As we move towards Christmas, many people are now choosing to buy a Kindle electronic book reader either for themselves or as a present. There are a host of features that make these Latest Generation devices really attractive.

First and foremost is that while they are the newest models, they are actually available for a relatively low price. The two smaller models, whether they have 3G access or not are sold for under $200. And even the larger Kindle DX machine can be purchased for less than $400. However that is still quite a lot of money to many of us.

The thing with the Kindle is that the purchase of the reader itself is actually quite expensive but then we are able to save money on our book purchases. In case you do not already know, the Amazon Kindle has a library of almost two million books that users can download for free. These books are classics that were written years ago and are now out of copyright. Amazon has transferred these titles to electronic format and makes them available for Kindle users at no cost. This may well be to try and encourage people to by Kindles and I imagine this strategy is working well. Indeed this was one of the reasons that persuaded me that buying a Kindle was a good idea.

It is not only old titles that are available. There are plenty of new books that we can get on the Kindle as well. The majority of the releases cost about $10. This is a pretty good price. And the beauty of the Kindle is that we can try before we buy but we do not even have to go to the bookshop to do so. We can download the first chapter of any book to try it out first of all.