…the Amazon Kindle.   Or maybe the Sony Reader. Or maybe the Barnes & Noble Nook.  It used to be I was seriously dead set against it. I’m a reader who loves the printed page. Though I’ve purchased them, I’ve never really enjoyed reading e-books on my computer. Number one, I’m tied to my computer while reading it. Visually it was not as satisfying. Emotionally not as satisfying either.  Second, as a writer I have also been concerned that electronic versions of books do not produce the same income for writers as the print versions.

But this Kindle (or the Barnes & Noble Nook or the Sony Reader) seems different to me.  The convenience of carrying my library with me, the ability to buy a new book on the fly and the fact that they are approximately the same size as most paperbacks…I’ve been seduced.  Changing font size, color (on the Sony Reader) and expandable memory.

Okay, well, maybe I haven’t made up my mind which one I do want yet but I know that I want on.  With the deepest kind of want.  That selfish, it will benefit no one but me sort of want.  Which is why it is low on the list.  Boo.

Christmas list anyone?

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