G'day, Mark, from another Marc (but one who spells his name the right way
). As an ex-IT Professional, and an ex-Sydneysider, we already have three things somewhat in common (I'd ask you whether you like or know any invisible gibbons, but some people here have told me that new folk are sometimes scared off by my questions, so I won't. Personally, I think they're perfectly reasonable enquiries).
I rarely read on my iPod Touch, though I've found no problems doing so when I have (usually late at night, after playing Gemmed for too many hours and still not feeling sleepy, but sleepy enough to not bother getting the book-light and Iliad/a book out). Like you, Stanza is my poison. With a decent book light ("My kingdom for a..."), I find the Iliad preferable to read on, for the e-Ink and for the size and for the ease of obtaining Public Domain works, but, just quietly to avoid cries of "Heresy!", I honestly prefer pbooks at this stage (partly swayed by the visceral pleasure I get from bookstore-browsing and book-buying
).
Incidentally, for fre-e-books, give
MobileRead site itself a try. The books here are often lovingly formatted and corrected, because they're done by people wanting to read a lovingly formatted and corrected e-book.
Welcome, Mark. Please note, only about 50% of my post-content is generally worth listening to (and that's on a
very good day). The welcome, however, is genuine.
Cheers,
Marc