[goinveg]

I watched e-readers since the Kindle came out. I was looking for something specific in an e-reader - I wanted to read books.

I didn't want to surf the web.
I didn't want to read a newspaper or magazine.
I didn't want to listen to music or audio books.
I didn't want to look at pictures.
I didn't want to watch videos.
I didn't want to charge the battery every few hours.

I wanted to read books.

I am not able to get around on my own so I have a lot of downtime between places I have to be, so reading is my pastime.

Until the Kobo came out I was using a laptop. I couldn't see spending the money for connectivity, color screen, audio, etc I already had. With Kobo I can load the epub and PDF files from my computer without a lot of hassle and start reading.