Amazon Kindle eBook reader

Amazon Kindle eBook reader has been officially released today and it is already available online via Amazon.com. It comes with free shipping for $399.00USD which is a bit pricey. This new product offers access to 88,000 books from an online store via special free wireless service called Whispernet. Its internal storage allows for 200 titles and more can be added via memory expansion. New releases cost about $9.99 and you may also consider optional subscription  to electronic version of newspapers and magazines. The big question is: Will people actually adopt this revolutionary way of reading books on a large scale? I think it is the way to the future of book publishing, paperless concept seems inline with our new, ecologically minded approach to life, but there is something unique about actually holding and reading a real book. I think it will take a long time for people to consider switch towards e-books. I can see students possibly interested in adopting the technology since they are usually destined to carry around large and heavy text books for school, college or university. Lastly I think the device is hardly very esthetically designed, may be Apple team could fix it up to look attractive! For now I will stick with tradition...