Hi Pippi, I have a kindle. I love it, You can download books anwhere. You don't have to be connected to the computer. I liked mine so much we bought my hubby one also. Also this one has lots of memory, so it holds lots of books. One of my girlfriends has an older model and she loves that one too. Barns and Noble has one called the nook. I have heard lots of good stuff about that one too. Hope that helps