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My point is that this ad campaign does not resonate with readers I know, that's all. The amount of books carryable is not, in my opinion, much of a selling point. But let's just disagree on that one.
Much to my disappointment, what I don't see is that the Sony reader has created a lot of enthusiasm for ebooks among those who have not read them before: I have read ebooks for years, but my wife and daughter, both voracious readers (they read more than I do), have no use for them. My wife hates reading on a PDA and was not impressed by the Sony. I have not experienced eye strain reading on a PDA (and I suspect I am much older than all of you), in fact I found it more difficult on a few occasions to read on a (borrowed) Sony since I couldn't get the light to shine right (often the case, of course, with an ordinary book).
Some researchers do indeed need several technical books open at a time (as I do sometimes in my law practice) but in such cases the Sony reader is of little use, since more than one book must be open at the same time (flipping back and forth is not productive). This site is a promotion for ebooks, so what you all write is no surprise, but the claims made for the Sony too often strike me as pieces in a campaign rather than reality.
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