The solution is simpler if you live in the US.
But as I get closer to living full time in Nicaragua,, I need something that works there as well.
In many if not most instances you can find the discounted hard cover on Amazon for less money than the Kindle.
Couple that with free two day shipping, and you have a hard cover book in hand quickly.
Instant gratification
Often,, the hard cover will be less money than the Kindle.
Four comparisons of recently published best sellers:
Sapiens (this was a new paperback, the other three are hard cover) $5.38
Kindle: $16.99
51 Days: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza $8.60
Kindle: $9.99
Magna Carta $11.39
Kindle: $10.99
The Chosen Few $14.69
Kindle $17.99
Now, you could share the Kindles with another user,, (or more perhaps) halving the cost.
But, you'd both have to want to read the same book, of course.
I honestly don't know how many devices they will allow to download the book
The Kindles I order show up automatically on both my, and Shelley's, tablets.
There is a Kindle App that works transparently in the background.
I've been trying Kindle Unlimited for about a month now.
It's probably worth the $10/month price, but will not include a lot of books you want to read.
Kindle Unlimited allows you to have ten free books (from the Kindle Unlimited library) on your device.
When you choose a new book,, you return one of the existing titles.
And, Kindle,, surprisingly, does not include a number of conventionally published books.
I assumed that EVERYTHING would be available on Kindle,, as any book has to be a digital file at some point,, but that is not the case.
There is plenty of reading material available on Kindle Unlimited, some classics, some non-fiction, some Spanish language children's books.
A LOT of English language children's books.
Reading the books on Kindle has some advantages.
Another source of light is not needed. Print size can be set by a simple finger movement.
Like everything else in Nicaragua,, you don't get what you want,, but mostly,, what you need after a fashion.
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