As reported by Tech Crunch on July 17, 2008 the rumored larger Kindle expected in 2009 is likely going to target the college textbook market.

I wasn’t sure about the big screen Kindle when I first mentioned it, but this use makes a lot of sense to me. Textbooks are bulky, heavy, and expensive. Carrying a full semester’s worth of books on one device would be an incredible benefit to any college student. Considering how costly most textbooks are, it doesn’t seem that it would be much of a stretch for students to justify the price of the Kindle (of course we don’t know the price of the larger model yet).