While e-books can be downloaded onto phones such as the Blackberry Z10 and the iPad, the Amazon Kindle proves to be the most popular device on which to enjoy digital books.
It is a series of e-book readers designed to allow readers to shop for, download and read e-books, magazines and other digital media via a wireless device.
Amazon released the first generation Kindle device in November 2007. It retailed for US$399 (approximattely N$ 4225) and sold out in five and a half hours. The device remained out of stock for five months until late April 2008. As technology has advanced, the Kindle has also moved with the times, coming up with better versions and models such as the Kindle Paperwhite.
The Kindle device is widely available all over Namibia in shops like CNA and sell for between N$1000 to N$1400, Nanodog also stock the device, at the cost of between N$1380 to N$1840 for the latest Paperwhite Kindle.
Although the publishing of e-books is not very popular in Namibia, Bryony van der Merwe of Wordweaver Publishing said that novels published by the publishing house are made available on Amazon.
A total of nine novels like ‘Mama Namibia’ by Mari Serebrov and ‘Innocent Bones’ by Charmaine Stewart, published by Wordweaver are available on Amazon.
Van der Merwe explained that children’s literature and books with illustrations published by them are not made available on Amazon.
1. ‘If I Stay’ by Gayle Forman
2. ‘A Cold and Broken Hallelujah’ by Tyler Dillts
3. ‘Outlander: A Novel’ by Diana Gabaldon
4. ‘The Paper Magician’ by Charlie N. Holmberg
5. ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry
6. ‘Crazy for Her’ by Sandra Owens
7. ‘Big Little Lies’ by Liane Moriarty
8. ‘The Longest Day’ by Cornelius Ryan
9. ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ by John Green
10. ‘ Rain Girl’ by Gabi Kreslenher
