Yes. You can read any Kindle-ready books (like from the library digital selection) without buying a Kindle. Initially, it was not possible but that was changed several years ago!
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Haha, @Gabi_J, yeah, I remember books on tape. The type I remember were on cassette. The only one I ever purchased was Hitchhikerās Guide to the Galaxy, and I listened to it on a roadtrip from Ohio to Colorado. I also had the full set of Harry Potter books on CD back in the day!
Like you, I use the Kindle app on my iPhone and/or iPad more than the Kindle itself. I keep thinking I should use the Kindle since I bought it, and since itās supposed to be better at allowing readers to fall asleep (and I do think this is the case) but itās so frustratingly slow itās always challenging to pick it up. I donāt even bother if itās a book with a lot of historical references I like to look up, like Girls of Good Fortune, or if the book has a lot of footnotes ala Lies and Weddings.
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I never heard of a Rocketbookā¦cool name!!
My Paperwhite is from 2018 - I think. I actually havenāt used it to look up things so not sure if itās fast or not.
So you can listen to audiobooks on a Kindle? Never knew that.
Thanks for the informative post.
Thank you - that certainly is a nice change.
If you got that from me, then I mistyped something. Iām not aware of being able to listen to audiobooks on a Kindle. Iām not saying you canāt, but Iāve never tried!
I use the Audible app on my iPhone for that.
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Thank you for the explanation, Kim.
I can read 2, but I must stop reading at a chapterās end to easily pick up where I left off. I find that some books I read have difficult subject matter and I need a break. I can speak to more than one person at a time, have several serious phone calls following each other. Why not 2 books? At least with a book you can reread a section to remember. Not like real life.
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Love your answer - why not two books? LOL!!
So true about talking to two people at once.
I also have to stop at the end of a chapter even though I only read one book at a time.
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I usually read a fiction and non fiction book simultaneously.
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I used to be a 1 book at a time reader. Now that I am retired, I average 3 books. One on my phone/tablet when I am out and about, one for whatever Goodreads challenge I am doing, and one from my TBR or library book.
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I usually have an audible book for in the car or when doing chores around the house.
But I only READ one book at a time. The audible is not for a discussion nor a book
Iāve been looking forward to readingā¦usually non-fiction as I find it dampens my
imagination of characters, and setting.
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I can read two books simultaneously if they are very different from one another. Recently I read The Correspondent and Everything is About Tuberculosis concurrently. Very different to be sure.
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Same here, Gabi! Sometimes, friends and/or book club fellow readers are surprised that I have more than one book going at a time. However, I think: āNo one is surprised that we can follow more than one TV/Streaming service show at a time!! Why are multiple books different?!?ā
Also, for those who read a physical book or ebook AND at the same time, listen to a different book via audio . . . I also consider that reading two books at a time.
Lastly, I agree with varying the simultaneous books with different genres or topics. I often find it helpful to take a short breather from a non fiction book with a fiction selection.
Happy reading!
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I do read more than one book at times. Mostly it is a book and also an audiobook.
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Although I count audiobooks as book Iāve āread,ā I donāt really consider it the same thing. Generally I donāt feel like I have to pay as much attention to audiobooks because usually the ones I listen to arenāt as deep. I donāt think I could listen to an audiobook if it was something that I wanted to think about or savor. I find it tough to enjoy the format for anything beyond the story.
(And for that reason Iām going to have to make time to actually read James, because I think I missed something by not reading it.)
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If I really get into the characters, I only read one book at a time. If I need to get through a book club book that doesnāt engage me, I read a mystery simultaneously to help me get through the boring story.
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I go through phases where I read one book then others Iāll read more than one.
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Oh yesā¦characters pull me in, and I love it when that happens.
Side question on the Kindle Paperwhiteā¦one feature the Paperwhite offers that I havenāt found in the Kindle iPhone or iPad Kindle app is the capability to search ALL books in my ebook library.
With the Kindle app, I can search within the ebook but not across all ebooks in my library. Sometimes it is nice - especially between non fiction or historical fiction books - to match up a phrase or term across all book references.
Has anyone else had success in finding this Paperwhite feature in other Kindle related tools?
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@Diane_Jones, I think youāre right that that function is limited to an actual Kindle. I canāt seem to do that from the app.
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