I read 56 books last year.
That doesn’t count books that I started and decided not to finish. At least half of these were eBooks. Some
people say they prefer good, old-fashioned paper books. “I like the feel of a
regular book in my hands,” they will say. I don’t believe it for a minute. When
you’re reading a good story, you don’t think about the physical characteristics
of the device containing the story because you’re lost in the story.
Advantages of an eBook
In fact there some advantages
to having your story in an eBook rather than a paper book. One advantage is
that if you come across an unfamiliar word in your reading, you can press down
on it, and the definition will pop up. Don’t laugh at me, but a couple of times
I have felt my hand move toward an unfamiliar word in a paper book before I
realized that it doesn’t work that way.
If the print is too small for
you, you can increase the size in an electronic book. You don’t have to worry
about losing your place in an eBook because the device will remember it for
you. If you’re going someplace and want to take several books with you, you can
take all of them in one device.
The most popular eReader is
the Kindle. One of the advantages of Kindle is that you don’t have to buy a
dedicated Kindle device. You can download Kindle software FREE for any tablet,
smart phone, or PC. I usually read eBooks on my tablet, but once when my tablet
was in the shop, I read an eBook on my laptop. At another time I took my tablet
on a trip to New York
Kindle Books
Kindle readers are the most
popular device, and Kindle is also the most popular publisher of electronic
books, so it has the most variety from which to choose. Most popular books are
available in Kindle as well as print form. A lot of Kindle books are free. As I
started this blog, I downloaded five books on building a blog. Three of them
were free, and the other two were inexpensive.
You can get a lot of good
deals on Kindle books through Book Bub. https://www.bookbub.com/home/https://www.bookbub.com/home/
I get an email every day from Book Bub, which offers a half a dozen books
discounted or free. I read the reviews on books that sound interesting and then
download the book if I think I will like it. If you like getting free books, go
to Book Bub and sign up.
eBooks from the Public Library
Yes, you can get electronic
books from the public library. I usually borrow literary fiction from the
library. When I started getting eBooks from the library about five years ago,
they had 131 books in this category. Now they have over 3,000. I can borrow these books sitting in an easy chair at home. I just go to the library website,
sign in, and go through the book selection. Once I choose a book, I can
download it onto my tablet and have it for two weeks. If I am out of town, I can
order eBooks from my library by going to their web site. If the eBook I want is
out, I can get on a waiting list.
Gutenberg.org
There are of course lots of
sources of electronic books, but one of the best is http://www.gutenberg.org/ This outfit
takes books that are no longer covered by copyright and puts them in electronic
form. They have, for example, most of the older classic works of literature,
and they are free to download.
Paper Books from the Library
I still like to read paper
books, and most of these I get from the library. I find the internet helpful in
getting these books. When I read a review of a book that sounds interesting, I
check to see if the library has it. If they have it and it is in, I will pick
it up the next time I go to the library. If it is out, I will put myself on the
waiting list. When it becomes available, the library will send me an email. I
read pretty fast, but if I get behind and the book becomes due before I have
finished it, I can renew it over the internet. It’s all very handy.
eBooks by Carl Perrin
I can’t end this without
inviting you to take a look at some of my eBooks.:
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