Amazon.com beat expectations again, as they often do, and delivered my Kindle 2 a day early. I love my original Kindle, but my first impression is that the Kindle 2 is a big improvement. It is true that I can share content between the two devices, so everything I bought before can be moved to the new Kindle 2. I don't know yet if I can have a book on both devices at the same time, but I think I can.
I had breakfast this morning with a friend who used to work in the publishing business, and we both are scratching our heads about why people get hung up on physical books. For me, it's about reading, not the actual physical books. I'll aways own certain books – my grandfather's and my father's books, or books that have really meant a lot to me will stay on my shelf, but soon I'm going to start getting rid of the books that I've already read (or never will read) using bookcrossing.com. Let me know if you find one of my books in the wild. And you can be sure that the book below will remain on my shelf.
