I love my gadgets but fit somewhere in between "early-adopter" and "mainstream", preferring to wait until the technology does what I want at a cost I can justify.
An avid reader, I finally took the ebook reader plunge with the $100 off credit-card offer on the
Kindle 1. I was hooked and found most of the criticism unwarranted. I eventually bought one for my mother so we could share books again. She lover hers. Other than a built-in light (without display deterioration) and support for more DRM formats, I couldn't imagine what feature would cause me to want/need another reader for quite awhile.
I also got hooked on borrowing books from the library thanks to Igor's scripts. However, a few months ago, the library switched to ePub as its primary ebook format. I wasn't crazy about removing DRM (although I knew how to) and combined with the fact that Amazon can technically see what is on your Kindle, I decided to buy a used
Sony PRS-505 off craigslist for my non-Amazon reading.
While it took me awhile to get used to the Sony, I soon came to love its compact size and Collections (one-level folder) support.
I still use my Kindle to primarily buy books from Amazon that my mother would like to read and NY Times News updates, but find myself primarily using the Sony for everything else because I can slip it into my purse without even knowing its there. This was most surprising as I bought the Sony expecting it to be my supplemental reader and instead its been the reverse.
I now use Calibre to manage what is on my readers. When I just had my Kindle, I only used it occasionally to convert formats; however, with two readers that support different formats, its become on invaluable tool for keeping track of what I have.
With two readers, I feel like I have the best of all worlds...for now
