Because several friends love their ebook readers and I won an ebook, I decided to try reading the ebook on the Kindle for PC, just to see if I liked ebooks. That was at 12:32pm.
Problem #1 -- Downloading the Kindle for PC software was simple to begin, but long to complete. It only took 1h30m, but who's counting?
Problem #2 -- After successfully downloading a couple of free books, I downloaded another one. Some idiot forgot to read the file size -- I, er, this idiot, didn't see it was 116MB not 116kb. Since said idiot is on a 22kbps modem, well, let's just say it wasn't working too well. I tried to stop it by deleting it off my account on Amazon and the book stopped downloading and went away.
Problem #2.5 -- The huge book came back and started downloading again! Some choice words were muttered at this whole ebook idea. I tried doing what I did before and I tried deleting the partial file on my computer. It just kept downloading! So, I called Amazon (didn't know you could do that!) and had them kill the book from their end. This was after convincing the techie that yes, I was on a dial-up modem and still live in California. But he did fix the problem. The book is gone, it's still gone, and it will hopefully remain gone!
Problem #3 -- The nifty math book by Archimedes I found is worthless, if possible. It was free, so can it be worth-less? All the equations are written out in weird English so instead of 3x+1, it is "three times the variable x quantity added to one". I can decipher it, but paying 99cents for the version with the gif's would have been better.
Problem #4 -- The dictionary hates me. It downloads to about 40% and then tells me I have no internet connection. HUH?
So, it's 8 hours later, I have not read any books, and I'm going to go to bed with a nice, physical book!!!
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