Anyone have one? I'm a bit slow with the times and have only just decided to invest in one before I go off on my holiday, so I don't have to lug a suitcase full of trashy novels away with me.

I ideally want an e-reader that I can use to borrow books from my local library, and kindle doesn't seem to support this. Does anyone have any experience of the Kobo Touch or Kobo Vox? I like the look of them. Or any other alternatives do let me know! :-)

Can't be any help about the Kobo e-readers, but I have a Kindle and I LOVE it! In a typical week's holiday I can get through about 8 or 9 books so it has been a godsend - I can now take more clothes ;-) and I never have to 'ration' my reading as I will never run out of books! (last year I read a whole novel just on the flight out so I used to get really annoyed at the prospect of not having anything to read by the end of the holiday)

Something else I also find really handy - the kindle can read pdfs, so in the run up to my viva I filled it full of all the papers I needed to read, then carried it with me wherever I went. Then if I ever had a few mins spare I could read a paper, or look up something I couldn't quite remember. So much easier than carrying 20 papers around with me! I even had the pdf copy of my thesis on there too so I could read bits of that.

Not really sure how I managed before I had a Kindle, it's by far my favourite gadget!

Thanks smoobles, I'm definitely going to invest in one! Off to PC World later to have a play with them all!

I don't have one, and personally won't buy one. I like my books to be in book form.

I know people with the kobo touch - I think its ok, but I think the real seller for the kindle is that its SO easy to buy books from amazon, whereas I think the kobo may require you to convert books via calibre if they're in certain formats.

And you don't need to bother with cables with the kindle - if you buy a book on your pc, it just appears on your kindle by magic ;-) (or wifi as it's otherwise known!)

too easy at times!, one click and it's yours and as Smoobles says, no wires, cables etc. I tend to save it for books which I might otherwise not try. Can't beat the feel and smell of a real-live book imo. I feel guilty every time I buy a Kindle book although not guilty enough as I clicked on four yesterday!!!