[Synamon]

Since no one reads books facedown on a scanner, I'm not sure what your point is. In bright light the Kindle is far superior to a paperback, the glare off the white (or yellowed) paper is terrible. In less light, the crisp letters on the Kindle and the ability to increase the font size more than make up for any potential lack of contrast, if that's what you were trying to prove.

Contrast is great, except when it isn't and you get glare from the bright background. I'd say that the design of the e-ink screen on the Kindle is easy on the eyes. The Kindle screen isn't ideal in very low light, but adding a book light solves that problem.