My mom is going to get me the Kindle reader as a Christmas gift and we wanted to know how do you buy the books on it? Thank you for helping us.

A: See here for details on how to buy books on the Kindle reader:

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Americans adapt to e-reading, Pew study finds

Here's what's happening on the plugged-in side of the digital divide: an extraordinarily swift change in how people are reading books and other media, driven by the rapid acceptance of tablets and e-readers.

More than 1 in 5 Americans say they have read a book in electronic form during the past 12 months, according to a study published by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Nearly 3 in 10 adult Americans now own at least one device designed for electronic reading - either an e-reader such as the Amazon Kindle or a tablet such as Apple's iPad.

Those figures may not surprise anyone who recently has ridden a train or been on a plane, visited a campus or spent time in a public space. But Pew, whose focus on e-reading is part of a broader look at how technology is tearing away at and reweaving so much of the modern social and intellectual fabric, is documenting trends that may herald profound change - and large challenges - for society, according to Lee Rainie, director of the Internet project.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Kindle Reader – An Expat's Dream | my ebooks reader

More people now than ever are enjoying expat life abroad. Whether it be for a change of climate, scenery or lifestyle, moving away can have lots of advantages. But when you talk to many expats and you will find they dearly miss browsing in bookshops for new titles in their native tongue. This is when The Kindle eReader may just be an Expat’s best friend.

The Kindle International Edition solves one of the most talked about problems for expat communities and that is where you can find a decent new book to read? One downside to life in a foreign country can be missing familiar little things like trawling a good bookshop or simply enjoying an abundant supply of reasonably priced reading matter.

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