[darylbrayman]

I work offshore in a technical field. My tech manuals are in both PDF and paper form. I always go to the paper 3 ring binder form when trouble shooting a piece of equipment. Following a schematic and trying to go back and forth between pages on the computer is just not feasible. On an ereader it just couldn't be done.

Now for novels I always use an ereader, I started with a dell axiom then an itouch, bebook and now a sony pocket edition. I used to pack 6 or 7 novels and hope the ship I was going to, had a library. Now I plop (wonder if that's a real word) 30-40 books on my reader and off I go. It adds a couple of hundred grams of weight to my carry on, I'm totally happy.

I neither love nor hate my ereader, it's a tool that makes my life much easier. Some books I will always want to own in hard cover, think National Geographic coffee table books, etc... With brilliant pictures on high quality heavy stock paper. But for day to day use I will continue using an ereader in what ever form is best.