Downloading books from most sites, or emailing attachments to yourself, is pretty easy. I had a few minor hiccups at first–using the Kindle to browse the Amazon store, for example, is less easy that simply using your PC–but the manual is easy to use and reasonably comprehensive. You don’t have to be tech savvy to use the features of the Kindle.

I do have one fairly minor complaint (it didn’t detract from my rating), but I really feel that the Kindle should come with a cover. They could have put together a cheap cover and still sold a better one, but a cover feels absolutely necessary to me.

I do recommend than anyone who purchases a Kindle take a look at the “999 boycott” tags, though. This is NOT a slam at Amazon or the Kindle, but a few publishers have decided not to pass the savings they receive by selling Kindle-format books on to their customers, charging standard book prices for ebooks. While they are free to do so, Kindle purchasers also have the right to say they won’t purchase books that don’t reflect at least some of these savings. Again, Amazon is not responsible for setting these prices, but the publishers need to be sent a message.

Go buy a Kindle 2.0 and support the publishers that understand what a boon for the publishing industry this is!