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title: "Best CEO/Executive Gift this year: E Book Reader - ViRTUS"
description: Looking for the best executive gift this year? Learn how an E-Book Reader could be the perfect gift you didn't know existed. Take a look at what it offers.
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# [Best CEO/Executive Gift this year: E Book Reader - ViRTUS](https://blog.virtusinc.com/virtus-inc-leadership-journal/journal/best-ceoexecutive-gift-this-year-e-book-reader)

 Written by [Mike Desjardins](https://blog.virtusinc.com/virtus-inc-leadership-journal/author/mike-desjardins) | Dec 24, 2008 12:25:01 PM

Think of it as an iPod for your books.

This Christmas the avid CEO reader has a brand new gadget under their tree:  an E Book Reader. The New York Time published a great article yesterday on the three primary devices available now.

So what is an eBook Reader.  Basically it’s a device the size of a paperback but only about 0.5″ thick that can hold anywhere from 160-250 books and displays the pages on a new type of screen called E Ink that looks like black type on light grey paper (much better than a backlit screen on your eyes).  Amazon and Sony are offering stores for you to download all of your favourite (sp -favorite – for my American friends) titles from $5-15, far less than the hardcopy book.

The fantastic thing about the devices is that the battery lasts between 7,500-8,000 page turns before needing recharging.  Yes, THOUSAND!  Using Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth as an example (1,100 pages), you can read that book 7 times over (not sure why you would) before recharging.

Whenever I travel I bring at least two books with me that take up valuable briefcase real estate or weight in my suitcase.  This is a much [better solution](https://virtusinc.com/expertise#actionable-strategic-plans).

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