ATTENTION BOOK READERS, YOU DO NOT NEED A KINDLE DEVICE TO READ A KINDLE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW. THERE IS A FREE APPLICATION CALLED KINDLE FOR THE PC AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT TO YOUR LAPTOP AND READ. YOU CAN PLUG A DIGITAL MOUSE INTO YOUR LAPTOP AND SET YOUR LAPTOP ON YOUR FOOTSTOOL IF YOU HAVE ONE. JUST MAKE SURE YOU LET THE AIR COME OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR LAPTOP SO IT DOESN'T GET OVERHEATED WHILE ON THE STOOL. I LOVE THE KINDLE FOR THE PC. I DON'T READ PAPERBACKS AT ALL ANYMORE. SOME FEATURES INCLUDE EXTREME ZOOM IN TEXT, BOOK MARK AND YOU CAN JUMP TO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF A BOOK. PLUS YOU CAN LITERALLY STORE HUNDREDS PERHAPS EVEN THOUSANDS OF BOOKS AT A TIME. IT'S LESS STRAIN ON YOUR EYES THAN A MASS MARKET PAPERBACK AND IT SAVES ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE. I'M 32 AND MY EYES ARE ACTUALLY STARTING TO GO SO THE ZOOM FEATURE IS SOMETHING I REALLY LIKED.