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One thing that slowed everything down was waiting for the hardware to arrive. Do you recall the Palm Pilot? Books from major publishers were available for the Palm for years and years.
I'm assuming you don't recall the Palm. So here's how to simulate the experience: Take a 3x5 index card. Cut out a 2x2 square hole in that card. Now read a standard paperback book through that hole, holding the card flat against the page. That isn't really a true simulation: the readability of the text would be too high. But it will give you an idea.
I think you're being unfair to the PalmPilot, Jim. I had one for years, and read any number of books on it. It was perfectly usable, and I missed it from the time mine broke (after they were no longer a viable platform anyway) until I got an iPhone.