Hooray!
Time to celebrate: after some resistance,
I’ve finally finished reading my first digital book and am reading a second one
already!
For me it’s definitely an improvement, a
step forward, which has taken place because I had no more physical books to read and
love reading in bed. It was, therefore, a kind of last resort but, ok, I’m glad
it happened and now I feel it was just a question of time. Besides it wasn’t
that bad really.
As you all know, I am a huge fan of
Gutenberg and his invention and am going to let him down. I don’t even own an
e-reader (and don’t plan to buy one!) and the digital reading I’ve been doing is
free. I’m not ready to pay for a digital file, a “book”, I can’t actually touch
– at least not yet. What I did was therefore look for public domain ebooks
across different platforms (some tips and links here and here from slide 34 onwards), chose the format and downloaded 2 ebooks I've been meaning to read for ages. Right now, I'm proud to "announce" that I've managed to read The Secret Garden from cover to cover, and am reading Room with a View .
I can't deny I' enjoying it. I am! At night, when when my eyes feel strained, I change to
font size 36, the brightness of the monitor and / or lettering and keep
reading for some more time. What about you, have you had a similar experience?
Though much has already been said about
screen and paper reading, I’d like to butt in too once I’ve just had the
experience. Quite clearly, both have advantages and disadvantages and
ultimately it’s up to each one of us to evaluate our needs and decide.
Here is what I’ve come up with. I’m sure I
haven’t covered all aspects and that’s exactly why I would like to ask for your
contributions with comments.
Please consider audiobooks, for example, from here, this link, and/or a recent publication by UNESCO "Reading in the mobile era" you can download http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002274/227436e.pdf
Thank you!
Happy holidays and happy readings, too.
Happy holidays and happy readings, too.
3 comments:
Look at you! You are now a true techie! ;) As for me, I'm also very fond of Mr. Gutenberg, but to be honest sometimes you just don't want to carry a heavy book everywhere. I keep some free source ebooks on my mobile so I always have something to read. Waiting for the train? Yay, 20 minutes of reading time for me! Waiting for hours in the treasury or social security office? "Oh, no, they called my number before I could finish this chapter!..."
As for audiobooks, as you know, I'm a huge fan! They're great when you have to take long roadtrips or just commute, when you're cleaning,...
Nothing, however, replaces the smell and touch of books and I, of course, keep on buying them more than I should.
Thank you, @Lena
I am, aren't I?
When time to read is so scarce, all opportunities have to be seized and going digital is perfect. However, just as you say... no matter the number of ebooks I read, I just can't stop buying printed titles.
As for the attached document in my blogpost, let me share another link
proving (if needed be!) the value of traditional books: goo.gl/vTme3w
I haven't read any digital books yet, neitheir I have the intention to do that, at least, for the time being, I must confess, I'm a bit traditional and sentimental in this respect,so I'd rather read printed books than the digital anonymous versions.
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