A few months ago I bought a Sony eBook reader. This has to be one of the coolest gadgets that I have ever bought. As an avid reader I love the fact that I can download eBooks from the Sony Store Online in seconds. This does take the joy out of visiting my local book store, but it’s so convenient.

The eBook reader cost me $279.99 at the Sony Store. The salesperson marked it down as I missed a sale a few weeks prior. The unit is solid it feels well made and it is very light weight. In comparison to a real book, you will notice the difference between the eBook Reader and for example a book like Snowball which is 800 pages long. The Sony eBook reader is not only an eBook reader, but also a picture viewer and MP3 Player. The sound from the MP3 player is fantastic one of the best players that I have ever tested. You can listen to music while you read, but the controls are a little odd. If Sony could have made a better interface to control the music while reading, I would use the MP3 player a lot more. The picture viewer is just an extra it has no real value as the picture are shown in black and white.The unit also comes in brown leather cover. The cover helps protect the screen and it looks great.

The main reason to buy this item was to read books. As an eBook reader it is amazing with a screen true to a real book. The ink technology used makes reading on the device very easy on the eyes. It’s almost like reading a real book. You might notice a little difference at first and pages take a few seconds to load, but other wise it very close to reading a real book. At present I have over 1000 eBooks loaded on the memory card (It takes SD and Memory Stick plus built in memory). The unit also includes software to connect the device to the Sony eBook Store and to transfer your files. The software is sort of like iTunes for the iPod. The software was very easy to use and I found the whole process of buying a book and uploading it to the device painless. This is a great device and if you love to read you will not be disappointed. The Amazon Kindle is also highly recommended as an eBook reader, but it was not available in Canada. Overall I am very happy with this device and look forward to reading many eBooks on it.

The growth of your online business depends on how much effort you put in. If you are running affiliate sites you should grow your business one site at a time. The more sites you try to manage will have an impact on your income. The truth is I am guilty myself of having many sites and not focusing on the one’s that are doing well. If I were to focus on my top performing sites I would stand to make more money.

The goal for May is to go through my sites and update the profitable, and look for new opportunities for the under-performers. There are some sites that could make money if I spent time updating them. With new content and a little design work a site can become profitable. Growing you business online takes a lot of effort. You need to make sure all your sites are working to make you money. Sometimes a little change can do wonders for sales and conversions. With one site I changed the buy button to a new location and saw increase in sales over night. Take the time to go through your site as if you were a visitor. If you work on a a few sites day your overall income should start to increase.