New Toy!

I have a new e-reader! Ok, new to me; I picked it up at 2nd and Charles. It's a Sony, a slightly older model, but I'm loving it.

I'm notorious for not getting along with touch screens (ask anyone in my family), but for once I've found one that doesn't hate me. It helps that it's not exclusively touch screen - it has navigation buttons too. The battery power on this thing is awesome. I was eyeing it for several weeks before getting it, and the battery was only at half power. It hasn't run out yet, charging only when I plug it in for transferring books. It also lets you "write" on the screen, which I may or may not have gone a little scribble happy with. (Can you tell I'm in love?)

The thing is, I haven't done as much reading on it as I thought. I've been using it more as a revision tool. It's been surprisingly effective, too. So now my workflow is looking something like this:

Scribble in notebook ->Type into Word and/or Scrivener ->Export to e-reader -> Scribble revisions/corrections in notebook with e-reader in hand ->Type -> Rinse, Repeat.

It's also been helpful in checking for formatting errors as I'm getting ready to publish another short piece. Which one?

You'll see....