E-Reader Friend or foe?

                                                                E-Readers made simple

As a reader I vowed never to give in to the evil of this new- fan-dangled invention called an E-Reader but you know that old saying of never, say never? Well…yeah…

      

Okay, so before I lose all my paper book readers, I do love my e-reader and e-books…BUT I still buy print copies of books too…and here’s the REALLY great thing about all of this…you can have BOTH! There is room for BOTH. You don’t have to make a choice! 

So I’m here to lead you by the hand, slowly, into the world of non- print book reading…

I love my e-reader because there are just so many situations where an E-book and E-reader is so much easier and far more practical to use.

Here’s a few examples of situations where my love has been confirmed for my E-Reader.

Example 1.

I’m on Christmas holidays having a lovely time reading my book (you know, the one with paper not a screen)from a new author I picked up in a book store when low and behold it’s time to pack up and go home…BUT WAIT! I’m now addicted to this series and I CAN NOT POSSIBLY wait till I get home to buy the second book in the series…what to do? 

….THANK GOODNESS I also have my E-Reader, I can just down load the next book and read it in the car! 

Example 2

I’m on holidays (again) and I’ve just had ANOTHER argument with my husband about how many books I’m packing…’they’re taking up too much room, darling…it’s the books or the shoes…you’re choice!’ 

Did I mention my husband is a bully!! One does not simply give a woman an ultimatum of packing less shoes OR books!

Situation solved! I’ll pack my E-reader that fits into my hand bag and I can take as many as 5000 PLUS, books….AND I think because I’ve saved that much room, I can still fit in a pair of NEW shoes  :D 

Now I am NOT the most tech savvy person out there so I know it can be a tad confusing but I’ll try and break it down in my terms which I will apologise in advance to tech savvy people everywhere for the ripping apart of your geeky terminology (*1) that you are about to witness.

Which E-reader for me and Where do I find the books?

I personally went for a Kindle

Why? Well because as a tech savvy challenged individual, I liked that the Kindle is Amazon's own brand E-reader and so the E-book store comes all loaded on the device and you just click a button and down load your books.

There are also other brands linked to Book sellers like the Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo

Then you also have the option of not going with an E-Reader as such, but downloading an app that you can use on your smart phone, Iphone, Ipad, or android tablets. These are great, and how I first started. I had the Amazon app downloaded onto my android (*2)  phone and was surprised that it was actually not too hard to read on a phone screen, however I soon upgraded to a proper E-Reader so I could use the bigger screen. I down load the app onto my tablet and computer as well, it always comes in handy to have it available.

So if you’re wanting to try e-books and don’t want to buy an E-reader you can always down load these apps first and try before you invest in an e-reader.

Here’s a few links in case you’d like to try on your phone, tablet devices or computer.

KOBO

KINDLE

NOOK

GOOGLE PLAY

JB HiFI - ANDROID

              -IOS-APPLE

-ADOBE (eBooks to your Kobo or Sony Device.)


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1. People who use another language when talking about technology.

2. a phone that isn’t an apple device  



So there ya go, a gentle introduction to E-Readers. Remeber you can get all my books and the other me, Karlene Blakemore-Mowle, in both print AND e-book formats, so why not take the plunge and give it a try? You may become a convert like me!