I prefer reading my books on my iPad rather than the actual book.
iPpad convenience
With an iPad, I can do things that enhance my actual reading. In a second window, I can confer with a map to find the location of what I am reading, even look at the street where the action takes place (if it is a non-fiction book). With Stuart Woods’ books, I can not only look at the restaurants he writes about, the menus in those restaurants but even photos of the meals. I can look up unfamiliar words, get definitions, find translations of foreign phrases. With a digital device, I have access to a whole world of information, wikipedia, library of congress, reference books and the wide world of web.
Read like a book or read with steroids
When I am done, get back to reading my book and I am in control. If I don’t want to look it up, I can just continue reading without interruption.
On your marks
Another convenience just a page can be marked off, in a book by folding the corner, in an iPad tapping the upper right corner. Fffft, the page is marked for recall.
Highlight w colours
Another…in digital reading, I can highlight words, lines, paragraphs and even write notes about it. In a real book, I must write in it with pencil or, verboten, with a pen.
Borrow from any library, just get their card, digitally
Finally, borrow digital books from almost any library in North America. You just have to have a library card. I don’t buy books as my book shelves already have too many books. So I borrow. I borrow from multiple libraries in Ontario and from one of the largest libraries in the USA, Broward library in Florida. They gave me an electronic library card and I can search for and borrow hundreds of of books. Convenient, practical, boundless, and free!
I love books, digital books even more !!!
