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Ultimate reason? Well, for the longest time I had stuck to paper books, not really willing to consider the merits of ereaders. Locally, that ereaders had been fairly expensive and not available in retail until recently also counted. However, I walked into a bookstore one day, saw and played with a demo of the Kobo, and was in awe.
I know that nowadays the Kobo is considered a very basic ereader compared to the others (I'm very much coveting the new Sonys at the moment), but now as it was then, I was all amazement. The clarity of the screen! The lightness and slenderness of the device! The ease of use! The digital rendering looking so much like actual print! Oh, I was completely taken with the little device, and bought it on the spot. It was having that hands-on experience which swayed me.
I feel like I've been converted overnight to the merits of ereaders, now that I have the chance to experience these merits first-hand. I can store all my books in the one device and carry it around, choosing whatever I want to read on a whim. I can read outside without having to take along a laptop or a heavy book. I can read my books across different devices, if I so wished. I can finally buy more things to read without feeling guilty for adding to the clutter in my home. The only thing that's stopping me from going completely the ebook route is geographic restrictions, but I'm hoping that situation will be improved within the next few years.
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