[Joe 6-pack]

"First off, I’ll be a lot less nervous about a <$150 Kindle at the beach..."

I'd be less nervous about a $4.95 paperback.

[PreciousLiberty]

“I’d be less nervous about a $4.95 paperback.”

That may be true, but before very long the Kindle will pay for itself with less expensive content. Plus, that content is mine forever, unlike paper books which can burn, shred, fall apart - or get doused with seawater. ;-)