I think I am weird in the sense that I have Amazon Prime, so technically I could have had the book sooner by not waiting for the Kindle version (without much extra expense). I don't really understand why "1 click send-me-a-dead-tree" is different than "1 click email-me-$10-worth-of-text", but somehow it is. Maybe it's because I am out of space on my bookshelf and don't want to buy another :)