I have been avidly reading since I can’t even remember. My love for reading spans the bedroom, the dining table, the living room, yes even the bathroom, and all places where I can get just even a few minutes of reading. I’ve held a book in my hand at least once a day since forever. I have a book collection that has increased and decreased through time for want of space.
Today, reading seems to be a lost art. Many still do it, I’m not discounting that fact but who nowadays can you say really loves to read a good book? I’m grateful to have friends I can share this passion with and even more grateful that I share it with my son.
However, space limitations and prices have become a challenge but I have found ways to circumvent that.
My first foray into e-reading started with my Nokia X200 phone. It’s a Java phone that I was able to use for reading ebooks. How did I do it? You can read more about that here. At the time I was content to read on a very small screen that had some jumbled characters and misspelled words. When we got an iPhone from relatives in the States I switched to reading through iBooks. This was much better than having to convert and transfer books to my Nokia X200.
Then I got a Starmobile Engage TV tablet when I upgraded my Sun Cellular plan. I was thrilled to get this and looked forward to reading ebooks on that. To be fair, my reading on the Starmobile tablet was sufficient for my needs.
However, my Kobo Glo, which I have to say is one of my most prized material possessions is the perfect e reader. It is made to fit the needs of a bookaholic such as myself. It was a gift from my incredibly generous boss and his wife.
With my Kobo Glo, I can store up to 1,000 ebooks with the 2GB internal memory and if I expand I can go up to as much as 32GB making that 30,000 ebooks that I can have on my very slim and portable e reader!
I can also go on the web browser and check my email and Facebook. I love the ComfortLight feature which “illuminates the page, not your face”. It’s a very soft light that I can use when reading in bed next to my husband who I don’t want to wake as he gets up very early in the mornings to get ready for work. I can adjust the brightness and during the day just turn it off.
I can also adjust fonts, margins, and spacing. It has in-text annotations, dictionary look-ups, bookmarks, and notes. To turn the page I just tap the page which I can also choose to my liking whether I tap the middle or left and right.
When the Wifi is off the battery lasts for a very long time. I don’t really use it except for reading so the battery life is significantly longer.
Aside from purchasing ebooks through Kobo I’ve found workarounds since it does let you save your personal ebook collection via Wifi or cable.
Next on the list is a Kobo SleepCover which when opening the cover automatically awakens the Kobo Glo and closing it puts it to sleep!
What e-reader do you use?
