Your Amazon Kindle is much more than just an eBook reader. If you are an avid reader, you can use it in many ways as a powerful reading tool. Three exciting uses are:
- working symbiotically with YouTube
- facilitating reading more than one book at a time
- serving as a very effective speed reading device
These three uses alone make buying a Kindle a great investment in reading.
Amazon Kindle and YouTube: A Symbiotic Relationship
The powerful symbiotic relationship between the Amazon Kindle and YouTube can be explained by way of the following example. You may be interested in medieval philosophy. Searching YouTube leads you to a discussion with Professor Sir Anthony Kenny from Oxford on medieval philosophy. During the discussion Kenny refers to the writings of Thomas Aquinas. Your interest in Thomas Aquinas is aroused.
You switch on your Kindle and connect to the internet or go to your Kindle account on the net. A search shows that Kindle offers many eBooks by Thomas Aquinas, including Summa Theologica (complete) for USD 0.99 and Summa Contra Gentiles also for USD 0.99. In minutes you have both books on your Kindle at a cost of USD 1.98. An exciting and worthwhile bargain? Res Ipsa loquitur or as lawyers say: the facts speak for themselves.
You immediately experience the joy and benefit of intellectual symbiosis as Kenny’s teaching about Aquinas on YouTube interacts with your reading of Aquinas on your Kindle. Opportunities for this kind of symbiosis are almost limitless. As you read your Kindle its Oxford Dictionary is a few clicks away from every word thereby seamlessly enriching the symbiosis.
Amazon Kindle and Multiple Book Reading
If you are an avid reader you probably read several books at the same time. The books you are currently reading are probably sitting in an untidy pile on your bedside table. It makes a lot of sense to read several books at once because all books cannot be read at the same pace and some are much longer than others. Getting through plenty of reading is less tiring if you keep changing from book to book. In the same way it is less tiring to swim a long distance if the stroke is varied.
An added bonus to using your Kindle to read several books at once is that all the books are always in one place. Also the Kindle keeps track of how far you have read in each book and goes to your place as soon as you open the book.
Amazon Kindle as an Aid to Faster Reading
Faster reading with comprehension means more books read and more very good books reread. Your Kindle can help you read faster as follows.
- Seeing all the text in a line depends not only on the length of the line but also on the width of your peripheral vision. The Kindle allows you to increase the text size which makes it easier to see the whole line at once thereby immediately assisting your peripheral vision.
- One click brings up the next page so it is possible to quickly go from page to page, especially if enlarged text is being used. It is also possible to reread a book quickly using this method
The Bottom Line: The Kindle Enhances the Joy of Reading
Whether you use your Kindle to work symbiotically with YouTube, to read more than one book at a time or to read faster, it will soon become an inseparable friend - a friend who will never leave you whether you are at home, waiting in a queue or crossing the Atlantic at 35,000 ft. One click and the books you love will be ready to read with an Oxford dictionary standing by.
Sources
Practical experience with Amazon Kindle December 2010 to February 2011
John Bartels - John is a Lawyer (retired). A qualified Attorney, Notary Public and Conveyancer John has a BA,LLB from the University of Cape Town, South ...
