Anyone got them? How are they?
I wanna get one myself. reading stuff on my phone is a bit tiring :) Kindle here in aussie sounds like a good idea. only 250 bucks and free downloads of purchased books...
but i would like to hear others opinion!

Well, I use my phone (a HTC Touch HD), and I'm quite happy with it. But then I've never seen a dedicated ebook reader for sale in Denmark.

I've heard the Kindle is awesome. Are ebooks cheaper? Otherwise I don't understand why go with ebooks instead of regular books.

How heavy is it? DOes it provide enough backlight to be able to read in the dark without
damaging your eyes?? How's the eBook selection??
Does anyone know if I can get one in Poland???

I think it's around 12 ounces. Weight wise it feels like a normal hard cover book.
The e-book selection is pretty good. For example, wheel of time is being re-published as e-books now so you can't yet get the new book. Also, certain publishers are talking about delaying new releases in e-book format. I don't think that's going anywhere but who knows. Where e-books really shine is in best sellers, out of print books, independent books which usually cost $0.99. My favorite use though is for epic fantasy novels. Never again will I have George R.R. Martin attempt to crush my chest under the weight of 1200 pages.
There is no backlight on the screen. It relies entirely on reflected light so you need a book light if you read in the dark.
Poland is outside my jurisdiction!

Don't get me wrong, even though I don't understand and can't justify the purchase, I really really want one myself.

I second everything FlameWhip said. Love my Kindle. One of the reasons i got one was because I live in a small house and was running out of space for books. Don't have to worry about that anymore. Also, I have an hour train ride twice a day back and forth to work and the Kindle is a lot lighter in my backpack. I usually have more than one book at a time going so now I don't have to carry multiple books around. Whatever I'm in the mood to read I have with me. If you love to read you will probably love the Kindle. Or any other Ebook reader.

I agree. It does seem like more than just a novel gimmick. I personally don't mind reading digital books as long as they don't hurt the eyes - which so far from my experience has always been the case with ebooks, read via my laptop and desktop.

Space is very valuable when you live on a sailboat. Digital editions are the only way to go if you want to keep a library.

Can I come live with you on the sailboat?!?!?!?! I am so jealous. Although I've heard it sucks in the winter.

My wife is a doctoral candidate, and is studying for comps. As such she has to reads thousands of PDFs. So i bought her the Kindle DX, she loves it.
I wanted to stay away from the Kindle due to it being a closed system (no EPUB support, for example) but it was the only reader on the market with a large enough screen for PDFs. It turns out that the Kindle isn't so bad, and you can get free software to fix lack of support for epub.
If you read alot I suggest it.

I love my Kindle as well. The selection is great & pretty much everything is $9.99 or less, so it's cheaper too. I haven't even spent that much on a book yet, so I can't complain there. Another thing that's cool is that with the Kindle I tend to buy one book at a time. Before I had the Kindle, I was one of those people who bought books in bulk. They sounded cool at the time, I knew I wanted to read them eventually, or whatever, but then they'd normally sit on one of my bookshelves for who knows how long. I mean, I'm sure I've spent a ton of money on books. Don't get me wrong. I love books; reading is one of my favorite things to do, but I've got books lying around that I may never read. I've definitely changed my purchasing habits with my Kindle. It also allows you to preview a certain percentage of every book, so that's a great way of figuring out if you'll like it. It's worked well for me so far. I've always been good about doing my research on a book to see if I'll like it, but I still managed to have some real misses before I had my Kindle. Also, I love the screen, which is not backlit, because it's just like reading a page from any book & it doesn't strain my eyes. The Kindle is very comfortable to hold and it has a really long battery life. Anyway, did I ramble on long enough? Is everybody sold yet?

I don't have a dedicated ebook reader yet, so I make do with my laptop and Adobe Digital Editions. While far from optimal in its library management (I like the way iTunes manages its music, that it automatically renames the files and orders them in folders), that can mostly be handled with Calibre (Calibre can of course read the books as well, but ADE is much better in that regard).
Sub-optimal is really an understatement, using a standard laptop and two different programs, but that's what I use.
Also, I don't buy ebooks yet, only read old ones that has become free.

Adobe Reader+Windows Vista, at the moment.
Actually I still prefer holding some plain paper+ink stuff in my hands. Even for tech-related issues, and even if I've got huge digital tomes like "Upgrading and Repairing PCs 19th edition". And so will be for the foreseeable future.