That man Thucydides gets everywhere ...

Actually he doesn't, but by pure co-incidence there were two other similar posts about the same time as I posted my blog article on Thucydides and the e-reader:

• Why e-books are a weight off my mind by John Naughton in the Guardian
• Why the Kindle, not the iPad, is the booklover’s choice by Jennifer Trueland in the Caledonian Mercury

there may have been others, I simply don't know as part of my holiday regime is not to read blogs and tweets (and not to post either, the Thucydides post was written on the ferry somewhere between Venice and Patras in mid September).

However both these posts encompass some simple truths

• e-readers are light, portable and can hold gizillions (well a lot) of books
• the battery life is close to excellent
• the screens work even in bright sunlight