No. I have both, iPad and Kindle. I've used multiple tablets and eReaders. Tablets are hooooooorible for reading novels. The one advantage that tablets have is the PDF. And PDFs are a terrible format for novels anyways (though not so much for technical manuals, cook books, etc. Anything with tables.)

Of all the redesigns this is by far my favorite. Very nice. Writing this from my iPad everything seems to be working perfectly. Color me impressed.

Oh, thanks for the tip. I didn't know the bit about the battery. I was just bemoaning the somewhat limited battery life.