I am an early adopter.
My kindle arrived today. I put a couple of books from the Baen free library on, and one from Gutenberg.net. (The Baen free library books work better.)
I got it because I like to read, and I've been reading less lately, in part because lap-lump makes holding open a book and turning pages difficult. I chose the Kindle rather than the Sony Reader because I want to be able to have access to lots o' books--I don't want to limit my options by going for an ebook. (Yes, the kindle limits my options, but they have lots of book titles already, and if Amazon makes this work, there will be even more in the future.)
The screen doesn't knock me over with its beauty or anything, but I do sometimes forget that it's a screen.
It's expensive, and if you don't want a book reader, you're SOL 'cause it's not good at anything else. But so far, it looks like a pretty decent book reader. We'll see in a week or two what I think of it.
I got it because I like to read, and I've been reading less lately, in part because lap-lump makes holding open a book and turning pages difficult. I chose the Kindle rather than the Sony Reader because I want to be able to have access to lots o' books--I don't want to limit my options by going for an ebook. (Yes, the kindle limits my options, but they have lots of book titles already, and if Amazon makes this work, there will be even more in the future.)
The screen doesn't knock me over with its beauty or anything, but I do sometimes forget that it's a screen.
It's expensive, and if you don't want a book reader, you're SOL 'cause it's not good at anything else. But so far, it looks like a pretty decent book reader. We'll see in a week or two what I think of it.