I have that all figured out

** sounds of cover being ripped off of phone book…and new inkjet-printed cover being scotch-taped back on **

War and Peace, the physical version 🙂

Seriously, though, I’m finding I can quite comfortably read using an e-Ink based electronic book reader without feeling like I’m missing much from the dead tree edition. The other nice thing is that, for the old classics at least, I find it easier to find what I want quickly and get started reading.

Newer books still under copyright…well, its sort of hit and miss. Snow Crash I was able to get (reading it now on my iLiad) and a couple of business books I wanted to read as well. Prices are comparable to normal print/paperback editions: $7 for a “normal” fiction book, and $15 to $40 for technical/business books. But only one of the Garrett, P.I. books I wanted was available, presumably because his publisher just hasn’t released anything in digital form. I ended up ordering those in “3 in 1” editions from the Science Fiction Book Club.

I’d probably read everything in e-Book form if I could get it that way. I can carry several books to and from work with me without straining my back…plus I don’t have to find shelf space for them when I’m done. But I imagine it will be a few years yet before everything the publishers release on paper is simultaneously released in e-Book format.