[Zerhackermann]

I've been lurking here a while. Did the research and concluded the Sony had the best near-book experience for me. Then I groaned at each dollar shelled out over the holiday season, bemoaning the loss of a budget for a reader. Then on christmas eve I got a windfall that put it back in the budget. I ran out and got a 600 and sony cover with light that night before I spent the money on something foolish like food, shelter or clothing. Over the holiday I enjoyed a couple of Gutenberg classics that always please me. The day after, I got myself signed up at the library. 5 minutes after that trip I was downloading a couple of must-reads from them and building a rather massive wish-list.

I had been worried that this would become yet another gee-whiz doodad that would soon join its brethren in the "drawer of misfit toys" but thus far it has proved to be the best device I have purchased in some time. as if it were designed for my voracious and attention-deficit reading habits.

And the wife is pleased as well. The untidy stack of books being read has vanished from the nightstand. The nightstand light is no longer a bone of marital contention.

My only complaints thus far are solely that formatting and converting, even with Calibre is frustrating. Yeah, I know. there is a forum for that. I'll be there. Oh we'll leave the complaints plural and add that, in my opinion as a software tester, the Sony software is some of the worst I have ever encountered.

Anyhow, just dropping in to say howdy.