I
love the feel of a print book in my hands. I buy them. I check them out of the
library. Yellowed pages and the scent of old paper bring a sense of comfort and
familiarity. If I buy a brand new book, I love the crisp pages and the joy of
receiving a book no other reader has touched. I can keep my books or give them away.
How
many of you prefer an eBook?
Reading
on a device can be easier. I often slip mine into a handbag and read while I
wait for appointments. You can read a lot of books and store them in a handy device. No bookshelf space needed.
Audio
Books
Listening
to a book while you take a long drive, or run errands can make the trip shorter
and the traffic less burdensome. I love listening while I’m on the dreaded
treadmill.
Did
you know that the ebook gathers a great deal of information about our reading
habits? That might be a disadvantage in more ways than one. If I go to the library, select a book, read
it, and then replace it on the shelf, I’ve read in privacy. No one knows what
subject I’m interested in. If I buy a book, someone records the sale for the industry, but no one knows if I read it or not.
eBooks
are different. Electronic devices
measure what we do.
1.
When we began the book.
2.
How many pages we read each time.
3.
If we reread a passage, or if we choose to
highlight or look up a word.
4.
Pages we skip.
Readers
of eBooks are part of a focus group. Marketers want to know our habits and
preferences. What do they do with this knowledge? There may come a day when
publishers pay for the information in order to tell writers what readers want.
Or a publisher might use the info to make changes in an existing book and place
it back on the market with a new cover and a new title.
Even
with the knowledge that unseen persons are following my habits, I’ll not give
up my eBook. Most eBooks are cheaper than their counter part—the print, and I
love taking one with me to appointments. Outdated magazines in offices are not
interesting.
My
book Clue into Kindness is now available in print. It is part of the Love Is
Series from Prism Book Group. The publisher bundled the first three books (mine
was number two) into a print collection, or if you prefer, you can purchase the
three in one in an eBook as well.
Check us out on Amazon!
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