Started on an old notebook, later upgraded to a very crappy PDA.

I wanted to read in English and I exhausted all affordable sources for books in English here. Discovered ebooks, took that very obsolete notebook I salvaged from a trash some time before and started reading. Baen free stuff, lots of other reading material.

Much later purchased Sony PRS-500 - the first e-ink reader available to the general public outside Japan and under 800Euro.

I was taught that dust is a protective coating.
Oh in high school, we had to dust two sections of books a day when I worked in the library.

1. Storage space in my apartment.
2. Less space/weight to travel with = more souvenirs.
3. Could add fanfiction to reader.

I switched to ebooks when the arthritis in my thumbs made it difficult to hold anything bigger than a 250 page paperback.

Because Large Print books are really really expensive and they weigh a ton.

Like others, I also have many reasons that I switched and even more for staying with ebooks, listed in what's most important to me for order.

Poor eyesight - ebooks let me adjust the font where it's comfortable for me and reading became enjoyable again. I hadn't been reading much because of suffering trying to read the tiny type in paperbacks.

There was nothing worse than finishing a book on my way to work, which meant I'd have nothing to read the rest of the way and on the way home. With an ereader, I can just open another book, since you can have hundreds (even thousands) with you at all times.

Ereaders are more comfortable to sit and hold for long periods of time, rather than trying to keep a book open.

Now that ereaders have also improved and include front lights, I no longer have to worry about having any light source with me. Instead of dreading power failures, I actually get a little bit giddy when there's one now since I can do nothing but sit and read in complete darkness for the duration.

No fiddling with bookmarks and losing them, ereaders open back to where you left off.

Built in dictionaries.

A huge library of public domain books for free, more discounts on ebooks than you'd ever see for the same paperbacks, and that means the ereader basically paid for itself on money saved.

I pretty much stuck to paperbacks since I always read on the subways and trains, and then the books would often get loaned out to family, so I wasn't really bursting at the seams needing more space, but it was still a clutter that I've now been able to get rid of and wouldn't think of going back.

I've always got a huge to-be-read list, so I'm one that really doesn't take advantage of being able to instantly download and read a book, but it's nice to have the option and know I'll never be stuck without something to read.

There's absolutely no going back to paper books for me ever.

Not living in the US, many physical books were simply not available.

As I slowly replaced my print books with eBooks, I found it easier and easier to give away or sell my old print copies.

And yet I still cringe at the thought of dog-earring a page!

Everyone's pretty much covered my reasons....even down to the fact that it was the geek factor that got me started reading on my PDA. Everything else was justification - at least until I hit about 45 or so, and my eyes were no longer willing to deal with small print.

LOL, lots of bites for that one.

I loaned one book to a friend in high school, I saw him walking around with it stuffed in his back pocket the next day and when I got it back it seemed like half the pages were dog-eared.

Somehow I misplaced the second book of that series before I could loan it to him...

Storage space, adjustable fonts, endless selection of books to read.

Gets rather messy, eh? :D

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Storage space and the ability to carry all my books with me.

I work the night shift so getting to my public library can be somewhat of a hassle for me. Ebooks give me the ability to check out books when it's convenient for me. Heck, I don't even have to be wearing pants :grin2:

All of these for me.

And before I even had a PDA I had managed to fill in the holes in my Shadow and Doc Savage collections with ebooks. Even though I had to read them on my PC at least I could finally get to read them.

The ability to read library books without having to actually go to the physical library was the main reason for me. Also, the digital library is a consortium of 20+ counties so I get access to books that might not be available in my local library.