[gui-talk] Kindle books

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Hi all -- Has anyone had experience good or bad reading books on Kindle sold 
by amazon?
Is Kindle a software reader, or a hardware device like an ipod?
Is it accessible? I'd like to get an armload of books but since I would be 
scanning them anyway, I would prefer getting them in some electronic format.
What is Kindle anyway?
I guess I'll go back to amazon and read up on it, but I wanted to ask the 
list first.
Thanks in advance.
Oh, and the books aren't on bookshare -- I checked.
--le