You know, a coworker just tried to talk me into getting a Kindle. He loves his. I love the whole concept of sitting back in a chair with a cup of coffee and reading a book. The touch of the paper is intertwined with the reading experience. Speedreaders usually read the center words only. I don't and I don't know how it is that I speed read,tragblack. If there is something that I want to remember (Like in a spiritual book) I can even remember where it is on the page and on what side of the page (not the number of the page),just appox where it is in the book by just the feel of the book's thickness. Also after I have finished the novel, I will block the ending from my memory and when I reread it in a couple of years, I never remember exactly how the book ends, so it is always a fresh adventure. My hundreds of books have all been read at least 2-3 times. When I get one that I am not particularly fond of a book I take it to the book exchange.