What's "backwards" or "forwards", and who are you to decide for the rest of us? Look, I've tried many of these same things. Digitized all my CDs? Check. Start

What's "backwards" or "forwards", and who are you to decide for the rest of us? Look, I've tried many of these same things. Digitized all my CDs? Check. Start in on the movies? Check. Got a crap-ton of ebooks on my Kindle? Check. But reading is simply not consuming bits displayed in e-ink on a hunk of plastic. Reading is removing yourself from distractions and committing to some kind of journey with your author. The devices that we consume e-books on are now all competing to get us to do all sorts of other bullshit that's got nothing to do with that. And that makes them a problem. I'm keeping my V1 Kindle DX until it fails, and then unless I find another 1-function e-book device? I'm throwing the entire hunk of trash away. It doesn't matter if I have 5 or 5 thousand books on one device, if I don't get the same benefits from reading, it's not working for me. For consumers, there is nothing wrong with one-function devices -- it's the manufacturers that all want a new walled garden where they can charge entry.