In the current cost of living crisis, that's quite a hard pill to swallow. So using a Kindle ereader is an expensive venture – more so than reading physical books, at least based on my habits. Compared to buying them individually, power-readers will almost certainly save money on this service, though it's still an additional expense that can quickly add up. There's also Kindle Unlimited, which for $9.99 / £7.99 / AU$13.99 per month gets you access to a huge library of books. It's a decent service, but one I only have since I use Prime Video and Prime Gaming a lot, and I'm not sure I'd pay for it on its own. If you're a Prime member, you can get Prime Reading, which has quite a few classics as well as lots of 'airport bookstore' type works, and quite a few popular novels that are the first in their series (to encourage you to buy more). There are no digital charity shops either, mind you. Often it's less than the physical price, but rarely by much – and sometimes you can see novels that, for some inexplicable reason, cost more than they do in their flesh-and-blood (-and-paper) forms. But bear in mind, we're only looking at the amount you pay for the gadget itself, and not for books.Įbooks cost money. And for the Oasis, that's between 52 and 260. The most affordable, an entry-level Amazon Kindle with ads, costs £69.99 / $89.99 / AU$139, but you can pay up to $279.99 / £259.99 / AU$449 for a top-storage Kindle Oasis if you want.įor the base Kindle, I could buy between 14 and 70 books for that amount (at the previously-shared prices). Now compare that figure to the price of a Kindle ereader.
On a good day, I can buy five books for that money, but sometimes I'll only manage to buy one, usually a newer one or a book in great condition (for environmental as well as financial reasons, I try to avoid buying new books). Sure, you'll often see Jeremy Clarkson's entire library, a totally random assortment of Terry Pratchett novels and travel guides from the 1970s, but I almost always find a classic I hadn't got around to reading, or a gem waiting to be discovered. Generally, I'll be able to pick up a surprising number of books, and I frequently see ones I've wanted to buy anyway – it's less of a gamble than you'd expect.
In fact, a hobby of mine is going into charity shops with just a crisp fiver and seeing how far it'll get me.
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