I want to thank Joe and Amy over at Nine Lives Media (The Var Guy & MSPMentor) and NimSoft for hosting the webinar where I won this great device. You see I have been looking at Ebook readers for quite a while and I could never get my head around how they could really be worth the money. But that is before I touched one and now that I have I can say; "Yes they are" and it isn't just because I got mine for free. I read a lot, at any one time I have 4 or 5 books around my house that I am reading. When I travel I have to decide which ones I am willing to take based on their size and weight. Also I get most of my books online so when I order then I have to wait for them to get to me. This Kindle fixes all of those things. The first thing I noticed when I took it out of the box was the screen, I never really understood how an Eink screen worked, the text was crisp and the grayscale images were sharp on this thing. The setup process was easy and you can load documents you already have either over the air (for a small fee) or via the USB cable (for free). The process for buying books can be handled on the computer or from the Kindle directly. Making the Kindle much like the IPod in the way that it makes buying music and movies easy and more of an impulse purchase. Items that are purchased from Amazon get delivered very quickly. I have now been using it several weeks and I have read several books, a few converted PDFs and a few BLOGs (again thanks for Nine Lives Media for the free subscriptions) and I haven't experianced any eye strain from using it and think the layout works well. I love being able to have one "book" that I can carry where ever I go. The device is pretty much always on since the off mode is more of a hibernation. The navigation is a little "old school" with the thumb control but it works. This device does exactly what it is supposed to do and overall does it well. If you get a chance to check any of the Ebook readers out close up I suggest you do, that is the only way you can truely understand why you really want one of these things. You may find the Nook or Sony's Ebook reader more to your liking, but any way you go this is the next evolution in reading.
So what was the last book you read? As always I welcome your comments and feedback.