Tell me why you love/hate your Kindle

T!ckledP!nk

I am thinking about buying one because I read all of the time and they seem pretty handy, but I'm not convinced yet that they are worth the price. If you have one, please tell me what you love or hate about it.

TIA

katydid17

I don't actually have a Kindle reader, just the iPhone app.  I think it's really awesome, but I find myself wanting to buy books I would normally just get through the library... at around $10 a pop, it's an added expense I hadn't really planned on.

bunnybean

I love the Kindle.  I do so much more reading now than I used to.  Most books are available on Amazon, and you can get some from other sites, too.  Classics are like $.50 sometimes.  Plus I can carry like 1000 books with me at one time!  I have the app on my iPhone, too.  It's all been wonderful.

fionuelah

I have the Sony reader and I love it, but I think I would have preferred a Kindle instead ( the reader was a surprise gift from the Hubs.)

The reader for me is great because of the convience factor. I definitely read more because the reader is small enough to carry in my purse I always carry it. This has come in great when I'm at lunch or waiting at the dentist/doctors office. I took it on vacation this summer with 10 books preloaded, lots of variety and saved space in my luggage. Also I'm a full time student and I've gotten several of my required texts through my e-reader, again one less book to carry.

I do wish I had the Kindle because it would be nice to be able to download books without beening connected to a computer but then again I would probably spend way to much on impulse buys.

monkeygrl

I love my Kindle.  I debated the pros and cons and it is not a necessity but I wouldn't want to be without it.  I love being able to download books without being hooked to a computer (great if you travel alot), I can preview chapters of a book before buying to make sure it's what I want, and I can carry it anywhere.  I read alot and always carry books anywhere I go...this makes it so much easier.  I thought I would miss physically touching a book but I don't.

MrsV2005

I have the Sony reader and love it! You can carry a ton of books with you at any given time, which comes in especially handy when on vacation or even a road trip.

With the sony reader, you can read multiple types of files such as PDFs, etc. and you can check books out from libraries that offer ebooks (Denver Public Library is one of them). I think that the Kindle is limited to only the amazon.com store format.

Sony has a ebook store that's alarmingly similar to iTunes, so I haven't had any issues getting my books loaded.