Two weeks ago I did it. I bought my first e-book on Kindle and it was amazing! I know I might be late in the game, but I'm so impressed from the experience that I have to share this.

I read many books. I have five books lying around waiting to get read and, as you can imagine, they take up a lot of space. When the Kindle first came out I was thinking of buying one. But it wasn't available in Germany then.

Two weeks ago I discovered Kindle for iPhone (and Mac).

I downloaded it, got the new Seth Godin book 'Linchpin'. Seconds later I was actually reading it! One click and there it is.

The whole experience is truly 'Apple-like'. Pure. To the point. No distractions. You want a book? Go to Amazon. Click on it. And you have it. That's great.

After two weeks using and reading on my iPhone I am still in love. Why?

First, it only takes seconds. Amazon made a good job of selling paper books. Most of them get delivered in one or two days for free (at least in Germany). But now it takes just seconds. How cool is that?

Second, it takes no extra space. If I have one or one thousand books, it doesn't matter. It takes the same amount of space. And since I have my iPhone pretty much everywhere I go, it means that I have all my books with me everywhere I go. All my books in my pocket - that's amazing!

Third, you can actually work with the books in a more efficient way. A bookmark here. A note there. A highlight on this and that page. And when you are done you see all your bookmarks in a list. No searching for the right page or carrying a marker with you all the time.

And last, but not least, as far as I know it's greener. I've read that it takes 34 kg CO2 to have a book produced, printed and get it into your hands. That's the equivalent of driving 105 miles for every book in your bookshelf (if the car emits 200 g CO2/km - many emit less). I think that's pretty cool too, and it makes my experience even better.