Amazon announced yesterday that sales of e-books are outnumbering sales of hardcover books. In related news, I received a Kindle DX as an early birthday present from my much-too-generous parents. In the limited time I’ve had to use it since it arrived yesterday, I quickly grasped why it’s such a popular device. The e-ink screen is easy on the eyes and it bears a remarkable resemblance to paper. The large screen accommodates as much text as two printed pages and I don’t have to ask someone to clip the pages down or bend the binding. If I could find a way to activate the “next page” key independently, it would be nearly perfect. Still, it should last me the next few years until the color version is released. And I’ll likely be purchasing fewer hardcover books, which will probably be welcome news to my sagging shelves.
