I don't think it's going to impact the decision of people who care more about reading than anything else, but I think this will steal a large portion of more casual readers that would have gotten the kindle.<p>It's a bit heavier than the average book, but it's by no means a brick. This claims that it puts it at roughly the 75th percentile of books in terms of weight: <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_1_book_weigh" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_1_book_weigh</a>