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The price of ebook readers has really fallen just lately. The entry level Kindle 4 costs a mere $ 79 and even the Kindle Touch and the Nook Simple Touch are selling for just $ 99 these days.

You have to wonder just how far ebook reader prices might fall in future. Is it out of the question that anyone who signs up for Amazon Prime (Amazons premium delivery subscription service) might get a free Kindle reader as an incentive?

Barnes and Noble recently ran a promotion where anyone who subscribed to the digital edition of the New York Times could get a $ 100 discount on their Nook Touch or Nook Tablet. Since the Nook Simple Touch costs just $ 99, thats effectively like getting a free ebook reader.

Ebook reader owners can also save money on books. Many ebooks cost less than the equivalent hard cover some even cost less that the paperback. Out of copyright books can also be found as free downloads.

For example, Amazon has 1.8 million free Kindle books available on its Kindle store. Some of these are absolute classics by authors such as Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Homer and Virgil to name but a few. You can catch up on all those classics that you’ve been meaning to read and save money in the process.

Ebook readers and ebooks are also, even taking into account the materials in the reader hardware itself, kinder to the environment than conventional paper books. It’s not just the fact that ebooks dont consume paper, ink or chemicals; they dont need to be delivered by road and rail. The transportation of physical books can double their carbon footprint.

And of course, you dont need to go to the store to buy them, or order them online and then have them delivered by mail. Downloading an ebook from a website takes under a minute so you will save time as well.

So ebook readers can save you money, time and are kinder to the environment into the bargain. It’s no wonder that they are becoming increasingly popular at a very rapid rate of knots.

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