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I perceive a slight anti-Kindle bias, which is why I'm not surprised to see lots of K2 posts; it's easier to discuss something controversial.
I don't think the anti-K bias is actually against "the Kindle"--I think the MR forums love all ebook readers. I think there's an anti-DRM bias (as in, there are those who hate it, and those who don't mind it, and no notable number of people firmly in favor of it), and a bias against single-format readers, and a bias against devices that don't deal well with PDFs. (I also think there's a slight anti-PDF bias, but we acknowledge that there's a lot of them, and there's not going to be less in the future because they're a very useful form of data containment.)
But since the Kindle is (1) heavy on DRM, (2) poor with PDFs, and (3) tied to Amazon's monopolistic business practices, there are frequent anti-Kindle sentiments.
Which means that, when the Kindle is Big Ebook News, everyone has something to say about it.
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