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I'm currently writing a paper about the pedagogical value of annotating text. Dennis Sumara makes a compelling case for reading and annotating as a focal exercise worth practicing. I've never been able to bring myself to feel comfortable writing in paper books, but I've found I love scribbling on my ebooks (though I can only currently do that with the PDF ones, which have their own limitations). That's why I keep hoping something like DotReader will eventually be ported to the iLiad. (Except that the DotReader website is still down after a week, leading me to wonder if that project is dead.)
Anyhoo, my point is that responding while reading is, for many, an integral part of reading, so having some kind of input can be seen as critical. I happen to prefer pen input, though many would be happy with the sort of keyboard in the Kindle, I'm sure.
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