Despite my computer and game playing tendencies, the joys of literacy appeal to me more than drink or fame. Several years and many houses ago I wanted desperately to carry my entire library, an ever expanding one, in my backpack — ostensibly to ease escape to Canada when the United States institutes the draft (again), it’s hard to carry a hundred pounds of books and not be conspicuous.
At that time the most affordable eBooks were Passive LCD screened tablets with poor battery life. Heather, ever the loving and pragmatic woman, told me it’d be easier to switch back to windows than convince her I should get that book! So I resigned myself to trudging my heavy books around the world, until one day last year while watching dl.tv’s CES special Sony announced their plans to bring their e-ink books to the United States
At the time of writing this, my Sony Reader left Gardena, CA and should be here tomorrow afternoon. After a thorough geeking I’ll be sure to give you my thoughts.
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