From: EvMick@aol.com
Date: Sat Feb 15 2003 - 14:10:50 MST
Some months ago I purchased the latest book by David Weber in the Honor
Harrington Series. (Space Opera) I was suprised to learn that as an added
bonus the publisher (Baen Books) had included a CD which contained an
ENORMOUS amount of material.....like....the entire HH Series (ten
books)......and several more or less complete series from other Baen
Authors....about twenty books in all I think...in about five reader formats.
Two or three foot of bookshelf ....on One Cd.
Well the CD sat on a shelf for a few months...unused.....then during the post
911 freight slowdown I've had a LOT of time on my hands (setting for days at
a time in obscure places waiting for a load).....so I took the CD
down...popped it into my laptop....
And I was hooked....
Being able to read in zero ambient light conditions ....being able to
increase the print size....is Soooooooo nice.
So now I'm considering getting a handheld eBook Device. My thoughts are I can
download the books at home....put them on my Hard Drive or burn them to a
CD....the "fill up" the handheld with different titles for each trip. I don't
imagine I'd read more than 9 or 10 books every two or three weeks ......do
you think?
The problem is there are so many of them....and so many formats...
I was considering RocketBooks.......
Has anyone any experience in this area .............any advice?
EvMick
Sitting at home............waiting......waiting.
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