godbless!
I don’t currently have an e-reader, I didn’t really think I needed one, I loved my paperback books. However, due to a huge rainstorm yesterday in NYC (it was raining hail for goodness sake!), my basement flooded and my boxes of books along with the carpenting all got ruined! So sad right now. But maybe this was a sign from above to move on to an e-reader? If you choose me and I win the Kindle, I’ll truly start believing in a higher power.
Loving a new e-reader? Let me count the ways:
ONE: I already broke by original nook that I had from back in January 2010. I love reading and e-readers SO MUCH that it’s seen a lot of wear and tear (Yes, I cracked BOTH of the right-arrow page turn buttons. So now I have to constantly use the thumbpad part at the bottom. It makes my wrist cramp, and now the frame on the screen of the reader is starting to fall apart.) If I am gifted an e-reader, it will be very well-loved and put to thoroughly good use! 🙂
TWO: If you’re “green” – it would reduce the paper I buy and cut back on driving to the bookstore – thus reducing my carbon footprint by about %0.003.
THREE: My train ride to work is at least 50 minutes each way. Having a properly functioning e-reader would greatly improve my commute! Also, my entire family lives on the opposite side of the country, so I get lonely sometimes, and I spend at least 2 times a year flying there and back. Please help me save luggage space!
FOUR (and most importantly): I read the review for Her Best Worst Mistake on SBTB and now I REALLY want to read it! 😀 (And I just discovered Eloisa James and Loretta Chase… so I have quite a bit on my TBR list!)
FIVE: I am also including this fun image.
This story may sound too unlikely to be true, as a matter of fact, it sounds rather like a telenovela. My Mom-Mom is my creator, protector, educator, mentor, provider, cheer leader, counselor, advisor and most importantly, my friend. We have been thru so much together (my premature birth and subsequent open heart surgery, divorce from my father, death of my sister Meredith from leukemia , death of her younger sister Sherry from a brain aneurysm, death of her older sister Jan from breast cancer, death of her mother from colon cancer, my college education, her returning to college at 40 for a nursing degree, my continued health problems) and I owe her so much. At the moment she is going thru a divorce and is about to have her third knee replacement surgery. I would love to be able to repay her for all she has done for me over the years. I would give her this new toy to take her mind off her current problems. Reading is one of her favorite past times and provides her with a necessary escape. Thank you for your consideration!
Thank you for such a wonderful contest. I have been reading since I was a child and diagnosed with dyslexia. When I finally learned to read correctly, it opened up a whole new world to me and now I teach that to my kids. My son has severe Apraxia so I am trying to teach him that so many things and places are possible with out saying words. This would greatly help with that, With the economy the way it is, I can not afford many things like this. Contests are wonderful and many books are free now and then with e readers. That would help me since I read every day ..It allows me to be anywhere for a while ( love the magic of reading) ….Good luck to everyone
Allie
This is my birthday week (birthdays are too much fun to be limited to one day) and so I’m going to be a little selfish and say that I’d like an e-reader for myself. I have an older Sony version that makes e-reader a painful process. I would like to be able to read some e-only versions of fellow author books. Kind of hesitant to do that because of current e-reader. So maybe this isn’t so selfish. I need a new e-reader to help writers!
Thank you for offering this fantastic contest! I am absolutely in love with ereaders. I am a mother of 5 children, and in my house I have a Nook, 2 Kindles, and 2 Nook Colors. I love being able to load my children up with loads of books at all times and especially appreciate the ability to get a book for them when they are asking for one without having to make a trip to the store. It allows me to get whatever book they want into their little hands before they manage to be distracted by something on television or a video game.
Anyway, my best friend is an avid reader and has to travel frequently for work. She works in IT and is normally all about having the latest in technology or a new gadget, but for some reason she has been extremely hesitant to move to reading on an ereader. I know her well enough to know that once she picks up and tries it, she will be in love! (I have watched her fight with her paperback many times on the treadmill at the gym). I would LOVE to win this for her and bring her over to “the dark side”. We are good enough friends that I will even be able to tell her “I told you so”.
