[Elfwreck]

I suspect the message at the top, suggesting I post an intro, won't go away until I do.

I'm a longtime ebook reader (erm, a few years); I've been reading them on PDAs, but all three of of my Cliés finally died this year (two screen death; one battery that won't recharge anymore), and I'd been pondering getting a larger ebook reader.

My husband, who wants to wean me away from buying five-year-old tech that someone else is tired of, bought me a Sony reader, which is, I gather, in the process of being delivered.

I *like* the small screen. I *like* that I can read it in the car without turning on an extra light. I suspect I'll grow to like the larger screen, and the ability to sort books into categories (which the software I was using on the Palm OS was horrible at).

I don't think I'll wind up buying many books from sites like Sony's, or Amazon; I have an intense dislike for DRM, and I have dialup internet. On the other hand, I spend insane amounts of time downloading free ebooks and DRM-free ebooks like the ones from Baen and Tor, and individual author websites, and sometimes reformatting them into a shape/layout I like better.

I'm looking forward to years of happy reading with my new reader.