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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
So what are the compelling reasons to buy an ebook reader and ebooks?
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As HarryT mentioned, space is the biggest. Even people in small apartments like books, and with en e-book, they can keep as many as they'd like. Easy to store electronically, and to back up, because they're not large.
You can buy an e-book online, from the comfort of your own home. You don't have to wait to have it shipped.
A standardized e-book file format could be converted to whatever e-reader you own. Even Macs.
If you travel with books, being able to carry multiple books as easily as you'd carry a single book is great.
For students, being able to ditch the 100 lbs of textbooks you have to carry back and forth would be a godsend. (Mind you, the chiropractors won't be happy.)
For older readers, having a device that allows you to select text size and color makes reading a lot easier on those eyes.
An e-reader could include PIM functions, play MP3s, and games, for when you're (gasp!) tired of reading.
You will look sooo rad cool to your friends, especially if you get the reader with the (insert cool finishes and logos here)!
How'm I doin? (For the record, everything I've mentioned here has been mentioned somewhere on this site, by many people, some of them many, many times.)