Kelly

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!
 

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