>>Hi
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>>we've just bought one of the new kindles.
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>>Any kindle owners out there think we need a screen protector ?
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>I can't tell you what to do, only what I did. I have an early Kindle (when they were going for $300, which is the price you pay for being an early adopter) and bought a leather holder for it. I am reasonably careful with delicate electronics, it was more of a just in case thing.
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>I assume you know there is a treasure trove of free literature available for the Kindle. If the author is long dead, it's free; no royalties to pay. I have the complete works of Shakespeare and the complete works of Dickens, which is a heck of a start. The other day I downloaded "Robinson Crusoe" and "Treasure Island," again free.

Slightly off topic : there was an article in one of the Sundays today about someone who had worked out the weight of an eBook (using e=mc2). Apparently every book you add to your Kindle increases its weight by .000000000000000001 gms (or the equivalent of one E-coli bacteria) :-}

Another calculation concludes that a fully loaded Kindle is the equivalent of two tons of hard copy.