Are you using your reader to hide your reading habits?

[Yutsuki]

I don't particularly care what passers-by think of my reading habits as long as they don't share those thoughts. If they're going to comment, I consider them rude. I don't believe that books are socially appropriate conversation starters.

[Apache]

I use my reader to read. I could care less what anyone thinks about what I read.
Apache

[danskmacabre]

I'm not bothered at all whether people know what I'm reading.
I use ereaders purely for the convenience that they are in so many ways.

[Freeshadow]

Originally Posted by Apache

I use my reader to read. I could care less what anyone thinks about what I read.
Apache

http://xkcd.com/1576

[Atunah]

Originally Posted by Apache

I use my reader to read. I could care less what anyone thinks about what I read.
Apache

That is about me. I just want to read. Now its ebooks as its more convenient and I can read the font better. I never cared before when the covers were visible with paper. And I read a lot of romance, especially historical romance. Lot of interesting covers in that genre. .

[eschwartz]

I find ereaders convenient in that people cannot "investigate" what I am reading... which for some reason, everyone always seems to be fascinated about what book I am reading!
It tends to interrupt, you know, the "reading" part.
(Obviously that is not my only reason for using an ereader. It isn't even one of the main reasons.)

Clearly I don't actually care if they know what I am reading because I have the screensaver of my Kindle set to display the cover of whichever book I am in the middle of reading.

[Barty]

I'm not using my e-reader to hide what I'm reading, but I like that people don't see what I'm reading, especially when I'm out in public. Some of the stuff I read can make me look snooty or pretentious, so I'd rather have people think I'm reading a juicy thriller or something.

(Remember when Bush caught some grief for carrying around a copy of Camus' The Stranger? Wouldn't have been a problem if he'd had a kindle.)

[ekbell]

I admit it. I've been scarred by the results of openly reading _Sex and Temperament _ in highschool. Having what seems like everyone comment and having to explain yet again what the books was about it made for a long day.

So there is material that I wouldn't read in paper form around those who might ask intrusive questions -there are times when I wouldn't mind explaining what I'm reading but not many.

[4691mls]

Originally Posted by NickyWithNook

No, I don't read erotica or anything I'd be embarrassed by. On the other hand, I don't like when strangers see me reading a book and strike up a conversation about what I'm reading, and I like that people don't know what I'm reading so that can't happen. I wish people could figure out that if I'm busy reading, I probably don't want to chat. LOL. So no, but I appreciate that people can't see what I'm reading anyway.

This is my attitude also.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Yutsuki

I don't particularly care what passers-by think of my reading habits as long as they don't share those thoughts. If they're going to comment, I consider them rude. I don't believe that books are socially appropriate conversation starters.

My view is entirely the opposite - I like nothing better than to have people talk to me about books.

[shalym]

Originally Posted by HarryT

My view is entirely the opposite - I like nothing better than to have people talk to me about books.

I don't mind having people talk to me about books, but I don't like people interrupting me when I'm reading.

One is polite conversation, the other is rude.

Shari

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by shalym

I don't mind having people talk to me about books, but I don't like people interrupting me when I'm reading.

One is polite conversation, the other is rude.

Shari

There we agree. I am, however, more than happy to chat to strangers about my reading matter when I put my Kindle down .

[Waylander]

I started out with my K3 when i was 17. I got it for Christmas 2010 and received it with a mixture of horror and confusion. What the hell was this... black rectangular thing? And, Ohmygodit'stheendofbooksmyfavouritethingsever. Anyway, I left it in its box, on the bottom shelf of my bedside table, and didn't open it again until June/July time. I then realised the potential for reading books easily, and more importantly, particularly at the time, to read them without my dad knowing what I was reading. I could now read fantasy and sci-fi without receiving the usual comments of "you should read something other than that stuff"; "that's not real literature"; "that doesn't broaden your mind"; "fantasy's all a copy of Tolkein and therefore worse". As a 17 yr old minor, I couldn't really tell him to keep his frankly stupid and biased opinions to himself, but it did allow me to enjoy my choice of reading without the aggro.

[danskmacabre]

I wouldn't mind being interrupted whilst reading if someone was interested in discussing what I was reading.
I love reading, but I also love chatting to people, especially on long journeys.

[Yutsuki]

Originally Posted by HarryT

My view is entirely the opposite - I like nothing better than to have people talk to me about books.

I'm more than happy to talk about what I'm reading -- but not if somebody is going to make a comment whilst I'm reading it. Headphones and a book are an almost-universal signal to "please leave me alone", and yet some people don't get the message... I've even had people tug on my headphone cord to talk to me about what I'm reading on public transit, and I don't live in a country where that would be considered culturally appropriate.