Why Switch to An E-Reader?
Oh man, there are so many benefits. Let’s go through them.
You save space in your house, if you’re like me and have a ton of books, they take up a lot of room, make a mess, are HEAVY to move, with an e-reader it just sits on your desk or in a drawer holding rooms full of books for you. Also, this way saves SO much paper and natural resources to produce thousands of books.
It’s cheaper, almost universally e-books cost less, because there isn’t a lot of natural resources to make them, you just have to download a small file.
Instant gratification! No waiting for Amazon to ship your books or having to make trips to a book store, it wastes time and gas, you can just browse on an ebook store webpage, pick a book and Zap! it’s on your reader, ready to go.
All the benefits of computer documents that you don’t get with a regular book like hi-lights, notes, searching, changing fonts, size, etc are easily done on an ereader and are impossible to do on a real book. I know I hate when I’ve read a cool quote that I want to remember and then I try to find it by flipping through pages, I usually spend 30 minutes and don’t even find it! Now I just have to remember a couple words in a row and the e-reader will find that part.
Read public domain books for free on a reading device. Have you ever tried to read Charles Dickens on a computer monitor? Reading 700 pages against a light screen, no thanks, I’m worried I’d go blind, but on an e-reader it’s just like reading a regular book, maybe even a tiny bit better and sharper.
Other functions come with a e-readers, like text-to-speech, it turns any book into an audio book so you can have the book read to you!
That’s a ton of reasons to get one, the only two reasons I could think of are that you are attached to your physical books, and that’s where I was, but is their any reason you are besides the fact that that is the way it’s always been. I was so stubborn about it until I finally relented and I’m so glad I did, I encourage you to take an unbiased look at e-readers and regular books, try an e-reader, you won’t regret it.
The other issue is price, not everyone can afford an e-reader, but at the same time, a pocket e-reader can go as low as $200 and if you save $5 for every e-book you buy, some you save more, some less, then at $40 ebooks you will break even. Do you think you’ll buy 40 books the rest of your life? I know I will, many times over, my ereader has already payed for itself.
So I hope that’s encouraged you to try ereaders if you haven’t already. Go back and check out my reviews to find the best one for you!
Amazon Adds Value
Good article Kelly, I think everyone likes the idea of free books but most people are reluctant to pay more than $100 for a dedicated e-book reader. It will take a few years for people to come around but more of us will get comfortable with digital reading as more of our friends buy e-Readers. Personally, reading ebooks saves trees & reduces global carbon emissions and that makes me happy.
James
http://www.e-readerfeeder.com