Somewhat interested, though I've already got a stack of books ready for this summer (sf/fantasy). Currently reading the last volume of the wheel of time.

Does a kindle work well in direct sunlight? Is it water poof, fit in a pocket? I'm still sticking to paperbacks, although the quality of those keeps going down. 1 out of 5 fall apart before I'm through with them. (They survive being left out in the rain at least)

Price wise I'm not sure either, Memory of light was CAD 5.99, free delivery (with other items) Seems hard to beat and a lot of books to pay for a Kindle. Plus Amazon only gives me pricing not available when I look up books in the Kindle store :/

Edit: Oh it means "This item is not available for your country" (Canada) Sticking to paperbacks then. None of the books I bought have a kindle edition in Canada, wtf. Plus Memory of light on US kindle store is $7.14 Go digital! not.

Worth reading until the end then?

I just got to book 8 which is apparently where Robert Jordan started to drag the series out.

And yes, a Kindle will work in sunlight, no it's not waterproof although a bit of rain is OK. I would still recommend digital over paper for the simple fact you can read on your phone/tablet if you forget your reader.

Yes, it's still good to the end. The last volume is a bit heavy on the battles though with little exploration or travelling. More politics and lots of manoevering of armies so far. It's still great to be back in the wheel of time universe.

I don't have a mobile phone or tablet. My laptop screen and WiiU gamepad are practically invisible outside. The only reason I would go digital is that it's kinda westeful to buy paperbacks. On the other hand, I loved raiding my dad's bookcase when I was young. I started reading lotr at age 12 because it had a cool looking map inside.
So I'm kinda hesitant with digital books. Apart from lacking the fun of browsing through a stack of physical books, can multiple people use the account at the same time, reading different books?

Worth reading until the end then?

I just got to book 8 which is apparently where Robert Jordan started to drag the series out.

And yes, a Kindle will work in sunlight, no it's not waterproof although a bit of rain is OK. I would still recommend digital over paper for the simple fact you can read on your phone/tablet if you forget your reader.

You've got a bit of a trudge to go. Book 10 is especially awful, and to be honest you can probably just skip it and read the plot summary because I can think of one thing of any importance that actually happens.

Fortunately, after that is the best four books in the series taking you right through to the end. With Knife of Dreams, Jordan managed to get back on track, and Sanderson is much better at writing than Jordan ever was, and he wrote the final trilogy.

Is that the book where nearly half the book is taken up by a conversation in a basement somewhere?

My girlfriend has warned me it gets a bit dreary at somepoint She actually gave up.

if you can get to the last three books, it gets really good.  Like kantor said, It would probably be easier to just read plot summaries of the books where you are in the series.  pretty much nothing happens in those books...

I have to admit I don't know about this conversation in a basement... but since nothing important happened in those books, I actually don't remember them that well either...