Aside from the obvious benefits of holding a ridiculous number of books and having an immense battery life Kindle's have some other handy features.
These days, bike tourers often carry a number of electronic gadgets. Each one of these gadgets will have a manual to go with it. The thought of taking them all touring with me didn't sit very well so I found the PDF version of them online and saved them to my Kindle. The manuals can then be viewed on the Kindle whenever you might need them! I've also scanned important sections and diagrams from my bike repair book and put them into a handy PDF.
Documents can be transferred via a USB cable or can be sent via e-mail to your Kindle (which would require an Internet connection). Supported file types include .doc, .docx, .html, .rtf, .gif, .jpeg and .pdf. Files are converted into a Kindle-compatible format. This could be very useful.
If you need to keep a particular webpage or document you could e-mail it to your Kindle to use later. Need to show a booking confirmation to the hotel reception? You can save the booking confirmation to your Kindle rather than paying for printing! Need an important document very quickly from back home? Get it e-mailed to your Kindle!
Your Amazon account has a 5GB storage for your personal documents which can be downloaded to your Kindle which is plenty.
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