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Huge. Off the top of my head, I would say 15MB. Granted, that is much larger than typical e-books however, I'm estimating that, once I finish scanning my p-book library, my "e-books" will only occupy 20-30GB on the 1T drive in my desktop computer (I still have 768GB free space on the drive). Even my mp3s (roughly the equivalent of 425 CDs) occupy 36GB (they are rather high quality rips). Harddrive space is cheap nowadays. Once I move the innards of my present computer to the new case I've been prepping, I'll have room for 5 more harddrives. With as much room as I have the potential of having more room than I'll ever use anytime soon, even after I start ripping my DVDs.
Obviously, no e-book reader is likely to be able to hold all my books but I don't need for them to. A 1GB card can hold roughly 25 books, more than enough to keep me busy for months since I will read from a reader only when away from the house. I use my 32" TV screen to read from when at home (a wireless mouse makes a fairly decent remote). I had been reading my p-books before cutting them up but I'm finding reading from the computer and e-book reader (currently, the JBL is the only one working) to be so convenient, I'll probably chop and scan the next one in my unread stack and read it from my TV or reader (yes, that means reading two books at the same time; doesn't bother me).
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