Do I Break up with my Books for a Kindle?
I’m having an internal fight with myself about whether I should buy a Kindle. It’s been going on for some time now, even more so now I offer eBook formatting as a service.
I thought maybe by writing about my ongoing battle with this problem I will figure out whether I should buy one or not.
My love of books…
I used to have an addiction, I would buy books as soon as they were published by my favourite authors. I would visit charity shops looking for bargains and come away with 3 or 4 books at a time. When all my fellow book readers starting buying Kindles I couldn’t understand why they would want to give up the physical book, for me that’s the best part of reading, holding the book and getting lost in it.
So I didn’t follow the Kindle crowd, I kept collecting my books and filling up my bookcase. It soon became apparent that I had far too many books and I would never get round to reading them all.
Before I moved to France back in October I had a bit of a clear out and gave away probably a third of my books. I don’t tend to keep many books after I have read them, I either give them away to friends or family or put them on a website called Bookmooch. So my bookcase only contains books I haven’t read, and I have a lot of unread books.
I don’t need a Kindle…
- I have the Kindle app on my iPhone, any eBooks I download I can read on there (I have about 6 eBooks on there I haven’t got round to reading yet though!)
- I have a full bookcase of real books that I haven’t read yet…
- I don’t have much time to read these days, so a Kindle would sit idle most of the time.
- I’m not keen on reading for long periods of time on a screen – although maybe it’s not the same with a Kindle?!
- Do I need another electronic device in the house?
I want a Kindle…
- The new Kindle looks great and the price is reasonable.
- eBooks cost less than real books and there are a lot of free ones I could download.
- There are some snazzy covers for the Kindle, and I do like colourful accessories for my gadgets!
- I could test my formatting on my own Kindle instead of using the Kindle Previewer software I have on my laptop… that way getting the real experience.
You see my problem?
I would be interested to hear your reasons for and against having a Kindle or e-reader, you might just convince me it’s a good idea, or then again I might just stick with my real books and keep the eBook world within working hours while I’m formatting them for clients.
In the meantime, if you’re still interested in real books and you’d like a free one, check out my Social Media Book Giveaway, it’s very easy to enter!
