[tm3]

hello to all!

a friend recommended that i buy a kindle for my wife, online research led to this site, and now it looks like i may have to buy a pair so i can use one myself!

my browsing here has lead to a couple of general questions ...

where do i start as far as finding out software/computer requirements, process, etc. for removing DRM and changing the formatting of ebooks?

one of my hopes with an eReader is that it will lead me to new books and authors that i like and that may have otherwise gone undiscovered, without what to this point has been the accumulation of partially read before abandoning paperbacks. i find that some bestselling authors are my cup of tea (grisham, larssen) while others are not (patterson, coben). what is the best way to go about learning of new authors and guessing if they are going to appeal to me? i'm predicting that "relatively unknown" does not imply "not worth reading."

thanks!