It's good for reading.I so love it's light that i can reading in bed,no longer need lamp... and it's battery is enough good.We can reading 3 or 4hours everyday,wifi opened,and it works about 10days at least.My kindle's edition number is 5.3.5 now,it not good enough to support pdf documents,even badly(it's close pdf documents automatic,and says run out of memory)...Maybe 5.3.6 will be better...But it will not hinder kindler to be a good e-book. I love it. Please forgive my poor english... Enjoy your kindles. :)
You want to read books? Well get a Kindle, and get the paperwhite. It is an amazing piece that works perfect for one thing, reading books. Plus the backlight is a wonderful thing in those moments where the light gets too dark.
The quality of the Kindle is also very good, it feels very solid, heavy, but not too heavy. Defiantly lighter than any heavy 1000 page paperback book in your library. And having this one, it makes reading those 1000 page books way more easy.
One thing I highly recommend: a good cover, so the screen is protected from any impact. As it has no glass or other cover, it can get damaged very easily.