Today is normally the day that I post internet super deals.  Today’s deal is expensive, no doubt about it.  359 dollars worth of expensive. 

But I have NEVER EVER EVER been so excited about a product in all my days.  Not in my entire life.  Not even when I just had to have that yellow banana seat bike.  Or that little sheltie pup.  Not ever.

I was catching up on local blogs when I saw this post.  Now I can’t seem to catch my breath.  Remember how much I love books?  How much I love to touch them, smell them, collect them?  Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined there could be a device to rival my passion.

Enter the Kindle 2.  

Thinner than a pencil
Lighter than a paperback
Viewable in bright sunlight 
Electronic ink is easy on eyes, unlike a phone or laptop
2G-holds 1500 books!
60 second downloads anywhere, anytime without computers or special service
$9.99 Bestsellers
Daily uploads of the NY Times and Washington Post for $10 each a month
250,000 titles with more daily
Stays charged for days and uses a standard USB.
Turn wireless off and read without recharging for TWO WEEKS
Built in dictionary
Access to all of Wikipedia
Search function!!
Reads out loud to you 
You can download your mp3s and listen while you read
Books purchased are backed up online
And the best part: sturdy enough to withstand dropping!!

“Three years ago when we started to create the Kindle our goal was to improve upon the book…Something that has resisted change in 500 years is not going to be easily improved.”  Jeff Bezos

I can’t come up with a single reason why I wouldn’t love it.  A Kindle will not, however, replace my huge collection of decorating books.  Not yet anyway. Today electronic ink is only available in black and white.  I don’t know who will be the first to invent the color version, but can you imagine?  I would be able come to a consultation with my entire library, bookmarked, annotated and highlighted!

Watch a video and be convinced.