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1. cecilia Said,

   Is the Amazon Kindle better than other eBook readers?

   Pro: if you’re in the US, you can download directly to your reader. (other readers are coming out with this feature)

   Con: you have to use Amazon’s proprietary format, which is likely going to be replaced by the epub format (the book equivalent of the MP3). Also, Amazon can delete books from your reader (and has done so).
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   I have a Sony Reader and a Cybook – both e-ink devices, both fantastic. The Kindle does not interest me.

2. Pauline A Said,

   I own the Kindle 2, so let me give you some of my opinions. I’ve to say I love it! I think I’ve read over 30 books with my Kindle, no glitches so far! I suggest it if you want to get an e reader.

   One of the reasons I love my Kindle is that it has helped me improve a lot on my efficiency and utilize my time. Before I have the Kindle, waiting time like when I’m waiting for friends or waiting for shuttle bus or some thing like that is simply wasted. Now I just need to bring the Kindle 2 along with me, and all my favorite books are inside it. Another thing I like the most is the text-to-speech function, which means I can "read" books without even holding or looking at the Kindle. Now I like to use this function when I’ve myself busy on some boring things, say when I’m on the step machine or doing some housework…

   I like reading and at the beginning I did miss a bit on the feeling of reading books. But now I love to hold the Kindle, the e-ink seems to work very well, it is really like reading books… Now I often read with the Kindle for several hours but I don’t feel tired… And I now prefer to manage all books inside the Kindle rather than my never big enough bookshelf… And like to do bookmarking, annotation, dictionary lookup without any additional thing but a Kindle.

   There are quite a lot of free books, and many Kindle books, magazines and newspapers are cheaper than the actual paper version. I remember I read these reviews about the benefits of the Kindle when I decided to buy it:

   http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR2DUM7S4XW06QN%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB00154JDAI%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

   http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/is-kindle-2-worth-the-price

   Finally, guess you know, Amazon has just put a price slash on the Kindle 2, and it is now selling $100 cheaper than the price I got my Kindle, and it adds in international wireless access… So take the chance if you want it.

   Hope it helps
   References :
   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015T963C?ie=UTF8&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0015T963C (Kindle 2 after price slash)

3. Elfwreck Said,

   It’s better for some people, not for others. It’s great for people who want to buy mainstream, popular ebooks and have them quickly available. And there are a lot of people for whom that’s the most important aspect. Others like the limited web browsing ability, and it’s true that the only other ebook reader that has that, costs twice as much. (The ILiad. Which has a lot of other good features. But still, $800+ for an ebook reader is a lot.)

   It’s good for searching through ebooks, also, but so are the Hanlin ebook readers like the Aztak Pocket Pro and the STARebook. The Pocket Pro ( http://www.theezreader.com/html/highlights.html ) has most of the non-wireless features of the Kindle, at a much lower price. It supports 20 file formats.

   The Kindle doesn’t read a wide variety of filetypes, doesn’t allow you to buy DRM’d ebooks from other stores (even though it reads .prc/mobi files), and its PDF support is very limited. Kindle 1 & 2 only deal with PDFs through conversion, which can destroy the formatting, and the DX doesn’t have search or annotation in PDFs.

   (Disclaimer: I have a Sony PRS-505.)
   References :
   Mobileread’s "Which One Should I Buy?" forum: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=123

4. Mike P Said,

   I love my Kindle 2 very much. If you’re considering to get the Kindle, just get it and you won’t regret. Right now I’ve read over 10 books with the Kindle, and I really like the idea that I can bring and store all the books with the handy device. Besides, it uses the e-ink technology, it is really clear like reading books; and even I read with the device for long hours, I don’t feel tired. My only complaint is the white case, right now all the Kindles are in white color… I think it will be cool if I can have a black or deep blue color Kindle

   I suggest you to read this review from a top reviewer who is also a book lover, it outlines quite a lot of benefits of the Kindle and also why it is worth especially at the end of the review:

   http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR9J54TZ1541OR%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

   BTW, there are some website like this one, where you can find more than 20,000 free books for the Kindle. So no need to go to library to borrow them, you can actually own them:

   http://manybooks.net/

   Hope this helps.
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