eBook Reading

eBook: The Great Gatsby

Where to find eBook: iBook store on iTunes

This is one of my favorite books.. I was required to read it in high school but have read it a few times since then just because (both hard copy and digitally). Love triangle with the added dramatics of the era and the mystery of always feeling watched and how that is interpreted among each character...  

I have read several eBooks, some for work/school, others for pleasure. Personally, I like to have a hard copy when it comes to school and work -- I like to mark pages with sticky notes and sometimes even highlight/make notes in the margins.. I know there are features on eReaders that make this possible, but it's just not the same effect for me. It took me a long time to even want an eReader; I use an iPad mini and I had iPads for years before I committed to buying my first iBook. Now, I love the experience for pleasure reading.. I read a lot of series and it is so much easier to have everything in one spot instead of carrying along two or three books. 

I enjoyed reading this book on my iPad.. While the hard copy is not a large book, I like the ease of "fake" pages and simplicity of one screen. There have been other books, though, that I have not enjoyed "eReading" for lack of space to write notes or easily flip ahead several chapters -- i.e. with Christian devotionals or college books. 

I think that eReaders are great for pleasure reading or for reading as a child -- the use of technology really appeals to kids -- but personally, I prefer a hard copy for educational purposes.. While I admire the thought of a light iPad versus a heavy textbook, I guess I'm just "old school" in my studying methods and prefer to have the real deal sitting in front of me. For reading to students, especially early ed or elementary ed, an eReader would be great because you can find so many books and stories that could "play" or come to life on the pages of an eBook versus the one dimensional illustrations in paper copies. 

I guess you could say I'm 50/50 on the experience.. Depends on the nature of the book, the purpose of the reading and the length of the story. It's definitely growing on me!