Originally Posted by
magiciansampras
I don't get the whole kindle thing. I used a friend's and saw no benefit over paper books. The benefits I hear are things like, "It is easier than carrying around 20 books." Who the hell carries around 20 books with them? I don't need to be reading 20 books at once.
I think it is a gimmick and a percentage of those that sing its praises are trying to justify to themselves the high cost they paid for it.
I didnt pay anything for mine. The iPhone app is free. My wife actually probably has 5 computer science texts on hers at any given time which would weigh a pound or two each. Plus the WSJ delivered to it every morning as she heads to the train. I may be reading 3 or 4 books at a time, and I can have them all on my iPhone and pick the one I want without lugging them all around. Im somewhat agnostic on the Kindle device, but there is absolutely no doubt that electronic books are the future. Particular technologies will shake out, but paper wont be one of the survivors except as vinyl is for recordings.