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I got a Kindle over the holidays and find that it has now become my only reading device (I no longer read on my pda or my phone, a MotorolaQ). This is largely because of the screen size (whether reading eink is actually better on the eyes than a screen that is artificially lit, I do not know, but the battery life is certainly greatly improved). I did not want a Sony, because there are far too few current books available (the Borders arrangement seems to me nothing more than a sales gimmick, as Borders is no more a publisher than is Amazon, and all this means is that Sony-drm'ed content will be sold in its stores). OTOH, I am reading the NYTimes on the Kindle (I think it's easier to manipulate on the Kindle than in the print version) as well as two books I bought for $9.99 each. The one thing of which we can be certain is that there will be improvements and new versions in short order (that's the law of technology, is it not?) and the next ones will be better. Is this the future of reading? Each of us will have to decide.
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