To Kindle, or not to Kindle?

Are you thinking of buying a Kindle? So am I. I've read a lot about them and I want one! I've given my husband a few hints about what he can buy me for Christmas and it's definitely not scarlet underwear. I already buy kindle books for PC and have quite a collection waiting to be read. I'm currently enjoying While the Savage sleeps by Andrew Kaufman.


I've also considered buying an iPad, but they're too expensive for our budget. They look tremendous, but the screen on a kindle is reckoned to be far superior when you only want the gadget to read books, which is my requirement. And then there's the amazon factor to consider. Amazon is the largest market for ebooks, I understand they even have an App which enables you to download from iPad and other ebook formats, though I've yet to find a need to try this. I read widely and I also have a need to buy non-fiction for research and sheer pleasure, so it's the Amazon's kindle for me.

Let me know what you think and what your preferences are.

Dowm Among the Dead Men ebook

Down Among the Dead Men, my first ebook, is now up for sale on kindle. This book, the second in the Rafferty & Llewellyn crime series, was originally published in hardback by Macmillan in 1994. It's so exciting. It took a few weeks getting it ready as Kimberly 'Hitch' Hitchens, the lady who masterminded this, was a hard taskmaster and seemed to expect me to proofread it three times. Three! My print publishers have never expected more than one proofread. Anyway, I thought two was plenty, so two it got. If you go to amazon and click on 'books' and then 'kindle books' and type my name, you'll see it. It's a bargain at £2.23. I really love the cover. The book is also shortly to be available as an epub for ipads,
B & N, etc.