Is the Kindle a good investment for entering law school?
Monday, March 29th, 2010 at
8:43 pm
I am graduating with a bachelors in one year from now and moving on to law school. During undergrad, I looked into the Kindle (and other similar products) as a possible textbook replacement, but never bought one because there really aren’t any textbooks that come in electronic form. Is this also the case with most law school textbooks?
Tagged with: bachelors • electronic form • law school textbooks • similar products • textbook • undergrad
Filed under: KIndle DX Accessories
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Amazon has signed contract with three main textbook publishers, and it is said that eventually 60% textbooks will be available for the Kindle. I’ve mentioned more about textbooks for the Kindle in another answer here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090720135726AAUiQMG
I love my Kindle 2 very much. If you are thinking of getting a Kindle, I’ll say get it and you won’t regret. Since Amazon provide books for the Kindle cheaper than actual books, it has saved me quite a lot of money. Right now I’ve read over 10 books with the Kindle, and I really like the idea that I can bring and store all the books with the handy device. Besides, it uses the e-ink technology, so even I read with the device for long hours, I don’t feel tired. My only complaint is the white case, right now all the Kindles are in white color… I think it will be cool if I can have a black or deep blue color Kindle
One more good thing for the Kindle is that there are some websites providing free books for the Kindle. This site is the biggest, it provides over 20,000 free books available in Kindle format:
http://manybooks.net/
I’ll also suggest you to read this review from a top reviewer, it outlines quite a lot of benefits of the Kindle and also why it is worth especially at the end of the review:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR9J54TZ1541OR%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Hope this helps.
I don’t think the textbook industry has caught up with the Kindle phenomenon. Although there are some online sites for case law, I believe you can access them via the Internet although they some may require a subscription.
I’m a college student and I own the Kindle 2. I’ve a few textbooks on my Kindle, and it is cheaper than paper edition. Right now not many textbooks are available for the Kindle, but as far as I know there will be more and more textbooks available after the Kindle DX is launched.
To me, it is not only for textbook, but it really helped my efficiency and utilize my time. Before I have the Kindle, waiting time like when I’m waiting for friends or waiting for shuttle bus or some thing like that is simply wasted. Now I just need to bring the Kindle 2 along with me, and all my favorite books are inside it. Another thing I like the most is the text-to-speech function, which means I can "read" books without even holding or looking at the Kindle. Now I like to use this function when I’ve myself busy on some boring things, say when I’m on the step machine or doing some housework…
And just in case you don’t know, Kindle books, magazines and newspapers are cheaper than the actual paper version. Amazon also provides quite a lot free or very cheap books. I remember I read these reviews about the benefits of the Kindle when I decided to buy it:
http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/is-kindle-2-worth-the-price
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR2DUM7S4XW06QN%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB00154JDAI%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Finally, you are lucky that Amazon recently announced a price slash on the Kindle 2. It is now selling $60 cheaper than the price I got my Kindle…
Hope it helps
I think it could be. See here for a review of the Kindle which comes from a student’s point of view:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR2TK8IUJ8QRLDO%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=ereader-2-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
See here about textbook development for the Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Ftagging%2Ftag%2Fkindle%2Fforum%3Fie%3DUTF8%26cdForum%3DFx1D7SY3BVSESG%26redirect%3Dtrue%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcd%255Fef%255Ftft%255Ftp%26cdThread%3DTx3V0FEBYKK196O&tag=searchresult-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
You may also want to decide between the Kindle 2 and Kindle DX. See a review here and you should be able to decide which to go for:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR23V08M2LNB81I%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=searchresult-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Hope this solves your problem.