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dhbailey · 03-26-2007, 04:16 AM

I finally got my Reader yesterday at my local Borders and can only say that it is even better in person than it was in my imagination.

Of course, much of that was because I knew what to do and what to expect because of this great group of people on this forum, which I joined a couple of weeks ago.

I followed the lead of a post in one of the sub forums, where the person suggested getting a wrist lanyard from a camera and wrapping that around the back of the hand to provide a bit more support when holding the reader. That really does help, and lends a bit more mental security because I read in bed and would hate to fall asleep while reading and have it crash to the floor. That is one advantage of dead-tree books!

I also followed the suggestion of someone in the accessories forum and bought a Z-light at the same time, and have to say that it provides a terrific bath of light only on the Reader with very little spillover, which will make it excellent for me to read if my wife is still sleeping. The fact that the Z-light folds perfectly flat and uses the coin-type batteries is a definite bonus for travel.

I feel lucky that I ran into no problems in registering my computer and my Reader at the Connect store, and I've already used up my $50 credit.

So now I shall continue my project of renaming the PG files that I have and running them through the librie_textassistant program to remove the extraneous hard-returns so the text actually looks like a real page on the Reader.

I did actually let myself get some sleep last night, but it was difficult, I was so excited.

I also followed the advice on this forum to keep the books in the main memory and use the SD card for mp3 files, and find that the main memory will hold more than enough books, and my 4GB Transcend 150x SD cards will hold around 740 mp3 files (encoded at 192kbps) which will be more than enough for enjoyable listening when I wish.

I can't thank the members of this forum enough for all that I learned before getting this Reader -- things such as having the power on when removing or inserting a memory card, I never would have thought of to avoid potential lockups, but I was forewarned.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

03-26-2007, 04:16 AM	#1
dhbailey Guru Posts: 604 Karma: 733 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: HP iPAQ211 / PRS 500, 700 and 505	I finally got my Reader!!!!! I finally got my Reader yesterday at my local Borders and can only say that it is even better in person than it was in my imagination. Of course, much of that was because I knew what to do and what to expect because of this great group of people on this forum, which I joined a couple of weeks ago. I followed the lead of a post in one of the sub forums, where the person suggested getting a wrist lanyard from a camera and wrapping that around the back of the hand to provide a bit more support when holding the reader. That really does help, and lends a bit more mental security because I read in bed and would hate to fall asleep while reading and have it crash to the floor. That is one advantage of dead-tree books! I also followed the suggestion of someone in the accessories forum and bought a Z-light at the same time, and have to say that it provides a terrific bath of light only on the Reader with very little spillover, which will make it excellent for me to read if my wife is still sleeping. The fact that the Z-light folds perfectly flat and uses the coin-type batteries is a definite bonus for travel. I feel lucky that I ran into no problems in registering my computer and my Reader at the Connect store, and I've already used up my $50 credit. So now I shall continue my project of renaming the PG files that I have and running them through the librie_textassistant program to remove the extraneous hard-returns so the text actually looks like a real page on the Reader. I did actually let myself get some sleep last night, but it was difficult, I was so excited. I also followed the advice on this forum to keep the books in the main memory and use the SD card for mp3 files, and find that the main memory will hold more than enough books, and my 4GB Transcend 150x SD cards will hold around 740 mp3 files (encoded at 192kbps) which will be more than enough for enjoyable listening when I wish. I can't thank the members of this forum enough for all that I learned before getting this Reader -- things such as having the power on when removing or inserting a memory card, I never would have thought of to avoid potential lockups, but I was forewarned. Thank you, thank you, thank you!