I've been an early adopter of the Kindle E-reader, having purchased my first Kindle in November of 2007. Shortly thereafter we purchased another one for Alice, as we're both avid readers. We currently have a LOT of books in our Kindle library. Generally, when I purchase or download a book, we have it sent to both Kindles, two i-phones, and two computers. The syncing works wonderful between platforms, so (as an example) I can pick up with my i-phone where I left off with the Kindle when I'm reading in bed...the i-phone is back lit so I don't need a reading light. Anyway, to make a long story shorter, I just killed my Kindle accidentally. A few nights ago I fell asleep in the chair and when I got up I pushed the foot rest in...somehow the Kindle had fallen in the mechanism and it got executed:(. No life at all in her, and a permanent crease across the screen. Bummer.
So, the choices are three: Get a new Kindle, get the larger tablet size Kindle DX, or get an i-pad. We decided on the i-pad for several reasons. The i-pad is usable for a lot more then e-reading, and since we've had i-phones forever I'm used to (and love) the touch interface. Another big reason for me is that I like to read history books (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Civil War etc) and these books do not cut it on the Kindle. The Kindle is only a single page, pure black and white, and it doesn't do justice to charts and maps. The i-pad should handle that nicely, especially since it has a two page open mode in landscape. I'll also now have the option of not only downloading Kindle books, but also e-books in pub format...my choices of content should increase dramatically. That having been said (and not having tried Apple's book store yet) Amazon does a remarkable job with its Kindle store, and I fully expect to continue utilizing them for my i-pad, as well as Alice's Kindle and the PC and i-phone readers.
