My wife enjoys the Kindle. She was buying hardcovers for many many years. Then when her bookshelves got too full she would take them to Goodwill. Then she started getting them at the second-hand stores until I got her the Kindle. Now she downloads about half of them for free at the library online. She still buys some books in the Kindle format but not nearly as many. All my Audiobooks are downloaded from the library online. I have an iPod just for audiobooks. I carry an 8-inch tablet that I keep a few movies on for when I have to spend hours sitting in line to get the truck loaded. Then major amounts of music on my phone. It has taught me a lot when it comes to downloading.