I read a review of one of Mr. Stross' works on the the A.V. Club while I was at work and it sounded interesting, so I pulled out my Nook and bought it. I thoroughly enjoyed it so I bought the remainder of his works and read them.

If I didn't have the Nook, I never would have read any of his works. The next time I was at a bookstore, I would have wandered around as I made a futile attempt to remember stuff that I wanted to read.