We visited an Indigo book store in Toronto's Eaton Centre to ask about Amazon.com's Kindle mobile reading device that is now available for shipment to Canada.

"Never heard of it [the Kindle]," said Hans Dewilde as he left the shop after buying a bible.

He said he'd be unlikely to read an electronic version of the holy book. "I kind of prefer the old fashioned way of getting a book and reading it."

"I think it's a great idea," said Peter Francey of Toronto, who has seen a number of travellers use the device on airplanes.

"It's obviously very convenient and you don't have to go into stores to buy books," he said.