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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5629609" data-attributes="member: 177">Okay, so, when Niven, Donaldson, and Herbert were &quot;recent&quot; was, what, 20 or 30 years ago?&nbsp; I mean, Herbert *died* in 1986.&nbsp; You're talking about authors who were &quot;recent&quot; before the internet as we know it today.So, are you seeing a change that is specifically tied to very recent new technologies in reading, or something more related to the fact that it is a couple to few decades later, and/or tied to the other entertainment technologies developed in that time.&nbsp; My wife's Nook as, I think, 1 GB of memory for storage (expandable to 32 GB).&nbsp; But, eBooks in the ePub format are often small - many of the things she got from project Gutenberg are around 0.5 MB, but file sizes range often sit in the 1 to 5 MB range.&nbsp; That's still hundreds of books before we add any memory.&nbsp; Yes, you can put a library on there.&nbsp; My wife in a fast pass put a couple dozen books on there, to be sure she had a stack waiting in there.It can carry enough books that it has features to help you organize (in &quot;shelves&quot;) your collection in an intuitive fashion.Oh, and the Nook uses epub format - that's the standard format that libraries use for lending ebooks.&nbsp; So, my wife can also draw on the Minuteman and Boston Public Library collections for reading materials.&nbsp; All that being said, I personally am not looking to get an e-reader any time soon.&nbsp; My reading patterns are not the same as my wife's.&nbsp; It makes sense for her to have the device, but not so much for me, so I'll still be buying physical boks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5629609, member: 177"] Okay, so, when Niven, Donaldson, and Herbert were "recent" was, what, 20 or 30 years ago? I mean, Herbert *died* in 1986. You're talking about authors who were "recent" before the internet as we know it today. So, are you seeing a change that is specifically tied to very recent new technologies in reading, or something more related to the fact that it is a couple to few [I]decades[/I] later, and/or tied to the other entertainment technologies developed in that time. My wife's Nook as, I think, 1 GB of memory for storage (expandable to 32 GB). But, eBooks in the ePub format are often small - many of the things she got from project Gutenberg are around 0.5 MB, but file sizes range often sit in the 1 to 5 MB range. That's still hundreds of books before we add any memory. Yes, you can put a library on there. My wife in a fast pass put a couple dozen books on there, to be sure she had a stack waiting in there. It can carry enough books that it has features to help you organize (in "shelves") your collection in an intuitive fashion. Oh, and the Nook uses epub format - that's the standard format that libraries use for lending ebooks. So, my wife can also draw on the Minuteman and Boston Public Library collections for reading materials. All that being said, I personally am not looking to get an e-reader any time soon. My reading patterns are not the same as my wife's. It makes sense for her to have the device, but not so much for me, so I'll still be buying physical boks. [/QUOTE]

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