Oprah Goes Paperless

So the woman who got America reading again wants us to stop. At least on paper anyway. Oprah's latest favorite thing is the Amazon Kindle - sort of an iPhone for book reading.

I've seen the Kindle and the screen is remarkably easy to read, unlike most computer monitors. You can also easily highlight text (that's what I don't like about reading on a computer) and if you find a word you don't know, just click on it and up pops a dictionary definition.

The Kindle can handle 2,000 books at a time but a memory card adds thousands more to that capacity. The cost, $359. INCLUDES the wireless service for instant downloading books, newspapers and magazines. So you're not paying a monthly fee - although you do have to buy the books (but they are a lot less expensive than the paper version).

Will people read the New York Times on a Kindle? Will they pay to do that? Is this the future of reading and information delivery? Oprah says it's true. But how will it look on the coffee table?