The Nintendo DS seems like it would make the perfect eBook reader. It's more compact than the Sony Reader or the Kindle, is shaped like a book, and is hundreds of dollars cheaper. While Nintendo hasn't quite caught on to how awesome this is, the DS homebrew community has and now anyone can turn their DS into an eReader as good as any Kindle.

Once you have switched to eBooks, you won't want to go back to paper. I have been using my DS as an eBook reader for months, and I love it. I carry it with me everywhere. The DS is smaller than the smallest paperback, and can hold hundreds of novels. My wife owns a copy of the book I am currently reading on my DS (The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley). Her copy weighs over a pound. Mine is tiny and fits in my pocket.

Seriously, give this a try.

This Youtube video might give you a sense of what the experience will be like. It demonstrates several pieces of software, the first of which is DSLibris, the subject of this tutorial. My apologies for the German - it was the only video I could find.

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I recently got this pop-up style "warning" while browsing the Pirate Bay.

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Something looks fishy here. I don't think its legit.