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Originally Posted by tiniree
Curious as to why all you ultimately bought an ereader .
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Long ago, in the dark closing days of the last millennium, I was emailed a manuscript to an upcoming release by a favorite author of mine (the author himself did the emailing, so it was all on the up & up).
I sat at my computer and read it from start to finish.
Then I swore that I'd
never read another novel-length piece on a CRT monitor again.
A few weeks later I got my hands on a display model of the Rocket eBook reader at a nearby B&N. After the hands-on session, I ordered one online.
That was in December '99 - an early Christmas present for myself.
Mid-last year, after putting up with a battery pack that was holding less and less of a charge, I bought a Sony PRS-505.
My poor, loyal Rocket's been collecting dust ever since.
We stop for a moment here to sniffle for my lost companion. Sniffle...
The E-Ink display's been easy to read on and the closeout deal I got on the Sony was one I couldn't turn down, although I do miss the ability to read in low-light conditions.