Follow Up. I completed my outbound flight yesterday. I never put my Kindle up. Had aisle seat in FC. FA could clearly see I was reading and made no request that I put it up at any time. There were three other people in FC also reading from Kindles. They did not put their Kindles away either.
People really like to talk to you about this new technology. I spent more time answering questions while waiting to board than I did actually reading.