I have a few reasons for making the jump to an ereader. One is also the lugging around books. I like to read a whole series at one time once I get started. So I would just hate to be hauling around my big old back breaker purse full of (for example) yard sale paperbacks volume 3 and 4, borrowed friend's hardback volume 2 and library hardback volume 5 and trying desperately to find vol 1!
Then eye problems made most paperbacks a pain to focus on and hand problems make it yet another pain to hold heavy hardbacks...
Ereaders are SO SO much easier to buy the whole set in one fell swoop and be reading in 5 minutes, adjust the font size, prop it up between the cat & the cookie box

and just read read read. So nice to have my reading habit back.
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Originally Posted by Lirael
I read a lot. I'm fond of bringing books with me to pass the time when there's time that needs passing - for example, on an airplane, waiting for a bus, on a train, etc, and of course also for leisure at home. I read quite quickly, which means that if I bring a book with me to kill time it's likely that I will finish the book and still have time left over. With paper books, this meant that I would find myself lugging several books with me at all times, which is rather inconvenient (especially if it's a book I could only get in hardcover!)
So, I got a reader so that I could take multiple books with me anywhere without taking up all the space in my bag, and without being murder on my back. And I must say, I absolutely love it!
It's also nice because I can be a bit fickle with what I read, so if I start reading something new and don't like it, I can stop reading it right then and still have hundreds of books to choose from. XD
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