I have a kindle and an iPad. I totally love my kindle. My DH. Has loaded it up with books-all free or under $5.there is a lot of sites on the Internet for free snooks, but the same book may not be free all the time as the prices change, so it's a good idea to check often. I have the kindle cover with a built in reading light-well worth the cost(around$60) it powers off the kindle battery. I love the no-glare screen of the kindle as apposed to the glass on the iPad. DH just told me the other day that the libraries will make books avaiable to all e readers. Yay! The only drawback to the kindle is the battery-I guess when it croaks, you can't replace it yourself. On the color issue,if you are reading a lot of magazines, then maybe a color screen would be nice, but the books I read don't have pictures anyway! Ha ha