The number one reason I want a kindle

…is for reading PDFs.

This is part of the “lean forward, lean back” dichotomy of reading habits that I’m going to talk about eventually on Eat Sleep Publish. Breaking news, blogs, and web sites are all “lean forward” types of media, and I love my laptop for that.

But I find myself frequently printing out free e-books, reports, and other PDF content that’s scattered around the internet because I want to read them in “lean back” mode.

A Kindle would be great for that.

Of course, I’m a huge fan of what the Kindle is trying to do in the first place. I love that Amazon is establishing a paid platform for digital books, although they may not quite have the model right yet.

They are, however, going to save the book industry if they succeed. Too bad the major publishers can’t see forward far enough to maintain control of their business. They’re ceding it to Amazon because Amazon is going to control (even more of) book distribution going forward.

In any case, /love affair with Kindle. I’ll get one when the price hits $250.