Pretty much ALL of my relatives buy me books for Christmas and birthdays, because they know I love to read. So to be honest, it's fairly rare that I don't have a book to read. If it occurs, though, I will download the free books from the Kindle library, and I love the device for that. It only cost £79 to buy and I feel like I've more than made it worth it already. I do love it, and if you're on holiday it's handy to be able to just take that one device rather than two or three bulky books.