E-readers: Changing the way we read
Are the walls of your home lined with overstuffed bookshelves? Do you need to rent a storage space just for your collection of paperback romances? Do visitors often mistake your home for a branch of the local public library?
With E-readers, this isn?t a fantasy.
E-readers, much like iPods and MP3 players changed the way people listened to music, are changing the way people read books, magazines and newspapers. These small hand-held devices allow readers to instantly download best-selling or classic books, the latest magazines or the top stories from newspapers across the country.
With an E-reader, customers can open the latest mystery by Sue Grafton, peruse a classic by F. Scott Fitzgerald or read the latest issue of The New Yorker. As an added bonus, E-readers take up virtually no space thanks to their small, compact design. E-readers are smaller and thinner than a paperback book.
E-readers are especially convenient for business trips or vacations. It?s always a hassle to cram several thick books into suitcases or duffel bags. Readers often decide to simply leave their favorite books at home. Then, when they?re sitting on the beach or waiting for their flight, they?re left wishing that they had that Scott Patterson thriller with them.
With e-readers, though, travelers can carry as many books as they?d like in one lightweight, easy-to-carry package.
E-readers also provide several enhancements to the reading experience. Users can type notes and mark pages and passages for further review. They can look up words with their E-reader?s built-in dictionary, and can even find synonyms for specific words with the device?s thesaurus. Readers also no longer have to worry about damaging their pages when they don?t have a bookmark; E-readers remember the last page a user has read.
The two biggest names in E-readers are the Amazon Kindle 2 and the Sony Reader. Both come with high-resolution screens to make reading easy for even the blurriest of eyes. They can each store more than 300 books, with the Kindle 2 boasting enough memory for an amazing 1,500 electronic books.
Choosing an E-reader can take time and research. That?s because each E-reader comes with its own special features. Fortunately, the Internet is filled with reviews of all the commercial E-readers now available. Consumers just need to run a quick Google search to find dozens of reviews.
Maybe it?s time for you to give an E-reader a try. With one, you can usually purchase books at a deep discount. For example, owners of the Amazon Kindle 2 can purchase most best-sellers for just $9.99 on the online Amazon Kindle Store. And once you download a book or two, you just might get hooked on electronic reading.
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