E-reading isn’t reading.......

[DisgustipatedinCA]

31. I'm in my 40's, and I love my Nook

I started e-reading with my iPad. And although I love my iPad, it's too heavy for my style of reading, which often takes the form of me laying in bed on my back, with my book at arms' length. So I got a black and white Nook (with glow light), and it's great. I like standard books too, but I don't have room in my house for thousands of them. I do have plenty of room on my Nook, however.

Someone mentioned concerns about different book formats. What if you purchase books from B&N Nook, but then get a Kindle? Calibre is the answer to that problem. It's free software, just google Calibre (spelled the UK way). It's really about the best open source software I've ever used for any reason, and among other things it does, it freely converts between epub, mobi, prc, and other popular ereader formats. It will also "crack" the DRM on your books...I'm not recommending people do anything illegal here. Rather, if you have the Nook but want the Kindle, etc, you can apply this crack to a book you've already paid for and convert it to any format you'd care to use, including the mobi format that will be required for your new Kindle.

There's something about ebook readers that makes me read faster. I don't know what it is, but anecdotally, I know I've read more in the last year and a half than I did in the 10 years prior to that. I just end up reading more, and reading faster. Also, in case anyone is curious, the same thing happens with good books whether I'm reading them electronically or old style: I get lost in the book. I forget all considerations of electronic vs analog. You can still get lost in a good book, electronically.

Final note: PDF's suck on black and white ereaders. I still use my iPad for PDF's.