lilac_jive , I was drowning in pbooks before I got my readers. I think my ebooks took that up by an order of magnitude (i.e. multiplied by 10). Then for my retirement in September, my office and coworkers gave me $325 in Barnes and Noble gift cards. Plus I can't seem to pass up good ebook deals. luckily I'm not really into romance so I passed on those 16 free books.