[jgerman]

I've been reading on the iPad since release. It's not difficult to read on at all and I have yet to suffer any eye strain. You can read just fine in natural light, direct sunlight is the only real issue...sit under a tree.

The idea that the iPad is difficult to read on has been spread mostly by.. surprise surprise... people that haven't actually read on it.

I'm sure some people may not be able to look at the screen for long. They're the same people that can't look at any computer screen for long.

Yes, you can have glare issues on rare occasion. They're usually solved by shifting the iPad slightly.

Most of us stare at screen over 8 hours a day. I can understand if you want to go home and look at something else but honestly, it has yet to bother me.

The reason so few eBooks have been sold is because the selection is weak. The books I want are almost always in the Kindle store and are rarely in iBooks. However I still use my iPad to read those Kindle books.

Additionally, that's 1.5 books a person via iBooks alone, over a 4 week period, that doesn't count the Kindle purchases. That number seems pretty good to me.

[mike463]

I have an iPad, a Kindle 2 and a Kindle DX.

I prefer the Kindle DX by a wide margin when reading books.

The iPad is not unusable for reading, but the kindle with a bright reading light is much nicer. The Kindle is superior outdoors.

I can read without my glasses with the Kindle DX, but I always need glasses for the iPad.

The iPad is much better for everything else.