eBooks: A WONDERful Way to Read!
Once there were tablets, then scrolls and then handwritten books. But in 1450 A.D. everything changed with the Gutenberg printing press. And the WONDERful world of books was open to all!
Oh, my dears – please forgive me. As if you, reading this blog, needed a history lesson from me. It’s just that every time I think about books and how they’ve developed over time – oh - well, it just thrills me to absolute pieces!
Well, obviously the 20th Century brought more changes. The paperback debuted in the 1930’s, audio books have made their way into mainstream readers’ ears, and the first eBook was introduced in the 1970’s.
Though eBooks were once considered a fad that went out as quickly as…as…well…as quickly as the Flash Dance look – for lack of a better comparison. Simply for lack of a better comparison, ladies and gentlemen. eBooks are back. And, I believe, they are here to stay.
I don’t believe that eBooks will ever replace traditional print completely. Most of us book lovers won’t let that happen. The printed word – bound in leather, hard cover or soft – is precious! Ahh – the smell, the feel, the…humanness – yes! The humanity of a traditionally printed book: it’s magnificently powerful and flawed all within the same binding.
But eBooks offer so much and are such a worthy alternative that I can’t help but bubble over in my enthusiasm for them. When I talk about eBooks (or write about them, as this case may be) I feel…I feel…“I feel like a shitzu hound: My tail’s a waggin', my tongue’s hangin' out. It makes me wanna shout...”* Oh, oh, oh, dear! Oh, my! I’m so sorry. Pardon me. I’ve just recently gotten interested in contemporary country music and, well…those were just some lyrics that…well…What was I saying?
Oh, yes: eBooks. And my excitement about them. Now, mind you, at first I was quite tentative about them. Quite fearful actually. I thought them very “Big Brother”. Very technological. But once someone showed me how to use one and once I received my first eBook Reader – well, wouldn’t you know it?! I was hooked!
The benefits are numerous! Personally, my favorite thing about my eBook Reader is that I read many books at the same time – I am forever in the middle of at least five good books. And I can put them all on just one device. Because I travel frequently (to book conferences and consortiums around the country and, of course, I make it a point to visit some of the world’s best and oldest libraries in Europe), I love that I carry no more than a pound when I bring my eBook Reader and can put up to 100 books on it to boot! My back loves eBooks (and so do bellboys’)!
I also feel good about myself when I read eBooks. You wouldn’t think that reading eBooks would be such a self-esteem booster, but it is! There’s an article for Cosmo, isn’t there?! That was a joke. In case you didn’t catch that. But seriously, I truly do feel better about myself because I know no tree has been cut down in order for me to be able to read the book I’m reading. It makes me feel quite ecologically correct!
The other WONDERful things about eBooks are that I can notate, bookmark, enlarge the font and my eBook Reader is backlit! This means I can read in bed with all the lights out and not have to get up to turn out the light before going to sleep. It means if I had a husband, I wouldn’t bother him if he wanted to go to sleep and I wanted to stay up and read!
I do want to caution everyone: Do not…I repeat: DO NOT take your eReader into the bathtub with you! I am sure that it’s written clearly in the eBook Reader’s instruction manual but, well – I just found out first hand. Last night. Which is why there is no photo of me on the blog…yet. I suppose you could say I’m experiencing a “bad hair day.”
One of the main things that I love about eBooks is that I have been given another glorious choice when it comes to reading. How I read is a choice, but another is that there are actually quite a lot of WONDERful books out there by some very, very talented authors who haven’t been granted a chance to be published by traditional publishing companies who are now being published in eBook formats. I have discovered some amazing books that I am so glad I didn’t miss reading.
I could go on and on about the benefits of eBook reading, but I do so want you to all come back and visit, and don’t want to “talk” too much on this, your first introduction to Everything About eBooks.
I would like to encourage you all to come back next Thursday and see what’s posted here. And I encourage all of you to comment as much as you like. Your thoughts and ideas are most welcome. Your suggestions about the blog, the postings – please post them here, whenever you like. I am so excited to have others who are as interested in eBooks as I am.
‘Til next time,
Alice Keyes
Oh, my dears – please forgive me. As if you, reading this blog, needed a history lesson from me. It’s just that every time I think about books and how they’ve developed over time – oh - well, it just thrills me to absolute pieces!
