I have an e-reader!
Impressions thus far: heavier than expected, though that’s partially its leather case. Doesn’t have a touch screen. Not certain I think that’s a minus, actually. Page refresh is a bit slower than I might like, but I don’t really know how fast a Sony or Kindle or Nook refreshes, either, so possibly 1-2 seconds is par for the course. It’s also an older model, because I’m cheap and got a refurbished one rather than a new one, so a new one might move faster. Either way I’m going to assume the slowish refresh rate outweighs (as it were) the inconvenience of carrying and storing physical books.
Of course, now I need to find out where I can buy epub and mobi books (or pdf or rtf or whatever, just as long as it’s 1. legal and 2. not DRM). Specifically Kate Elliott’s COLD MAGIC, which I’m dying to read and which has been #1 on my to-buy-when-I-get-an-ereader list since it came out last fall.
Help me, Intarwebs! You’re my only hope!
Smashwords.com is a fantastic site that sells ebooks in all the standard forms.
All Romance eBooks (allromanceebooks.com) is also a great site for romance books.
And of course there’s Amazon, which has the benefit of letting you read samples for free – I just don’t know how it works to get the files to a reader other than a Kindle.
go to http://books.google.com. It’s up on Google Books but that’s completely cloud-based and it lists several other sites to get it from in the left sidebar.
Honestly, since it’s from a traditional publisher, you may not be able to find it in legit channels where it is not DRM. The more traditional publishers are very “into” DRM.
When I got my kindle I went directly to project gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page) and got copies of all the classics. There are also some interesting reads for stuff you never heard of.
The other one is baen books. (www.baen.com).
Webscriptions, which is Baen’s book site at http://www.webscription.net/default.aspx
Great site, offers lots of freebies too.
Also, Mobipocket at: http://www.mobipocket.com/en/HomePage/default.asp?Language/
Unfortunately, didn’t see Kate Elliot at either site.
What type of reader did you get?