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You're right. As much progress as we've seen, I still find myself searching for a book I want to read in an e-book format first, and as often as not, end up buying a paperback from Amazon or B&N. But I swear, if there was an easy way to do the conversion myself, I'd do my entire collection.
The Kindle may or may not turn out to be a long-term product or service (though, knowing Amazon, they'll let it ride for years waiting for it to turn a profit). But if nothing else, it will convince the last of the publishers who have not yet gone digital that now's the time to start converting new books to sellable digital formats (after all, it's stoopid easy to do through Amazon's existing system) and get them out there. That could be the boulder over the hill that finally starts the digital content avalanche.
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