Most people will have a reading system for ebooks already, be it a PDA, Pocket PC, Tablet PC or even a subnotebook.
Usually when I mention cost as an advantage of ebooks over print, people counter by claiming that ebooks can't possibly be cheaper when you have to spend hundreds of dollars on a reader. Only I don't think you do have spend hundreds of dollars on a reader. I've made no secret of the fact that I think dedicated readers are a dumb idea, that ebooks can and should be read on multipurpose devices. I've also mentioned that I believe PDAs or Pocket PCs will be as ubiquitous as pagers and cell phones in the very near future. The Franklin eBookMan contains basic PIM functionality and an API for programmers as well as the ability to read PalmDoc, Microsoft Reader and even play Audible books, all in a package starting well under $200. Palm and Handspring both have quite capable PDAs capable of reading ebooks for $150.
These devices will become commonplace, and if you've already got the device anyway, then an ebook (or twenty) weighs nothing, takes up no space, and costs no more than the price of that individual title.
Download ebooks on http://www.frenchtheory.com/ - See that post with different algorithms in metabole - See the journal French Metablog with today different posts.
