Lying in bed, finished my last Cussler novel, switched on 3g browsed to Kindle bookstore on Amazon bought another book started new story. Total time about 4 minutes. 50% CHEAPER than a paper book and I didnt have to pay for diesel or a bus fare to get to the shop. I can do the same from my caravan in the middle of a field and I dont have the storage problems that a lot of books would generate. I have a home with 8 book cases and several shelves full of professional books on I.T. and lots of music and photgraphic and art source files.

Kinlde is for reading and for that it is very good. The other books are visual aids to my job or the graphic arts and they are what they are.

Kindle is brilliant at what it does, it's a means to an end, it will never replace my big book of Tall ships or a Gutenberg Bible but it is convenient. Its especially nice with the leather cover with a built in light. So far battery life between charges is about three weeks.

Live long and prosper. :)