You're right; for someone who lives in a house with more electrical outlets than bookshelves, it isn't! I'm looking forward to eventually clearing space and getting a large desk for things which actually do need to take up space. You can plug it in at night. Just like a cell phone. Or do you still only use landlines so you don't run out of batteries in the middle of a call?

Now, have you actually ever used a modern ereader for an extended period of time, or is this one of those "I just KNOW I won't like it" complaints? Because "it runs out of batteries" is quite possibly the worst reason I've seen to dislike ereaders.