E-Reader Envy

I want one. Mostly because I want to be able to load it with a ton of classic books I want to read, but don’t want to spend all the money buying (since I can grab ‘em from Feed Books or the like) or shelving them. Yes, I could get them from the library, but that defeats the purpose of impulse reading. Most of my library is impulse reading based- it’s not that I impulse buy books, but I stock my personal shelves with books I know I’ll read on impulse and need them at arm’s length. If I have to go to a store or a library to feed my impulse, I’ve done something wrong :)

Anyway, to me the perfect e-reader would use e-ink, support ePub and PDF (since I have a large e-library of these e-books….are you getting sick of e-everything?  So am I, so am I) and be under 300$. To this extent both the Sony PRS 505 and the new and up and coming Cool-ER both fit in nicely. The 505 is a bit spiffier…and a bit nicer.

Ah well, just a bit of rambling.  The prices need to drop on these machines still.

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Paul Jessup is a weird writer, who has lived his entire life on the haunted shores of Lake Erie. He has three books out currently, with a fourth on the way.
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2 Responses to E-Reader Envy

  1. Adam Ness says:

    Borders is having a sale for members on the Sony PRS 505 for $199 after coupon this week…

  2. Paul Jessup says:

    Get out of town! Oh man, I can’t resist that price!

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