Get one anyway.
Reading on a Kindle screen is a world away from reading on an LCD screen.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Sun 14 Aug 2011, 13:15, archived)

Although I know exactly what you mean, I don't have any problems with reading from the ipad screen, I put the brightness down (which doubles as a battery saver) and in the kindle app they don't use black'n'white (unless you want too) as the contrast is to
high for the eye on an LCD at prolonged periods.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 14 Aug 2011, 14:08, archived)