What was your ultimate reason for getting an E-Reader?

[Traye]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

Lol! If only there was a way to do that with purses...

Oh tell me about it! I wish my wardrobe had an invisible compartment for my handbags.

[Jesslynne]

Ultimately, it came down to an impulse buy. I'd always wanted one, always convinced myself out of it but when Kobo released a tablet.. I had to. For e-reader and tablet capabilities. I know others like it were out there, just couldn't see them so there were out of mind. Harder to do that when I'm selling them to others.

[Joy736]

I've discussed e-reading with my colleaque's a couple of times, but I was convinced it was not for me. Then my birthday came up and I got some birthday-money + I was about to go on a trip. So I thought: why not actually try it out.
And so I did

[Quexos]

So that I could scream at you all: IN YOUR FAAAAAAACE cause I got a REEEEAAAAADER ...
Then I realized this is a reading community and most of you have one too

Originally Posted by tiniree

Curious as to why all you ultimately bought an ereader .

[cHex]

1. Every time I bought a book, I thought to myself, "That's one more purchase that won't be on my e-reader someday, or I'll have to buy it again.
2. All the tablet computers on the market got me intrigued. As I reflected on what I wanted in a tablet, I realized none of the existing choices were ready yet for prime time. What would I want instead in the meantime? E-readers seemed to already have all the features needed to enjoy reading a book.
3. Amazon provided the opportunity to buy stuff with American Express points. I had a large balance of such points. It felt like a free Kindle.

[Caip.]

I bought my Kindle out of interest in technology and easy access to English books.

I'm Dutch, but I read a lot of books in English, and having them as ebook is much easier (and cheaper!) than waiting and paying for books from Amazon to be delivered to the Netherlands.

Also, I'm a bit of a gadget geek. I love gadgets, smartphones and new tech stuff in general, and when I learned that a Kindle wasn't as expensive as I thought, I just ordered one.

[Traye]

Originally Posted by Caip.

Also, I'm a bit of a gadget geek. I love gadgets, smartphones and new tech stuff in general, and when I learned that a Kindle wasn't as expensive as I thought, I just ordered one.

I love gadgets too!

[teasonc]

The initial investment in e-reader hardware was unattractive until prices fell. When they moved out of niche status and into enough hands, I knew it was my turn to give them a try. I'm not the earliest adopter, but I'm often not the last, either. It was time.

The more I learn about the device, the more I play with it; the less different it is from a computer, and the fewer books I read per week. The ones I do manage to read, I enjoy much more than on the computer's generous LCD, because of the difference in display technology (eInk). The strong design of the e-reader means focused single-task use as a reader, and that helps me to gain more reading per time interval. Any introduced graphics (or even very difficult text passages I need to jockey back and forth between pages) makes it unpleasant, without additional solutions (a second e-reader loaded with the same book is my current solution there).

I hit saturation sooner, in some ways -- prior, I never hit saturation but I wasn't reading much. Now I read a lot, but I do find my saturation point where I don't want to read any more, for a while.

It's a good thing there is a saturation point. If there weren't, I think I'd wear myself out trying to reach it.

The best thing about getting a dedicated reader is I can switch off the desktop's display, unplug its USB keyboard and mouse, and let the machine idle. Often, for several days in that state.

That's new. That's valued. Greatly.