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57 here, it was the Baen free library that got me started on the E-book revolution.
Was reading them on my computer back then. Then I discovered sources for loads of MS Reader books in *.lit format. Well it didn't take me but an hour or 2 to discover there were ways to convert those to a format I could read.
Eventually I bought my first device because reading at the computer was just not as comfortable as snuggling into a recliner. Now, I don't think i've read a paper book in 6 months. Thanks in large part to MR I've learned loads and found many great sources for books. Just downloaded 3 of the Baen CD's thanks to a link in a post here at MR. I've got loads of new stuff to read. Including 2 very prolific authors that are new to me.
In about an hour of downloading, extracting, organizing and dropping the books onto my SD card I have added at least a years worth of material to my Jetbook reader.
Interesting how it goes in cycles, and returns back to where it all started.
I suspect I'll make that route a few more times before they turn me into ashes.
Speaking of ashes, now that would be a fitting end to all those paper books.
Use them as funeral pyres! Burn me with my books when I'm dead, and hand out copies of my collection on DVD to any who want one. Yeah, now that is going out in style.
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