[donslade]

I received a Sony PRS-505 as gift this Christmas from my kids. Best gift this year. I have been reading ebooks for several years, starting on a Palm III, then on a Sony Clie SJ-20. When I migrated to a Blackberry Pearl I stopped reading on a handheld device but kept reading on my laptop or desktop machines. Now that I have the PRS-505 I can read anywhere as long as there is enough light - and I can bring that if needed! My wife is now having second thoughts about giving the kids the idea!

I read mostly sicence fiction with the some fiction and non-fiction or techinical books for variety. My favorite authors are Larry Niven, John Ringo, David Weber, Travis Taylor, Robert A. Heinlein, David Drake, lots of other SF greats. I've read all of Tom Clancy's books and others of that genre. I keep up with advances in my field through some electronic versions of engineering and automotive industry magazines.

I have bought lots of books from Baen's Webscriptions.net, some from Fictionwise.com, and now thanks to the info here I am looking into Tor's offerings as well and Amazon and other vendors. Of course I have many books from Project Gutenberg.

The info on this site makes using the PRS-505 so much easier. Calibre is the most useful program I have found. With it I have been able to convert most of my old favorites to be easily read on the PRS-505, even without my glasses! That program's author will be getting my support for an excellent piece of software.

I live in West Texas with my wife and three dogs. All my kids are grown and out of the house - except for the holidays when they all come home to visit! I am a mechanical engineer with 21 years experience working for an automotive supplier. My hobbies are computers, astronomy, working on old cars, electronic gadgets and my never ending honey-do list.

Thanks for the great site and high quality information.

Don S.