[BigFoot48]

We bought a Kindle 3 with 3G in September, after researching the topic here and elsewhere for several months. My wife is the primary user, as she is a voracious reader.

I opted for the more expensive 3G model as we take trips around the country in our small Casita travel trailer several times a year, and having a free, albeit limited, Internet access when we're in the boondocks will come in handy. My only hope is that Amazon keeps this free, at least until I get my extra $50 out of it!

She is very, very happy with the Kindle, including the $59 lighted cover we bought from Amazon. I am pleased with the variety of free books available, which when combined with purchased ones, should keep her well occupied. The only negative is that she will no longer have books to turn into the used bookstore for credits on used books, but I suspect her days of pre-ebooks are largely over.

I decided to register as I just discovered how to remove hidden quotation marks and apostrophes from epub formatted books, so that the conversion in Calibre to mobi doesn't result in question marks in little boxes, and I thought posting that should the question come up (again) in a thread, might prove useful to someone in the future. A small amount of payback for the great amount I have learned from this forum.

Glad to be a part of it!

Patrick and Marilyn