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I am the proud owner of a Kindle which I unwrapped and powered on for the first time on 21 February. Since then, I've read 16 books on the Kindle and 15 paper books.
It seems that the only ebook reader more expensive than the Kindle is the Illiad, but the price was worth it for me. I justified it by the expected lower price of "best seller" and "new release" books that would allow me to read them on the Kindle instead of buying the hardback version or waiting for the paperback to come out. YMMV.
The Kindle is extremely comfortable to hold while reading, even when reading in bed. Initially, you may find yourself bumping one of the page turn buttons until you stop trying to hold the Kindle the same way you hold a paper book.
I did step into a Borders bookstore and play with the Sony PRS 505 that they had on display. I recognized that I could be happy with the device, but researching the type of current books that I buy, I also realized that I would make up the difference in price between the Sony and the Kindle by the difference in price of the books.
Downside of the Kindle is that although it reads standard Mobipocket books, it cannot be used to read Secure Mobipocket (i.e. those with DRM) format. You can only buy the secured books from Amazon with their proprietary DRM format.
Whatever you decide, you're in for a treat -- both with the device and with getting to know the folks here at MobileRead.
Welcome. Welcome, indeed.
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