– It’s free to email stuff to the yourname@etc email address, as long as you have a wi-fi connection – if you receive it over 3G you pay, but you can set a limit to how much you’re prepared to pay, or disable the 3G PDF thing altogether (which is what I have done)
– If you travel at all, and there’s any chance you’ll read books on your phone/ipad/computer, the whispersync thing is great to make sure you’re always at the current reading point – you’ll need 3G for that
– you may not be able to anticipate when you’ll want to download a new book – I got hold of the book I’m now reading while sitting in the back of the campervan in a field in mid-Wales a week or so ago. I wouldn’t have imagined I’d use that facility, but when it’s there it’s pretty useful
– I have the case with a light in. It’s a bit bulky but is absolutely excellent for reading in bed without disturbing the missus
I travel a lot for work, and the Kindle has hugely improved the experience for me. I now read much more than I used to, and prefer the Kindle to paper books for fiction. I’ve tried reading a couple of work-related technical book son it and they don’t work nearly so wel – it’s a pain to move around a book, and to wade through pages of footnotes etc, and diagrams are a bit duff. But for straightforward linear narrative in a novel it’s ace.