“Contrary to the fears of paper-loving bibliophiles, handheld computers are an excellent format for straight-ahead leisure reading. All it takes is some basic e-book software–one very good reader, CSpotRun, can be downloaded at no charge at http://www.32768.com/bill/palmos/cspotrun. Then you can visit www.memoware.com and download thousands of older titles whose copyrights have expired. Lots of them are the classics–Dante, Darwin, Dickens, and the like. Good for the mind and soul.”

–Hiawatha Bray in his April 29 column in the Boston Globe (better late than never)

Note: I’ve updated the address for the Palm software.

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