There are other reasons to dislike the idea - someone doing research isn't going to be very happy about having to access (and presumably pay for) dozens of books just for a line or two in an essay or whatever.
If the Kindle does become the primary distribution channel for books there are also real concerns about government, business, etc. monitoring or controlling access to books, and possibly censoring them - e.g. someone looks at a significant sample of books on explosives then gets added to a no-fly list; someone writes a book on Amazon's business practices that could impact the company's profitability, and it doesn't show up in the list of books available for download; blocking for sexual, religious, or violent content; and so forth.
