What is your opinions of Amazon's Kindle?

My daughter was given an Amazon kindle, for being the top 6 among the full scholars in first year of Medicine. She brought it with her when she went home for the Christmas vacation and showed it to us. The pages seemed real papers and you can increase the font size should you want. That's why my father will be buying one also for himself. Though , he instructed my niece to search for one who has a light, so he can read it in the dark, when he wakes up at night. My daughter is very happy to have it. She loves reading the books.

I don't have a kindle but I have a kobo which is similiar. I really like it for regular books such as novels. But if its a diet book, cook book, or a book that you'll want to refer to a lot I don't care for it. But as for novels its wonderful! I can take it to the laundrymatt, Dr. office, in the car. There isn't the bulk of a book, you don't have to mark your page (it automatically goes to where you left off) fits in my purse no matter the size of the book. On the downside, unless your one to be the first to buy a book you can save alot if you buy used books. Although I like the ereader, I still perfer the actual hard copy book.

I only heard the name kindle a couple of days ago, I had never heard of it before, a friend of mine was given one for Christmas and she asked me if I knew how to work it, I had never heard of it before...Sounds like a good idea but I think a lot of avid book readers don't think reading from anything other than real books is really reading although I guess this will change with time.

I think it's a very convenient way to read especially if you like reading anywhere everywhere, you won't have to bring a big stack of books to wherever you want to go, just bring out our Kindle from you little purse and everything is very easy.

I dont know if I want a Kindle or Nook. I am happy with traditional books and having them in front of me and turning pages and using book marks. I cant look at a sceen for a long period of time. plus there is nothibg lime a book by my bed pr layong on a bubble bath with a good book.

now that the library offers books through the different e-readers I am more on the bandwagon than I was a year or so ago. My husband bought a nook color when they were on sale a while back. My mother in law just got rid of her kindle for the Kindle Fire, so now I have a Kindle of my own. I still like to hold a book and read, but for traveling it is great.

I got a Kindle a couple of Christmases ago, and I love it. I don't prefer it to regular books, though. I think both are great. There's still something about holding a real book in my hands. But, I like that with the Kindle I can have multiple books with one device. The free classics are also good. Sometimes I waver on whether I want to read one, and I know I'm not going to buy a book I'm not sure about. But, I put them on the Kindle without having to worry about wasting money. I've also read some Austen on the Kindle. Emma was the last one I read.