When I saw the new price point, I actually briefly considered buying a $139 model so I could loan the whole Kindle (and my whole electronic library) to a friend...

Then again, I bought a paperback book yesterday specifically because I knew I would be reading it and passing it on. This really is the biggest sore point for e-readers.

I also don't like this about the Kindle, but I must admit I am intrigued since I installed the Kindle Android app and found a lot of classics for free. So it might be worth getting just for the free books alone. (Obviously you should be able to "share" the free books).

Haven't you seen the ads ? - that sort of things funds terrorism and drug dealing !