KINDLE

I was bought a Kindle about a year ago. It has certainly been a wonderful present. I see that the price is now down to $139   http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reader-Wifi-Graphite/dp/B002Y27P3M/ref=kin3w_ddp_compare_image1

The device is fine in the brightest sunlight and it loads a book in less than a minute.

Once you've finished reading the book you can archive it and recall it at any time. You can pack Kindle into any small space for travel and have up to about 250,000 books available to you. Most of them at $9.99 or less.

The only downside I can find is if you want to look back over several pages. With an easy font changing system - for older eyes! - the amount you are into the book is displayed in a percentage, which means it is not so easy to find a particular paragraph or fact.