I have actually seen and been rather impressed by a Kindle (in size and shape and weight rather like a writing slate). But it does look horribly fragile compared to books, especially given the price difference (drop a $10 book on a stone floor and it will survive with possibly a few bent pages, do the same with a Kindle or other e-book reader and it will be over 10 times that amount to replace). And I really dislike their DRM and ability to delete things remotely -- I don't know that they would delete a book I had loaded privately, but I know that they could do it if they wanted.
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I have actually seen and been rather impressed by a Kindle (in size and shape and weight rather like a writing slate). But it does look horribly fragile compared to books, especially given the price difference (drop a $10 book on a stone floor and it will survive with possibly a few bent pages, do the same with a Kindle or other e-book reader and it will be over 10 times that amount to replace). And I really dislike their DRM and ability to delete things remotely -- I don't know that they would delete a book I had loaded privately, but I know that they could do it if they wanted.