About Ellen Hage

My interest in e-books began in 1997 after seeing the Franklin Rocket E-book in Sky Mall magazine. The price was like $700 and although way out of range for me I wanted one. Finally three years later I bought one from J and R online for $200. There weren’t many books available for it then, but that didn’t matter. I was hooked and promised to give up paper books for good. I’ve kept that promise except for text books for the past seven years. My current quest is to find the perfect e-book device, while converting as many people as possible to e-bookers along the way.

I am a native Virginian, born and raised in Alexandria. I currently live in Harker Heights, Texas which is right outside Fort Hood, after retiring from the Army in 2003. I am married and have three children ages 22, 15, and 6.

My academic background includes a BA degree from Lafayette College (1980) in International Affairs, a MS degree from University of LaVerne (2000) in Organizational Management, and a Ph.D. from Capella University (2005) in Organizational Management with a specialization in Information Technology. My dissertation was on e-book self-efficacy and usage levels across age and gender.

Dedicated e-book devices I own:

6 Original Rocket e-books (One I made myself from parts from Alltronics. I got lucky and received a motherboard with 48mb!)

2 Hiebooks

2 Ebookman readers

2 REB1100s

2 REB1200s

1 EBW1150

1 GEB 1150 (migrated to Ebookwise)

1 Cybook

1 Sony Librie

1 Kolin reader

2 Sony Readers

1 iLiad

My non-dedicated readers include

2 Epods

1 Nokia N800

1 Nokia N770

2 Clio 1000s

1 DT375 Web Pad

and too many PDAs to list