eReaders

[caseysmom]

My daughter received it for a gift and never used it so she let me use it, one of the nurses in the hospital pointed out the light on the case to me, I didn't even know it had one, she said the case I have is pretty pricey.

I think the Kindle fire has a backlight, mine is a basic Kindle.

[pomtzu]

I have the Kindle Touch and I love it. It does not have a backlight, and I have not heard good comments from people with readers that do have one. It seems that the lights produce a very annoying glare on the screen. I simply bought a clip-on LED reading light for around $10, and that solves the issue when I want to read at night without leaving the bedroom light on. There are also many inexpensive covers you can buy for it which is a wise idea - I think mine was about $12. The Kindle comes with a USB cable, so all you do is plug that in to your computer to charge it - and a charge lasts a very long time. I got my Kindle for Christmas, and after the initial full charge which took a few hours, I have only charged it once again, and according to the charge meter reading, it still had a lot of time left on it. And I do quite a bit of reading, since I just finished my 9th book on it yesterday! You don't need to buy a plug for it unless you would want to charge it by plugging into an electrical outlet if you didn't have access to a computer, and it needed to be charged.

[Alysser]

My mom has the Kindle Fire that we bought her for Christmas. She loves it and hasn't complained about the backlight yet.

[Vette]

My brother got me a Kindle for my birthday. i freaking love it but i dont have the best lighting in my room an find myself tilting an turning my Kindle at certain angles to capture the light just right. my Kindle came with the plug an USB thingies with it.

gunna break down an get one of these soon: Mighty Bright

[pomtzu]

gunna break down an get one of these soon: Mighty Bright

This is the one that I have, and it works great. It's plenty bright enough with just using one of the lights, instead of both. Well worth the money IMO.

[caseysmom]

Thats what I was using before I realized my case had a light. The built in light in the case is way nicer, I had issues with the other one.

[Sowa]

How does buying books work? Do I need a subscription with Amazon? I was confused about a review I read. Said something about paying a certain amount to access certain books or something, and if you pay more you can get it add free. They were vague about it and I'm really confused what this means.

[sallyandsnowx]

I recieved the Kindle Fire for Christmas and I LOVE it. There's a good backlight. If it's late at night, I'm able to use it in the dark and see perfectly. There are plenty of free books on amazon.com you can purchase for it. You can also tell your family and friends to buy gift cards for the kindle to buy books. They would probably make good Christmas/birthday gifts for you! You can also use the internet and surf the web. And there's plenty of cool apps, ranging from games to the weather and local news, you can download as well. I love the kindle, I would recommend it.