Would I grab my Kindle in a fire?

Actually, if there is a fire that I need to escape from, I would not worry about my Kindle since all of my books are in my Kindle library at Amazon, along with my notes. I would just get out of the house, call Amazon.com, get my replacement Kindle and download all my books again ... After all, it is the service and books that are important, not the individual reading device, that is important in the longrun ... there will always be a new Kindle device to replace a broken, burned up or worn out Kindle device. How is this any different than dropping a Kindle and breaking it, or a battery gone dead? ... il Matto ...

My ebook reader criteria

There is a reason that paper backs are the size that they are, and the 6" Kindle is that size. I take my kindles (yes, multiple, between two and four all of time), everywhere ... Although my wife uses the DX, I don't, it is simply too big and too heavy ... beyond that, my criteria for ebook readers are: 1. eink, 2. open access to the internet (I check my email, read web news, blogs, etc) ... no wi-fi only for me, 2. I can easily create ebooks for my Kindle and download them from my cloud servers; 3. a physical keyboard (faster, touch-type, great for notes, does not take up screen real estate; 4. Notes synced/backed up to the internet). 5. you can download a book to all of your Kindles (up to the publisher's limit, if specified). Plus when you buy a Kindle book, it is available on any applicaiton-driven device that has the Kindle application. There is no other reader with all of these qualities ... Il Matto ...