Many of you know that I am a recent convert to the Kindle. I chose the Kindle for a variety of excellent reasons I cannot remember at the moment (my short-term memory is a bit sporadic). But regardless, I love my Kindle. If I had a Nook or Kobo or any one of a dozen great e-reader alternatives, I would probably love them as well.
I really didn’t expect to love my Kindle as much as I do – but I do. So I thought I would give you 10 reasons why I think e-readers are great. Oh, and by the way, when I’m talking about e-readers here, I’m talking about the dedicated e-readers that are designed for, um, readers, not tablets or phones also used to read e-books.
Okay, here we go:
- Generally speaking, free books are readily available. Need I say more?
- I can change the size of the type, so I can read more easily without having to buy one of those stupid over-sized paperbacks. Um, not that I’m middle-aged or anything.
- E-Readers are light and I can hold them with one hand, thereby ensuring that I can drink coffee whilst I read and not slop it all over everything when I try to turn a page.
- If I’m eating while I read, and I get food on the e-reader, I can wipe it off without leaving unsightly stains that will forever need explanation. (“see, I was eating spaghetti…)
- I can read without breaking the spine of the book to see the words in the crease. And if I’m reading a s*e*x scene, I don’t have to go break the spine in other places so people borrowing the book after me won’t wonder what I’ve been doing.
- I can pre-order a book, and if I order it from a place with automatic delivery, I can wake up in the morning of the day it’s released and it will be right there as soon as I turn on the Kindle. Thus ensuring I will be late for work.
- I don’t have to worry about buying more bookcases. I really don’t have any room in my house for more paper books. (no, really. I don’t)
- I don’t have to worry about whether or not a spider has crawled between the pages of a book I’ve left lying out on a coffee table overnight, thus surprising me when I open the book to read it the next morning. (I screamed. Loudly)
- I can carry many books around with me on one little device and read whatever I want to read, whenever I want to read it.
- And, last but not least, I love e-readers because MY book is coming out as an e-book from Carina Press on September 5, 2011!! WOOHOO!
So, see? If you don’t have an e-reader and I tell you to buy one, I’m not be
ing self serving. I’m only telling you that because I love you and want you to be as happy. Trust me. 🙂
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