[Open Discussion] Do you use an eReader? Why or why not?
As today is World Book Day, I thought it would be interesting to hear people’s 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 didn’t want to do this – I spend enough time on my phone already and didn’t want everything to be crammed onto a small screen. I also had an old Amazon Kindle Fire, but it’s gotten slow and its battery goes quite fast. I had a look into eReaders, but wasn’t sure if spending upwards of £70 on one would be a great idea, considering I only had a few books in mind and wasn’t 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 don’t 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 £35. It’s been great! It came with a 3 month free trial of Kindle Unlimited and I’ve bought plenty of other books cheaply. The device obviously isn’t made for reading like a Kindle is, but I don’t mind missing out on those features and it’s been a great budget alternative to replacing my laptop. How about you? Do you use an eReader and why or why not?