Thank again!
I have a 14 year old son who saved his money from birthdays, mowing and christmas and bought himself a Kindle…this was about 2 years ago. Well, guess who has the most books on it? MOM(me) My poor son is terrified that he will be found out by his friends that he has romances on his kindle. So I would love to win this, so my son can have his.. um, dignity? and I can have my own e-reader!
I really enjoyed this post Ruthie :)! I’ve been fascinated since childhood by Stark Trek (and other v cool sci-fi shows) UADs.
There are actually several reasons I’d really love and appreciate a new ereader. I won’t say that mine are better than any other reader via-ing for one. I had a kindle that finally an on its last leg end of the year… it was shared between myself, son, and mom so I think probably just couldn’t stand the stress of literally being powered on about 15 hrs a day :D.
I had planned on getting one for my mom and son for Xmas this past year but the company I was doing design work for downsized suddenly and their design budget – as well as my lively hood – was the first to be cut, so we had a very small Christmas (but was still good not complaining we were together and safe). Shortly after, I got really sick bills got behind etc. Things turned up got a new job in Feb, but PC went out in April. I am just now getting to get things back on track with a new pc, job – and designing book covers etc. for authors – so hoping for a great rest of the year.
I can live with reading on my PC and digging through book piles to find my dresser, tv, small dog… I’d like it most for my mom who has poor eye site and carpal tunnel syndrome which make reading print books difficult. Also for my son (13) who had just started developing a true/consistent love for reading and has been withdrawn a bit since he no longer is able to use one (by that I mean he was more talkative, more excited, shared his thoughts on the books and came up with scenarios of his own). He also relied on it for part of his schoolwork. He is homeschooled so we depend a ton on books… with the income change it is a blessing to be able to get ebooks to utlize.
Thanks so much for the chance to win and wishing you and the others a ton of new followers/readers!
Pam S
I love my Kindle and wouldl like my newly college graduated daughter to experience the awesomeness that is e-reading!
I would love to win a kindle for me, because I read only e-books on my PC and I would like to have some mobility when I read a book (in my county this device it is still a luxury for some people).
Thank you so much for the giveaway!
I would love to win an ereader for my husband so that I can stop carrying multiple books for him in the carry-on when we travel. I’m a voracious reader, and I made the switch a long time ago. Believe me, it’s much better to pack 1 Kindle than it is to pack 5 paperbacks for a trip, and then have to go out while on a trip to find a bookstore to buy more books! Especially when you’re in a nonEnglish-speaking country!! I would love for us each to have our own device.
I am not a huge fan of ebooks because I want to touch the books, to smell the paper but I would really love to win an ereader for my sister. She has her birthday next week and I know how much she wants one. Of course with one condition that she will borrow it to me once in a while.
Thank you for the great giveaway!
Artemis
I don’t have an e-reader but I would love to get one. I had not idea how many books were only coming out in tablet versions until I got on your list.
I must admit I desire an e-reader for purely selfish reasons and solely for myself. Once I got it (and one of those days I will win it in one of those competitions I keep entering and if not – buy. But maybe next year or a year after that) I do not intend to share. Well, maybe only with my youngest brother, who craves to read new books almost as much as I do. Almost. And he is already through most of the books from our nearest library. As am I – only those from another genre. Lately we have ridden to a more remote library, but it is rather new and not so well stocked yet. It will not take very long to read through the books it offers.
There is also a case of buying the books on paper. Here in Poland they are just too expensive. Being a poor student I simply cannot afford them. At least not as often as I would like to. As it is, my shelves are already full and new books after I read them have to go behind the bed – what a pity! I feel guilty for letting them lay in such a place. My owning an e-reader will put an end to the growth of my behind-the-bed-pile. New books will be neatly stored in it. Or not so neatly, judging from the files in my laptop. But nevertheless neater than they are today.
