Thanks for the helpful response. What kind of a power supply does the RocketBook reader use and how long does it last ? Also for how long one has to be a member of the 2 books per month deal to get the rocket reader ? Here is another related question. Are these two books a month actially E-books ? Can one resell E-Books under copyright on ebay etc., like regular books ? Thanks. Vijay --- On Fri 05/13, Chuck MATTSEN < mattsen@arvig.net > wrote: From: Chuck MATTSEN [mailto: mattsen@arvig.net] To: rvijay07@myway.com, gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 22:31:01 -0500 Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] HandHeld & E-Books On Fri, 13 May 2005 20:29:58 -0400 (EDT)<br>"rvijay07" <rvijay07@myway.com> typed:<br><br>> How convenient are handhelds to read E-books ? Specially in terms of<br>> eye strain and power lasting etc., ?<br>> <br>> Reading E-Books from a desktop is strainful, specially if one is at<br>> the PC at work all day.<br><br>FWIW, I have e-books on the PC, the Palm Tungsten E PDA and the<br>RocketBook e-book reader. I have a lot of eye strain with both the PC<br>and the PDA, but I absolutely /love/ reading on the RocketBook reader.<br>Very easy on the eyes, at least for me, and a convenient size. In<br>fact, I also got it free by joining one of those 2-books-per-month for<br>$19.95 deals where they throw the reader in gratis. Turned out to be a<br>good deal for me, but of course YMMV. (I added a $20 256MB SmartCard<br>and I can't imagine wanting/needing more storage, really.)<br><br>-- <br>Chuck MATTSEN / mattsen at arvig dot net / Mahnomen, MN, USA<br>MT Lookup: http://eot.com/~mattsen/mtsearch.htm<br>Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (Cooker) for i586<br>kernel 2.6.11-8mdk-i686-up-4GB / RLU #346519<br> <br>Random Thought/Quote For This Message:<br> Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.<br> _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com