I have a Kindle but one thing to know about a Kindle is reading a technical book or textbook can be a nightmare. Amazon has built in tons of bookmarking and note taking features but flipping back and forth thru Kindle pages just isn’t fun. Not to mention screenshots and charts in monochrome don’t always illustrate well, and of course every book sold on Amazon isn’t on the Kindle.
I went to Borders a few weeks ago after work to get a gift for a friend and pick up a few tech books. I signed up for the Boarder’s Club Card, where they promise you the standard discounts and specials that come along with most of these type cards. Anyway I decided to purchase two books using their online bookstore:
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The Windows 7 Secrets book at Boarders sells for 49.99 and the Powershell Book sells for 44.99 to me this seemed a little high so I zipped over to Amazon.com. On Amazon the Windows 7 Secrets book is marked down from 49.99 to 31.49 
And the Windows PowerShell is marked down from 44.99 to 29.69 so of course I whip out my trusty Borders Club card and do some quick calculations and even with my 30% discount, tax & shipping it’s still cheaper to get the books from Amazon. I also went to Barnes & Noble as well, while the books were marked down a little cheaper than Borders. Still Amazon’s prices were rock bottom and since Barnes & Noble has stores in my state of course tax is added.
It doesn’t take rocket science to figure out that I ordered with Amazon yesterday and the books are due in today or tomorrow. I am almost sad that the old brick and mortars are going the way of the dinosaur. Some of my fondest memory’s of going to B&N after school with friends and just sitting on the floor reading books. That experience is going to replaced by spending about 30 seconds with my UPS man signing for packages.
Btw if your interested in any of these titles here are the links on Amazon:
