I don’t have a Kindle, but I find electronic devices (phones, Garmins, etc) must be handled with care, read in a certain light/angle, etc. It’s easy to turn them off when you don’t want to, skip to the wrong section, etc. I’m sure that there are applications where Kindles will be very handy, but I prefer books for the long run.
My friend who claims that he will throw away all his books is a psychologist, and he borrows books from my husband from time to time.
I don’t believe him for a minute, but I have to admit that I’ve never seen a real book, or magazine, in his whole house. His current home office is crammed with patient folders which he shreds from time to time. But, if he has any real books, they are out of view. I really don’t know what he is going to do with these miles of cherry shelves in his new family room, office, study, gun room, etc. I hope he doesn’t rip them out. They are lovely.
“Electric ink” doesn’t have the glare or angle issues you cited. It also uses almost zero energy-my basic B&W kindle runs for weeks on a charge. But I sure do miss writing on real pages, and you can’t skip around very easily, the way you can with paper books.
That said, I’m about to go on a road trip tomorrow. I’m packing two hard books and my kindle. This morning, I just downloaded about a dozen free classics.
Price zero, delivered in seconds. Moby Dick, Typee, The Art of War, Treasure Island and lots more. Cost, zero. Space and weight, zero. That’s pretty nice, you must admit.