Well, obviously the 20th Century brought more changes. The paperback debuted in the 1930’s, audio books have made their way into mainstream readers’ ears, and the first eBook was introduced in the 1970’s.
Though eBooks were once considered a fad that went out as quickly as…as…well…as quickly as the Flash Dance look – for lack of a better comparison. Simply for lack of a better comparison, ladies and gentlemen. eBooks are back. And, I believe, they are here to stay.
I don’t believe that eBooks will ever replace traditional print completely. Most of us book lovers won’t let that happen. The printed word – bound in leather, hard cover or soft – is precious! Ahh – the smell, the feel, the…humanness – yes! The humanity of a traditionally printed book: it’s magnificently powerful and flawed all within the same binding.
But eBooks offer so much and are such a worthy alternative that I can’t help but bubble over in my enthusiasm for them. When I talk about eBooks (or write about them, as this case may be) I feel…I feel…“I feel like a shitzu hound: My tail’s a waggin', my tongue’s hangin' out. It makes me wanna shout...”* Oh, oh, oh, dear! Oh, my! I’m so sorry. Pardon me. I’ve just recently gotten interested in contemporary country music and, well…those were just some lyrics that…well…What was I saying?
Oh, yes: eBooks. And my excitement about them. Now, mind you, at first I was quite tentative about them. Quite fearful actually. I thought them very “Big Brother”. Very technological. But once someone showed me how to use one and once I received my first eBook Reader – well, wouldn’t you know it?! I was hooked!
The benefits are numerous! Personally, my favorite thing about my eBook Reader is that I read many books at the same time – I am forever in the middle of at least five good books. And I can put them all on just one device. Because I travel frequently (to book conferences and consortiums around the country and, of course, I make it a point to visit some of the world’s best and oldest libraries in Europe), I love that I carry no more than a pound when I bring my eBook Reader and can put up to 100 books on it to boot! My back loves eBooks (and so do bellboys’)!
I also feel good about myself when I read eBooks. You wouldn’t think that reading eBooks would be such a self-esteem booster, but it is! There’s an article for Cosmo, isn’t there?! That was a joke. In case you didn’t catch that. But seriously, I truly do feel better about myself because I know no tree has been cut down in order for me to be able to read the book I’m reading. It makes me feel quite ecologically correct!
The other WONDERful things about eBooks are that I can notate, bookmark, enlarge the font and my eBook Reader is backlit! This means I can read in bed with all the lights out and not have to get up to turn out the light before going to sleep. It means if I had a husband, I wouldn’t bother him if he wanted to go to sleep and I wanted to stay up and read!
I do want to caution everyone: Do not…I repeat: DO NOT take your eReader into the bathtub with you! I am sure that it’s written clearly in the eBook Reader’s instruction manual but, well – I just found out first hand. Last night. Which is why there is no photo of me on the blog…yet. I suppose you could say I’m experiencing a “bad hair day.”
One of the main things that I love about eBooks is that I have been given another glorious choice when it comes to reading. How I read is a choice, but another is that there are actually quite a lot of WONDERful books out there by some very, very talented authors who haven’t been granted a chance to be published by traditional publishing companies who are now being published in eBook formats. I have discovered some amazing books that I am so glad I didn’t miss reading.
I could go on and on about the benefits of eBook reading, but I do so want you to all come back and visit, and don’t want to “talk” too much on this, your first introduction to Everything About eBooks.
I would like to encourage you all to come back next Thursday and see what’s posted here. And I encourage all of you to comment as much as you like. Your thoughts and ideas are most welcome. Your suggestions about the blog, the postings – please post them here, whenever you like. I am so excited to have others who are as interested in eBooks as I am.
‘Til next time,
Alice Keyes
posted by Alice Helen Keyes | 8:59 PM
4 Comments:
Hi Alice!
I'm very excited and interested in your blog! I hope you don't mind, but I work with a publisher called Springer, which is very much devoted to promoting the future of ebooks as well. However, their books are generally in the textbook/science/research areas, but their executives can speak very generally to issues affecting ebooks' acceptance by a general audience.
Do you accept any sort of guest postings?
Thanks so much and keep up the great work.
Sincerely,
David Kaplan
Account Director
Trylon SMR
david@trylonsmr.com
I look forward to seeing what you have. I've been getting my ebooks off of showmemyebooks.com and have been very happy with them. Ebooks rock!
-Tim
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