I travel about once a month for my job, and would love to shed the pounds of all that paper. Enter the electronic book. At just 22 ounces, the Rocket eBook from NuvoMedia stores the equivalent of about 10 novels or 4000 average paperback pages. Already, there are competitors. You can read about them here as well, though I think the Rocket eBook is best, and I'll tell you why.
Electronic books are cool, but let's be real.
They're going to take a while to catch on. I'll talk about that, too. But first, let's start with an overview. Compare that with first-day sales of popular authors such as Tom Clancy, which typically hit the 75,000 range. But there is a future here.