Actor and adventurer Charley Boorman might specialise in roaming the world on motorbikes and other odd vehicles, but his ultimate travel essential turns out not to be mechanical at all.

When we asked earlier this week how readers preferred to access electronic books, we got a wide range of responses. An unscientific summary would be: there's all sorts of devices in use, the iPhone is popular and we didn't give enough credit to the Nintendo DS. But there's clearly still room for a killer e-book reader, though whether that's the Kindle seems open to debate.

Whether printed or electronic books are your poison, voracious reading can be an expensive habit. Here's our top ways to keep reading for less.

Eoin Colfer -- the man stuck with the daunting task of writing the sixth book in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker’s Guide trilogy -- might be bitterly disappointed that he's just lost his iPhone, but he's pretty much convinced that the device comes close to replicating the guide itself.

There are numerous formats for e-books and other electronic documents, but PDF remains the most common and popular. Here's the tools you need for reading and working with PDF without spending a fortune or succumbing to Adobe bloatware.

It is sometimes suggested that writing by hand offers a creative experience unmatched by composing on computer, but that's not an argument you'll find Ruth Rendell mounting. Defying stereotypes about computer usage, the 79 year-old author of more than 60 titles has been using a PC for 23 years.

It may not have the words "DON'T PANIC" inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover, but our Bookworm's Guide to the Lifehacker Galaxy is a compilation of some of our favourite book-related hacks, projects and tricks, as part of our Book Week 2009 series.

Last week's announcement that the Kindle will go on sale in Australia is widely expected to increase the visibility of electronic books in Australia. However, Kindle isn't the only game in town. Which options are Lifehacker readers already using to read electronic books?