I was at Starbucks today to get out of the house for a bit, and spent about an hour there with my Sony Reader. As I was getting ready to leave, a youngish couple approached me and asked me what it was. I spent about 15 minutes answering their questions about it. The woman kept saying to the man that maybe she will get a Christmas present---I wonder if he got the hint! They asked me how many books it has, whether you can buy authors like Nora Roberts and Mary Higgins Clark, how to get books on it etc. I gave them the URL for Mobile Read. We'll see if they come
Has this ever happened to anyone else? It was kind of fun, actually. I wonder if they really will buy an ebook reader now...