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I am not by nature an ebook person, but this thread made me go out and borrow the most recent model from a friend to try out.

Honestly, I was not impressed. I could not get over the "gadget" feel as some others have described. I constantly felt like I was playing with a video game.

The prices for things that interested me where actually more expensive than hard copies of the books (7.19 for The Bear & the Dragon by Tom Clancy). I can hunt around online and come up with a paperback copy of that book for a dollar. Also, as I understand (correct me if I'm wrong here please!) but if you decide to get rid of the Kindle, you're out however much you spent on the books, and you don't have the books in hand.

The battery needed a charge somewhere between the 700-800 page range, but I can't be sure if it was a full charge when I borrowed it. If that is a full charge, I'd say that's a rather low capacity for someone with time to read and who reads quickly.

Also, I'm somewhat of a speed reader. Maybe it's just my eyes, but I constantly had to go back and re-read something because I wasn't sure if I had read it correctly. That's something I NEVER have to do with a hard copy.

I think, given enough time (I only read one book, even if it was 1000+ pages) I could develop a tolerance for reading on a Kindle, but my initial trial run didn't sufficiently impress me enough to give me a solid reason for buying one.

Obviously, others here would get more use out of it for the physical or electronic benefits, but I don't see spending 250 on a Kindle as a wise investment as of now.