Popularity of eReaders is scaling new height, which however, shouldnt be a surprising piece of news, as people simply love to lap up any new device that hits the market. After all the joy and thrill of owning a gadget that is still new and fresh is something thats hard to resist. But do these eReaders have got enough of what it takes to live up to the hype surrounding itc Or will it be of as much appeal to gadget lovers as it will be to book readersc It is just these that we aim to explore in this article so that you have a clear idea as to whether you should really go for one.

Reading a book is not only about written words that you devour with your eyes. But there is also a touch and smell aspects to it as well. In fact, there is a certain romance in reading a book. These however are grossly missing in the case of these Electronic Readers. So when you are reading from an eReader, theres no denying the fact that you are essentially staring at yet another electronic gadget. There are many book enthusiasts who are not too willing to read anything even from a computer monitor and for them, nothing but only a real book can satiate their desire of reading.

The modern ebook reader can change your perception of reading and you really have to see it to believe it. Take for instance the Nook that sports the revolutionary eInk technology. This makes the display as close to a real page as you might ever have imagined. You wont have the same feeling as touching and smelling a real paper but it does look like a real paper. They are kind to your eyes as well as there is absolutely no strain on your eyes, even if you use them for an extended period of time. In fact, such are these eReaders that they have been successful in winning over even some of the most ardent fans of real book.
You have to spend some time with any of the leading eReaders available to have an idea of what amazing devices these are. Their compact dimensions belies their real purpose and just one of these can take up a lot of your tasks. They are available at a wide price range as well to suit every requirement. So if the top end models are too pricey, there is the Kindle 2 that you can buy. It may not have all the bells and whistles of the top models but it does make a strong case for itself.

E-Readers will be appreciated the most who travel a lot and enjoy reading while they travel. A single eReader can let you store close to about 200 books, more if additional memory is taken into account. So that can take a lot of weight off your baggage. And thats just one aspect of the eReader as they have a lot to offer. Like auto-rotating screen, read-to-me feature, a built-in dictionary, Text-to-Speech, USB 2.0 cable, along with memory capacity of 3.3GB to mention just a few. And if a price of around 0 does not pinch you hard, you can buy Kindle DX that will let you have all the above mentioned features along with so much more that you will wonder how you could manage all these years with these wonderful devices.

Sure enough, an eReader, no matter how advanced it may be, cant replace the book that you would like to read sitting in front of the fireplace. The romance or the nostalgia associated with a real book cant be taken over by an eReader. So it cant replace a real book in that sense, but what it can do, and do it amazingly beautifully is it can supplement a book and provide a reading solution where a book is not readily available.