I use it in grad school for everything. I do EVERYTHING!!...Download biology texts, lecture PDFs, research articles, review articles, and most of all I use the e-reader side to take notes in lecture while I use the internal mic to record the lecture. What is truly beautiful about this device is the diversity. "OK you download all these files...big deal," no, I also open them and use them in endless ways on this device. Open up the PDF on the E-reader side for some casual reading, or open it up on the LCD and take notes landscape on the E-reader. Easily save slide shows as PDF, open on the E-reader and take notes directly on the machine. I literally only take this to school and have everything I could possibly need.