eReader Week.

Last week I went to visit my girlfriend at school for a week. We got very lucky and not so in others that our school reading weeks fell after each other this year. She was able to spend a week at home while I was in school, and I was able to spend a week with her after she returned. We got to spend to two wonderful weeks together, but due to school we really only had the evenings.

I took this week long trip as a chance to really start using my ereader that I was given as a gift on my last birthday. Like many people I read a great deal for enjoyment and so a have a back log of books I am hoping to read. I am getting through it, but I still have a few paper books to go before I really start wanting/ needing to get more. I plan to start doing my buying in the form of ebooks. I am just not there yet.

My ebook week was most enjoyable. It went so well chances are the trend will continue that I take it when I travel rather then paper books. Some of that maybe do to the extras I have got for it now. I now have a very nice cover and a light that works very well. I had been having a issue with lighting. I find with the ereader I need better lighting then I would if I was reading a paper book. Also just this past week a got a gel skin for it. The gel skin does not do all that much. Mostly protects the body from scratches while I am reading, but the heavier cover does most of the protecting when it is sitting around or in my bag. The gel skin also makes it stand out. The body of the ereader is black. The red cover that is now on it means I will be less likely to lose it or getting mixed up with someone else's.   

The ereader really is great for travel. It takes up very little space and weight when compared to the 3 or 4 novels I would have taken. Also, I discovered it takes up less space to read. I had a six hour train ride when I came home. Most of the time I simply held the ereader in my right hand as a read. When when I did hold it in both hands at no point did I feel cramped or that I was elbowing the person in the seat beside me. Also after hours of reading at no point did I feel my wrists or arms were getting tired.

All my thoughts seemed to be agreed with about half way through the train ride. Another man got on and sat in the row of seats in front of me. He pulled out his ereader as well and when he did the woman sitting beside him asked him what he thought of it.  He told her that it was good for trips. The book he was reading in it was over 1000 pages and he would not be read such a large book while traveling if he had to lug it around. He also told her that he still loves paper books (has over 5 full book cases at home), but for travel it is nice.

eReading

I recently got an ereader as a gift. Since then I have had people asking me what I think of it.

First off the content is the same, but the medium is very different. I have never had an issue with glare, but with lack of light. I have found that the ereader requires better lighting then a paper book does. This was a bit of a shock. Before I got the reader I watched a news report about how they work. They use something that they refer to as "digital ink". They able to power by using this ink and not a normal computer type screen. Moving this ink around when the page changes requires power, but it uses very little to maintain the image on the screen.

I have also had people ask me about viewing pdf format files on it. I think it works well for that, but it you were planing to do a lot of that kind of think you would want to get one with a larger screen.

I have not fully made the switch to using the ereader full, but I see it happening in the near future. I am taking a  train trip later in the year and I am planning to take it alone as my reading.

There is a list of what I feel the pros and cons are.

Pros- 

• lighter then most books.
• Able to keep an entire library on it.
• Able to get new content as long as you have Wi Fi excess 
• much harder to lose place
• adjustable text size
• easier reading

Cons- 

• requires charging
• huge loss if damaged  
• needs better light then reading paper book