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How many books do you have congesting the shelves of your library? Can you imagine to remove them all and holding over 200 titles in al little device, which is lighter and thinner than a typical paperback and weighs only 10.3 ounces.

This new device (released in November of 2007) can download text in a variety of formats from Amazon and other places. The ebooks or documents can be read on the screen of the kindle, or they can be listened to on the device.Audiobooks are the most popular type of file that are used on the device.

Amazon has created their own file format for the device (AZW). However, it can also read .txt files and some .pdf files (although .pdf files are not fully supported at this time). On 'opening day' Kindle had 88,000 titles available through Amazon.. One can read fiction or non-fiction books as well as everything from best sellers to more obscure titles.

According to one industry expert the Kindle is still too expensive for a mainstream audience at $399.

Amazon does not offer the Kindle outside of the United States. Their normal download system called 'Whispernet' also does not work outside of the States. However, if a buyer travels outside of the United States with their Kindle, they can buy and download their audiobooks via the Internet..

The Kindle is a breakthrough device, in many ways analogous to the first iPod. Just as the iPod brought MP3 players to the masses, the Kindle will be the device that introduces ebooks and audiobooks to many people.