This is the new Nook by Barnes and Noble's. It affords lots of things including sharing your books with your like-minded friends. About $260. Millions of books.
This is the Amazon Kindle, about $300, with millions of books if they are on Amazon.
And finally we have the inventor of the personal portable listening device (the Walkman cassette player), Sony bringing up their Sony Reader.
Didn't really want the Nook to be the biggest; just couldn't get the sizes to match up and didn't want to spend a lot of time futzing about.
The Question is, Are You an E-book reader yet or do you refuse to plug in? Do you prefer the portability of a book made of paper over the portability of carrying your entire library around in a device that weighs slightly more than a couple of Stephen King novels?
The question is not Will these things change how we read but How will these devices change we read; how will we view physical books ; will our reading habits change from lounging around in our pajamas on a lazy windy cloudy rainy day to only while we are on the bus headed toward work?
Personally, I would like to play with these devices if someone would give me one. No way I'm shelling out $300 for what is essentially an iPod Nano on steroids.
Besides, I enjoy the physical-ness of turning a page, checking out the binding, and tossing the sucker across the room when the writing iritates the bejasus out of me. Wouldn't want to do that with a Kindle, now, eh?
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