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During the past couple months since I bought my 505 I've accumulated nearly 200 e-texts either from the 100 free classic titles (offer with the purchase for downloadable classics from the connect site), sites like mobileread and Gutenberg or texts that I've bought from the site (for half the hard copy cost). I have enough reading material to last a couple years.
Also, I've come to find software on line to convert texts from HTML to BBeb or Mobi or whatever format my device is compatible with. I backed-up all my files to an external drive and to a CD. In either case I am able to pull the texts up from any of these sources, add them to my library from any of the locations and load them to the reader.
Best of all, I have found that other folks out there enjoy eclectic collections like H Ryder Haggard, AE Merritt, EE Doc Smith and Edgar Rice Burroughs who you can't find on any book shelf. But look on line and there they are, just a click away and I can read them again without having to go to Ebay or Amazon to buy some 30 year old paperback copy and then have it shipped. It's like rediscovering old friends.
Could the 505 stop being produced? Sure, but I think the momentum toward e-books has hit the tipping point. There is way too much money to be made now for the clock to be turned back. During my trip from LAX to Chicago to Ohio today I had no fewer than 5 people corner me with questions on my 505. The interest is there. Frankly I'm stunned they're not more widely advertised.
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