I just got a Kindle after about 3 weeks of researching and talking to 2 of my kids who have e-readers. I like my Kindle. I can download books from it or order them online and it will automatically download. I like that I can change the font to big so I can see it. It's lighter than a book so I can read in bed without straining my hands. There are thousands of books out there that you can download for free - if you like classics. Kindle books are .mobi files and it also reads .pdf. While Barnes and Noble's Nook and Border's Kobi are ePub files, so you would need to download a converter software to read them on your Kindle. Buying e-books cost about the same at Amazon as at Barnes and Noble and Borders. Check out the feature of all three and decide what you want. Then get it and you will love it.