It’ll be my Mom’s decision whether or not she wants to go on my account, but I’ll try to talk her into it. After all, I already have a very full library to choose from. She’ll want to read mostly in her native language (German), which I don’t read, but It’ll be easier for me to help her find books, I think, if we’re on the same account. And there are some English books she’ll want to read.

I’m glad that worked out so well for you! I can absolutely see the value of the KDX…the increasable text size is one of the man reasons I prefer e-books. Bigger words mean fewer words per screen…I don’t like to have my reading slowed.

Are you keeping your Mom on the same account so you can share books?

Probably the only reason to get a DX is because you want a large e-Ink screen, and I did (unlike you, Bufo, I dislike reading on the K-Fire or any backlit screen). I was unsure about how I’d feel about a Kindle that was a bit out-of-date. Well, I’ve had it less than 24 hours and so far I *love* it. The software is at the level of the Kindle Keyboard when it first came out, and that’s not bad (The Kkb is my other RSK Kindle, and I also have a K-Fire). BTW, Bufo, if you need anyone to check something on a DX, don’t hesitate to ask.

In case you’re wondering, I wanted the larger screen for two main and one minor reasons: 1) cookbooks, 2) my eyes aren’t getting any younger, and 3) music. I love to cook and collect cookbooks. I don’t care about color in cookbooks, but screen size makes a huge difference. I don’t just follow recipes in the kitchen, I actually do *read* cookbooks, especially old ones. (I have 10-20 made-of-paper cookbooks from the 19th century).

Also, I didn’t realize how much easier it is to read on the larger screen. Part of that is that the screen is up-to-date: a side-by-side comparison with my Kkb shows the DX with much better contrast and crisper text. So I am very happy with it.

A nice side effect is that I can give my Kindle Keyboard to my Mom. She won’t let me buy her a KIndle because she says she won’t use it enough to be worth it (she has no internet, so it’d have to be a 3G Kindle), but she would let me give her my old one. And no, I’m not so selfish that I wouldn’t give her the DX if she could use it, but the biggest con of the DX is that it is HEAVY and my Mom doesn’t have much hand strength–they way she likes to read, she would want to be able to hold the Kindle in one hand.

I completely understand that anticipation. Yes, we owners are part of Amazon’s marketing…and that’s the way it should be, right? Brand loyalty says something good, I think…although people being willing to switch says something as well.

Thanks for the kind words! I understand being a book addict.

I hadn’t seen that one…not out of line with what I think, for the most part. The blogger does say that all of the Kindles will be frontlit, and one of them will be 10″ Kindle Fire. Of course, that doesn’t make a lot of sense…why frontlight a backlit tablet? In the future, we may have technology that switches back and forth between backlighting and reflective screens, but I think it’s too soon for that. I think the blogger may also not have realized that you can buy out of the ad-support, if you want.

The 40% off deal ends on Wednesday…my guess, and I’m not positive about it, is that we won’t get a product announcement that would compete with the Mindle before that. However, Thursday or Friday might be good for some announcement: I think if they were going to do a full-on press event, they’d need to announce it more in advance. I do find it a bit ironic that, in order to introduce a high-tech, wirelessly driven device, journalists have to travel to a physical location so they can put their hands on it.

http://gizmodo.com/5933590/110-says-all-the-new-kindles-are-coming-next-week/