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just received a kindle reader as a gift; gonna look into Black Swan Green by David Mitchell.
let me know if those are worth the money... was seriously thinking about getting one but i still don't see how any other way to read would be better than a printed book.
Here's my initial review just based off the past couple hours. The best thing about it is how the display looks; it looks paper-esque. In other words, there is no glow/glare that may come from something like a computer screen, like a matte display. It reminds me of the fake screen shot displays on a cell phone at a store, because it does not seem to be on/off even when in sleep mode. In other words, it looks like I'll be able to read off the screen for extended periods of time, or as long as my attention span allows. The other main feature I like is that I can get first chapter previews before purchasing a book. So far I've read previews of four books and could tell that I was not interested in two of them. I also like how I don't have the physical conception of how many pages I have yet to read, so I can just read until I'm ready to stop, instead of feeling like I'm climbing some metaphorical mountain. A few other details are that you can select words and it'll tell you the definition at the bottom of the screen, you can change text size, pages are bookmarked immediately, you can make notes, and you can purchase a book anywhere without internet access.
The one con that I have found is that a few books that I searched for were not yet available, but you can request them. Coming from someone that does not often partake in leisure reading, I'd say that it's pretty amazing.