The next thing is my languages learning attempts. It is about five years now that I have started reading books in English (mostly e-books on my laptop or mobile to the endless suffering of my eyes and the batteries – another reason for an e-reader), and I have decided it is high time I return to studying German. I have had four-year break from it now and the first books read in this language is yet before me. I am sure I will not manage reading it in any other form than in ink (or e-ink, as it is). And the studying to be successful cannot end at just one book. Do you know how hard (and expensive) it is to come by a German book in Poland? Amazingly so.
Moreover, the e-reader will be so much easier to carry with me everywhere I go. I move around in the wheelchair and the weight of my bag must be kept to minimum. Being a bookaholic I have this urge to have a book I am currently reading with me all the time. One never knows when and where one will have a minute or two to have a break for a quick or a less quick read. Lately I was reading ‘North and South’ by Elizabeth Gaskell and I had to leave it home when going out – it was simply too heavy.
I hope I didn’t bore you to death with my essay (for me it looks like an essay, but my talkativeness got the better of me) and you will award me with and e-reader. I just want it so much!
Greetings from Poland,
Jadzia
I would love to have a Kindle because then I would never have to go anywhere without a good variety of reading material on hand ever again.
I bought my husband a Kindle DX for his birthday last year. I got him the biggun because his biggest peeve about ereaders is the small screens. I’ve got a Sony, not my original PRS-900 that finally gave up the ghost this year, but a new touch screen model. My main problem is, Amazon gives away loads of free ebooks and I can only read them on my pc or iphone. My husband has offered to share his kindle, but whenever I’ve taken him up on it and downloaded some books, he’s ended up grumbling about the amount of scrolling he’s got to do to find his books when I’m done with it. Not to mention, that DX is HUGE. I find it a little unwieldy. So I just quit trying to use it. I can’t justify buying myself a kindle, as we’ve already got readers in the home. Not that I could really afford one just now anyway. So, I wouldn’t say I’m the most deserving of a new kindle, but boy howdy, I’d sure like to have one.
I’ve been lusting after a Kindle for awhile now and begging my husband to get me one hasn’t panned out. I seem to come across books all the time that I can only get for kindle. I recently discovered that you can download the kindle app for blackberry, which I was extremely excited for. I loaded the page on my phone to download it, to only discover my blackberry isn’t compatible. I guess it’s back to begging my husband to get me one, unless one of you lovely ladies would like to help my cause. =)
Up until this summer, I’ve relied heavily on my macbook as my vehicle for ereading. I’ve spent 5+ years curling up (sometimes like a contortionist) with my little white laptop and reading hundreds of thousands of words a day. I like to multitask and I like to have several books going at the same time and reading on my computer was so much simpler than trying to haul several trade paperbacks along with me everywhere I went during school. Unfortunately, my precious baby laptop has officially given up the ghost and I don’t have the funds to replace it anytime soon. I’ve also recently moved into a much smaller housing situation than I had before with almost no bookshelf space (and consequently have had to put most of my physical book collection into storage). This is why I would love to win a real ereader, something I can load all of my books onto and taken with me to read on campus, in cafes, etc.
My sis needs this! I’m my mother’s caregiver (for about 13 years). Although I haven’t taken an away from home vacay in about 15 years, my sister (who lives far away) comes as often as possible to give me break so I can concentrate on work or my own personal affairs. My sis has her own health and life issues, but unstintingly makes herself available as my relief, sounding board, vent, etc. Sis deserves a nice Kindle so she can have a convenient traveling library.
Thanks for this offer, and good luck to my fellow posters.
I got my kindle last year as a gift but now my son is starting to read and he loves for me to read to him. He loves it even more when I get him books and reading them off the kindle but it gets so confusing and hard to keep up with his books mixed with mine. So I would love to get him his very own kindle and maybe he’ll grow up loving books as much as I do.