So, you have heard of the kindle eBook reader. You are torn between accepting the technology of storing all of your books on the reader instead of having them clutter up your shelves at home. It is hard sometimes to let go of what you have known your whole life, but the Kindle can make the transition easy and pleasurable and you will be asking yourself, "What was I waiting for?"

The kindle is a lightweight, wireless computer that stores books, magazines, newspapers, and even audio books. It can hold up to 1,500 for you to read at your pleasure. If you fear downloading a book and then losing it later, you can put those fears to rest, as Amazon has a back up for every Kindle and you can re-download your books should they be lost for some reason.

Another reason for the back-up library is that you can store purchased books there to make room on your kindle eBook reader for more titles. Your library keeps track of the last page you read and even any annotations you wrote into the margins. It is just like paper and ink books, but digital to protect your notes and reading materials. The downloads are inexpensive and you can get the most popular books that have just come out, or you can get books that have been out awhile.

It is very simple to download books onto your kindle eBook reader. Just scan through the list, search by name or author and once you have found the book you want, select it, and press download. You're pre-authorized form of payment will be charged and the book will download immediately. It shouldn't take longer than 60 seconds. It is that simple. Then, just read.

Other great features on the Kindle include: a built-in dictionary. wireless access to Wikipedia and wireless capabilities to download documents and PDF files and includes a basic webrowser to see Google or even get weather or show times for the movies. You can download over 50,000 Kindle audio book titles. This requires the use of a USB cord that comes with the kindle eBook reader.

Since the file sizes of audio books are larger, they are first downloaded to a PC and then transferred to your Kindle through the USB connection. As you download your books, you can organize them into different libraries for easy access. You can add a book to more than one category.