I’ve been slow to the electronic book market. Well, I guess most of us have seeing as ebooks count for less than 4% of the overall book market (according to AAP).

But, for Christmas I got an ereader, inparticluar Sony’s Digital Reader Pocket Edition – Silver (PRS300SC).

My first impressions:

• It’s small
  This device has a 5″ display. That’s small. Maybe I was expecting something a little bigger, but it’s small and I’ll get used to that.
• Easy to read
  The device reads pretty easily. Page down to finish a page, page right to turn. Easy, right?
• There are lots of free books out there to download
  The Pike’s Peak Library system rocks! They are tons of ebooks to download…for FREE! Being able to download native PDF’s to read is also pretty sweet.
• Traditional books aren’t going anywhere
  The ereader is great. But, I still prefer a book…book. You know, a book you can pick up, read, put a book mark in, set by your bed for later. Books. The ereader is great for holding multiple books at once, but I don’t think my love for traditional books will go away.

Overall I like my new ereader. It will take some time to adjust to, but I think I’m going to like it. Hey, having 100s of books at your beckon call is pretty sweet, right?