I didn't say I'd never read on a portable device, I said I didn't want one. If someone gives me one for a gift or something, then that's very kind of them. But, even if they were cheaper, I don't want one. I like books, made of paper.

My laptop is under a year old and it works fine for fic reading, for me. I also have my phone and my iPod. I don't need another high priced digital device.

I don't know why but in my mind there's a big disconnect between book (which in my mind = novel) and fanfiction (which in my mind = digital hobby). Reading fic to me in any other form other than on a computer screen just looks odd to me. I suppose I would get used to it in time if I were to go in that direction. And if there was a fic I really, really wanted to read and it was only in PDF or RTF format, then I would download it or what have you.