I still like my hard copies of my magazines and quilt books. Having lost my hard drive too many times, I would rather stick to the printed word. I don't find the Kindle to be very cost effective when you can buy excellent used books and magazines for lots less then they are charging. Just my opinion. It does take a lot of room to store all he printed books, but I can take them with me where ever. I don't have a Kindle and probably never will. Just the computer and I don't lug that around with me.