Since I moved to Japan, I had very little access to good english books, and the access I did have was rather expensive.

Before buying the kindle, I had read maybe 5 english books in the last 5 years. With the kindle, I read over 15 books in the first month.

My eyes get strained out reading books on my iphone or monitor, but really the eink feels just reading like actual paper.

I'm always surprised by people comparing the ipad and kindle, as in my mind and LCD screen just can't compare to the ease of reading eink.