nightcats's Journal: A Booklover's Review of Kindle

Norm Jenson's got an average-guy's review of Amazon's Kindle up at his blog. If you're simply a booklover who wants to know more about this product before plunking down your $400, you'll benefit from Jenson's perspective, which is overall positive but also contains some practical insight on the Kindle's place in your reading life.

The Kindle is not a substitute for traditional books, when I was reading War and Peace a big book, it was heavy and substantial and in some way that added something in addition to the page numbers that were missing on the Kindle. I think of the Kindle not as a replacement of traditional books but as a supplement. I've got jury duty next week and I can tell you that it will be nice to take the Kindle and have additional choices of what to read while I'm waiting rather than deciding in advance what specific books I'll be in the mood to read.