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Originally Posted by neilmarr
I find that I'm much more likely to read two or more novels in tandem (recreational, not editing) since I started to use an ereader. Hardly ever did in the past. How about others here -- a new reading habit for you? Neil
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Same here, although to be accurate this started before I got the CyBook. I had about a year of rather long commute times and started carrying two books in my bag, so when I got tired of reading one I could switch.
But since I have gotten my Cybook, the number of books I am reading at a given time keeps increasing
Right now I'm not even sure how many I am reading exactly (sometimes I start one and more or less forget about it, lol), but I have at least three:
Le rouge et le noir by Stendhal
The voyage of the Beagle by Darwin
A la recherche du temps perdu by Proust, second volume
Both Darwin and Proust take some time, I like them but I get tired of reading them. I'm not sure I would have gotten that far if I was reading them in paper form.
Plus there's all the quickie romance stuff I sneak in between. Those go much faster but I will just interrupt more serious reading for a few hours or days, get my romance fix and then come back to the serious stuff
So yes, my reading habits have changed. Also, I read a lot more. I think it's because of the immediate availability of books. Whenever I feel like a change, I can just download a new book and start reading it immediately. I wasn't a great TV fan anyway, but I think e-books have almost completely replaced it now. Instead of switching it on and watching something silly, I download something silly
I also have to say that the average quality of my reading has gone down a bit. I download a lot of stuff I would never have bought in paper form, and unfortunately some of the better quality stuff I'd like to read is not available in e-book form. But I'm not complaining, in fact I'm enjoying this a lot. Hopefully in the not to far future, I will be able to find everything or almost everything I want to read and things will be more balanced.