There is an old, very old, thread on here where someone was talking about storing hundreds of survival books on a Kindle device. That was the first time I had ever heard of one. I since have had a couple. My first one has a few dozen books on it all dedicated to survival/prepper topics Field manuals, medical books, foraging, a wealth of information. I added a small solar charger to go with it and have it in a go bag. Saw this article on a MeWe page today. Build a Bug Out Kindle: A Digital Survival Library at Your Fingertips
I prefer real books! Having said that, I must confess to having an extensive library on DVD. I have Mother Earth News, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, World Book Encyclopedia, National Geographic, Playboy, etc., etc., etc., and I have the means to access them stored in a Faraday Cage.
Kindles are great for this purpose - up to two weeks on a charge, easily charged by small solar setup, small, lightweight, and the paperwhite versions can be read in full sun.
Exactly. A complete library you can take and use anywhere. Put it in a backpack. Minimal weight and space.
I do this. The only time I don't buy digital eBooks is when I want/need a reference hardcopy to work from, like mechanic books, because it is much easier to have the book opened in front of you. However, I make an exception with survival books and only have them in digital format. Why? Because I have hundreds of them in loads of different subjects: farming, medical, radio...you name it. I am going to get another Kindle this year so I will have 2 Kindle devoted to these types of books. I also backup those books on 2 USB stick drives.
Thank you for sharing! I love the AOM blog and podcast (even though I'm a girl.) For years I was resistant to going digital. I was old fashioned for the longest time and preferred the bound encyclopedias to the internet. I loved collecting books and would carry them with me, but soon they became heavy. Especially when I started traveling. I recently learned that letting go is freeing and it's easier to get around with less. Now, I can't imagine life without my Kindle. A few years ago I started borrowing ebooks for free from the library and the limited deadline actually motivates me to read the books. I'm looking forward to reading this article. Right now I don't have many offline options.
Can you use the Kindle for PDFs? It’s been a few years since I’ve looked at one, thinking it would have a hard time with “Total Resistance “.
Yes, you can store and read PDF; however, sometimes the size of things are too small to see clearly, like a small photo or map or even small print so the best thing to do, if you know you will be using PDF, is to get the larger Kindle. They work better for PDFs. That's what I will purchase this time. I have a Paperwhite (think that's what it is called) and it's great but PDFs can be annoying on it but for everything else, it's perfect, fits in your pocket, battery lasts a couple of weeks, holds more books that I can read in a year(s).
As I said, I prefer REAL books, but I have electronic back issues for many publications, especially those that are too bulky, rare, old, and expensive to keep in physical form. Remember the old adage," Two is one and one is none". All that information is worthless if you can't access it, and depending upon the situation, you might not be able to access the information! Technologies change (how many of you have 8-tracks, Beta or VHS tapes, and no way to play them), equipment breaks, wears out or just stops working, and there is the whole power problem. Years ago, there was a Syfy TV show called "Revolution" about a world 10 years after electric power suddenly stopped. A woman on the show still carried a non-functional cell phone around because it contained the only pictures she had of her children, and it was her hope that one day she would be able to see them again...if only on her phone.
