Yes, I do think so. I own the Kindle 2 and many books are available for the Kindle. Now I just get most of my books on the Kindle, so I can centralize all my favorite books in one place, handy and convenient.

I recommend you to read this review from a book lover, and see why she likes the Kindle now:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR9J54TZ1541OR%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

I’ve also given more opinions on the Kindle in another answer here, see if you’re interested:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090714124933AAc4RBw

Hope it helps.