In August I bought a Sony Reader PRS505.  I know the software is clunky, and I know you can’t buy e-books for it in Australia, but I can deal with the software and I don’t ever, ever, ever want to buy an e-book.  What I needed was a sturdy, reliable screen reader that could handle text files reasonably flexibly and that had a great screen to read on.

The Sony pretty much did all of those things right. Yes, the screen could be bigger. But I’ve read short stories, novellas and even a handful of novels on it (the entire output of one K. Scholes, in fact) and it hasn’t skipped a beat.  It’s made my job easier, and that’s made my life easier.  It also makes reading those books that I get a sneek peek at in e-format a lot friendlier to read.  What more could you ask for?  Oh, and many thanks for Charlie Stross, who recommended the Reader, and to AAron who gave me some very helpful pointers.