As today is World Book Day, I thought it would be interesting to hear peopleโs stance on eReaders.
A little while ago I decided I wanted to do more reading. I had a few books in mind that I wanted to read, although getting all of them was looking like it was going to be quite costly. However, looking on the Kindle store, I found all of them to cost a lot less than they would as a hardback or paperback. I knew I could read these on my phone, but I didnโt want to do this โ I spend enough time on my phone already and didnโt want everything to be crammed onto a small screen. I also had an old Amazon Kindle Fire, but itโs gotten slow and its battery goes quite fast.
I had a look into eReaders, but wasnโt sure if spending upwards of ยฃ70 on one would be a great idea, considering I only had a few books in mind and wasnโt sure how much I would use it. Then I saw that newer Kindle Fire tablets were going for around the same price and considered those instead. My laptop could probably do with replacing, but I figured a tablet could make a suitable replacement given I donโt use my laptop all that much nowadays. I also like to watch a lot of content and so it felt like a tablet may have been a better fit.
Shortly after, Amazon put their tablets on sale and so I bought a Fire HD 8 for around ยฃ35. Itโs been great! It came with a 3 month free trial of Kindle Unlimited and Iโve bought plenty of other books cheaply. The device obviously isnโt made for reading like a Kindle is, but I donโt mind missing out on those features and itโs been a great budget alternative to replacing my laptop.
How about you? Do you use an eReader and why or why not?
