It is absolutely the best gift I have ever received. Being an avid reader, my husband bought this for me after I told him about a woman I saw reading on one. It is so easy to use, lighweight for carrying and reading in bed, downloading books are a snap and download in an instant. It is easy to save my place when I put it down or close it and it opens right to where I left off. It is easy to go to the next book that I downloaded. I can adjust the size of the text for when my eyes are tired and I don't want to use my glasses. I cannot rave about it enough.

I love my kindle. I wish I could use it at night without lights. It needs a backlight functionality.

Most of the well known historians are not on kindle. If you are looking for books on history that are newer than four or five years old forget it. Kindle has a very limited selection and most of the books can be bought for less at a book sell. They show a lot of numbers but look before you purchase. 10 versions of Story of a slave girl. Several are Federalist and Ati-Federalist papers. They do a lot of duplication to get their numbers up. Look at what you can purchase before you get a kindle.

Tired of seeing it everywhere on Amazon...sooo annoying... plus it is black and white!!! who cares?!!!

I've had mine about 5 weeks. I've read 3 books when I have not read for pleasure in 4 or more years. Needless to say I like it a lot. Whispernet is cool and useful feature. As is mentioned by others some pictures are garbage. Is it the scan or the e-paper itself. I vote a little of both, you see all the books I downloaded to my Kindle I own hard copy of too.

If you have ever wished the type face of a paperback was bigger, you will love the Kindle. I have found that the 6 font sizes cover most of the documents and books I've read so far.

The screen can have some glare depending on the angle of your light, but it is easily adjustable due to it's size and format. I was amazed at how close the tactile experience of read a book fits with this device for me.

It is pricey, and I know when I bought mine that the new version was due out (5 months ago when I started my research, they had not announced the new model, but rumors were strong). Still I like it!

The only gripe I have is that the price of an electronic book is too high! I would buy books 'out of my normal scope', if they price was lower. They loose a sale because my risk of disappointment is higher vs. cost.

Amazon and publishers need to embrace this revenue stream in our current economic downturn or they will die a slow death...or is that how markets are supposed to work?

2008-10-11