Richard, for a brief time there I did enjoy the glitter and lights of the iPad (and I still think it’s cool), but I travel a lot and the iPad cannot do everything my computer can do… so the iPad sits in the den and is mostly used by the kids. Another feature of my Kindle that I like is it is ONLY books. So it really is like a little (and thus portable) reference library.

I am on a guilt trip about my Kindle because I rarely use it, though I am glad it’s there—typically I use it in winter when exercising indoors. I have a light on it, too, and should travel with it but usually instead lug four to six books! I found that I get into a book just as much on the Kindle, the only thing I don’t like being the fact that I can’t see section breaks coming and going; the first thing I do with a physical book is dogear the section breaks to underscore how the writer chose to demarcate her acts. Something I can think about and learn from or puzzle over.

I fully understand owning both hard copies and e-copies of favorite books. And a dual platform approach may be the only way I EVER get through Infinite Jest, which is great but does seem . . . infinite.

I love my light. Plus the new ones are cute and small : )