I bought my husband a Kindle for Christmas and now I am completely addicted to it! I find myself reading a lot more now instead of watching television because it is so easy to keep downloading new books. I have to disclose though, I own an iPhone and a Flip video camera as well. I love devices that make my life easier!

Kindle for iPhone is wonderful - free - and so far seems to not be lacking anything (some may want a larger screen but for something that may just be a fad...I don't care to invest)...and to try it out, amazon.com offers some of the old classics free.

I reviewed the original Kindle last summer and loved it, but had the same concerns I have today - cost for the Kindle and costs for the books (if they aren't being printed, shouldn't they cost way less?).

I have the Kindle for my iPhone and love it. The size is not a problem, and I never "forget" my book.

I am definitely one of those Gen-Xers. I love books. I love to read them. Hold them. Smell them. I love browsing a bookstore to find the next perfect read. After spending all day in front of a computer screen, the last thing I want to do is pick up another computer to unwind. I want the experience of holding that book in my hand. Now, I consider myself green, so it seems that a digital format would be enticing and yet I can't imagine giving up the experience of holding an actual book in my hands and turning its pages as I read. Perhaps someday my view will change, but I think that will only happen once I become environmentally convicted enough and if the cost of a digital book was far less than that of a printed one. Until then, I'll cling to the print edition, thank you very much.

My issue with the Kindle is that I get 99% of my reading material from either the library or Paperback Swap. I read about 4-5 books a week, on average, and paying the Kindle price of $7-10 a book is way too expensive. Too bad, as I think it'd be great for trips, just bringing a loaded up Kindle instead of a carry-on full of paperbacks. If there was a way to easily load e-books from my local library on the Kindle w/o circumventing DRM, I'd be way more interested.

OK So I'm a boomer but I love my kindle. I read more, it's easier to carry lots of books around, less eye strain than reading a paper book (less glare) and nothing at all like reading on a computer screen. I get a lot of free books from Baen free library & Feedbooks as well as from Amazon.

Our rural library doesn't have much and it usually costs us money to get things from ILL. It's often cheaper to buy the kindle book than it is to get it out of the library!

And the biggest benefit is the samples. See a book you might be interested in? Download the sample, read it and decide. I have hundreds in my saved for later lists and over 100 on my kindle with about 80 more I've read and deleted off the device.

I hate the DRM and the lack of user defined folders to organize your collection is terrible but I still love the device.

I would give up the tactile feeling of a book in favour of a Kindle or Sony E-reader because of the following

- Thousands of books, minus the weight

- Slightly cheaper than a real book, but that doesn't bother me because I'd pay $40 for a book if I wanted it, I just don't pay for one because I don't want to carry it or have it sit on my shelf and collect dust.

- Easy to carry a library to read and use the books from

- You can make the fonts bigger for your eyes (some books are too tiny, others way too large)

- Easy to hold it in bed and read rather than cramp your arms

With that being said, I think my next big purchase is going to be an e-reader if I get a contract that I've been waiting for.

I want the experience of holding that book in my hand. Now, I consider myself green, so it seems that a digital format would be enticing and yet I can't imagine giving up the experience of holding an actual book in my hands and turning its pages as I read.