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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 3897281" data-attributes="member: 177">Yeah, but if you are a reader of paperbacks, you don't seem to save anything yet.  Kindle books run from $6 to $10 - with an apparent average around $8, matching a typical paperback.  New technologies don't tend to take off until they not only solve a problem or provide a new service, but also save people money.The Kindle is an interesting thing that gives a glimpse of where the future might be, but it isn't ready for prime-time yet.  Wait for Sony and Amazon to go a couple rounds trying to one-up each other, and bring down the production costs, and maybe functionality and price will come to someplace really useful.This use-case conflicts with the iPod's desire to be small.  Paperbacks are the size they are for a reason - it is about small as you can make a page and still make it useful.  So, the iPod and iPhone form factors just don't cut it. And gaming books have even larger pages because they are different from novels, which means neither the kindle nor the iPod will do them as well...</blockquote>