How I increased my reading using eBooks on iPhone

August 4, 2008 Finding books, Review 2 Comments

eBooks are infuriating, and using a reader on my phone gives me eyestrain in the dark, but I now couldn’t do without them!

I recently downloaded Stanza (free) for my iPhone and downloaded a whole bunch of open access books from Feedbooks. Over the weekend, I travelled to an interstate birthday party. I took my book with me, of course, but I got at least as much reading done on my phone.

My last book, Neuromancer, took me about 3 weeks to read. I am so far halfway through the Trial, after just three days. I admit that I am reading very slowly at the moment, but the iPhone reader has made a huge difference. During the last week, I read my electronic copy of The Trial:

  • While sitting in my car, waiting for my sleeping baby to wake
  • While waiting for hubby to finish filling the car with petrol
  • Waiting in line at the register at Target
  • Lying in bed in a darkened room, as my daughter was sleeping in our room
  • Sitting in the airport lounge waiting for Qantas to get it together

These are all times I wouldn’t get my book out, o wouldn’t normally have ti with me. A couple of pages have let me read more of this novel, and keep my train of thought through a very busy weekend. Even though the format is difficult (I mean, who is happy with a chapter of 53 pages?), it has been a life-saver.

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