"bulky, non-ergonomic and expensive" and you want a 13" tablet for reading!? I have a Kindle Paperwhite and a Nexus 7, both are perfect for reading books; I do

"bulky, non-ergonomic and expensive" and you want a 13" tablet for reading!? I have a Kindle Paperwhite and a Nexus 7, both are perfect for reading books; I don't find them bulky or non-ergonomic (except the zooming problem which I have on all multi-touch devices...I don't seem to have the motor control required to effectively use multi-touch screens). A friend had one of the 10" Kindles and I found it bulky and non-ergonomic. It was just too big. I can't even begin to imagine trying to curl up in bed with something the size of a mid-sized laptop screen! Current tablets are already cheap, full-color, and have quite long battery life (though not as long as the original Kindles which had tremendous battery life, or the current gen Kindle e-ink models which last a week or so). Your point 2 is valid, and I agree with it, but not enough to not buy ebooks. I have read more books in the past five years of having a Kindle than at any time except when I was in school and read to escape the tedium of my teacher's talking. And, your predicted deluge of ebook buying has begun, and there has not been a drop in sales, though some of the old publishers are feeling the pinch, thousands of independent authors have stepped in to fill the space.