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I've had the exact opposite experience with color and B&W screens. I have an iPaq 3100 (B&W) and 3600 (color), and much prefer the 3100 for reading ebooks. Maybe the newer screens are better, but for now, it's black and white for me.

The big problem I see with ebooks catching on is that, with few exceptions, the price is the same as the hardcover edition. If I'm going to pay 25-30 dollars for a book, I'll just get the hardcover. That's why I've done most of my ebook buying with Baen Books. For under 20 dollars, I can get 4 to 5 unlocked ebooks in my choice of formats.

"The big problem I see with ebooks catching on is that, with few exceptions, the price is the same as the hardcover edition. If I'm going to pay 25-30 dollars for a book, I'll just get the hardcover. That's why I've done most of my ebook buying with Baen Books. For under 20 dollars, I can get 4 to 5 unlocked ebooks in my choice of formats."

Yeah most of my ebooks were under 6 bucks! Alot of the authors are retaining their eletronic book rights and going direct and thus they can lower the prices. The people who are trying to keep the prices up are the publishing houses because if e-books start coming out at 5 bucks and a new hardback is 30 well anyone can figure the logical next step for the book consumer.