I think its way to big for holding it on your palm and having your fingers on both side (maybe if you are the long lost Yeti it might be able
) but you don't have to hold it like this.
I hold my PPC this way for reading but the ilead is much more like a book. You can hold it with one hand and flip the sides with the bar in a comfortable way. Now it is also clear why they don't made the backside of the ilead plain. Its very comfortable to grab the ilead with the "rough" backside.