>Electronic books certainly seem like a trend of the future.
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>Last time I looked into getting an e-book reader the standards were not in place. It is my understanding that MicroSoft will be getting into this market soon (was it June 2000?).
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>If I were to buy an e-book reader, what would you recommend or should I wait a few more months?

Palm and CE devices make very versatile eBook readers. Condsider adding the Palm forum to your UT profile. Her are some sites that will help you out.

http://www.ebooknet.com/topic.jsp?topic=Home%3AReading+Technology
http://www.ebooknet.de/
http://www.e-books.org/

http://www.peanutpress.com/
http://www.netlibrary.com/