I'm really happy about the softcovers.  I've been buying everything that I didn't buy as a hardcover.  I bought all the Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Gene Colan volumes in hardcover, as well as the Atlas stuff.  Now I can sample everything else that I wasn't willing to spend hardcover prices on, like the X-men and post-Ditko Spiderman, and I'm looking forward to more Golden Age softcovers.

My only problem is that they're coming out way too slowly for my taste.
If only DC would start a similar softcover program of their archives...