1AnishaInkspill
First there was eBooks, then there were audiobooks, and now there is AI, has this changed your reading habits, how you read or how you relate to books now?
Maybe the change has nothing to do with this and you read more fiction / nonfiction than you used to, or there's been a change in the kind of books you prefer to read.
For me, my reading journey started with eBooks, I am not always sure if there were no eBooks I would have taken to reading the way I have. The only thing that has changed in my reading is that I have gotten more confident in trying to read books that I think are tough - it doesn't mean I can do it but I try.
image by Suzuki Harunobu (1724–1770), from Wikimedia, description: A youth (wakashū) sits near an open porch and reads, a young woman stands behind a sliding screen behind him. Image is in the public domain.
Maybe the change has nothing to do with this and you read more fiction / nonfiction than you used to, or there's been a change in the kind of books you prefer to read.
For me, my reading journey started with eBooks, I am not always sure if there were no eBooks I would have taken to reading the way I have. The only thing that has changed in my reading is that I have gotten more confident in trying to read books that I think are tough - it doesn't mean I can do it but I try.
image by Suzuki Harunobu (1724–1770), from Wikimedia, description: A youth (wakashū) sits near an open porch and reads, a young woman stands behind a sliding screen behind him. Image is in the public domain.
2keristars
I love that you've grown more confident about difficult books!
When I first came to ebooks, I hated them for anything complex. A decade later, and having to use ebooks because of disability, I'm starting to appreciate some of the features they have. For example, I'm getting used to highlighting topic sentences in things that require closer reading - not because they're particularly meaningful or insightful, but because it makes it easier to find a section for re-reading.
I don't remember exact words very well, and used to rely on physical cues to find bits I wanted to reference. That, of course doesn't work so well with an ereader. :) And it's less convenient to use the index, too. But the bookmarks/highlight feature on my kindle is a great way to skim - if I've been highlighting!
It helps too with my brain fog, when I get too tired to make sense of long sentences or This Then That and stop in the middle of a paragraph. I never really needed to highlight or underline before, so this is a real adjustment for me, both for the disability and the format.
I find that I have fewer books going at one time, too. I don't really like the way books disappear on me in the kindle, unlike having a stack on my table. If i can't see the title on the main screen, it may as well not exist... so I tend to stick to one at a time on the kindle rather than risk a second in progress book falling into the abyss.
When I first came to ebooks, I hated them for anything complex. A decade later, and having to use ebooks because of disability, I'm starting to appreciate some of the features they have. For example, I'm getting used to highlighting topic sentences in things that require closer reading - not because they're particularly meaningful or insightful, but because it makes it easier to find a section for re-reading.
I don't remember exact words very well, and used to rely on physical cues to find bits I wanted to reference. That, of course doesn't work so well with an ereader. :) And it's less convenient to use the index, too. But the bookmarks/highlight feature on my kindle is a great way to skim - if I've been highlighting!
It helps too with my brain fog, when I get too tired to make sense of long sentences or This Then That and stop in the middle of a paragraph. I never really needed to highlight or underline before, so this is a real adjustment for me, both for the disability and the format.
I find that I have fewer books going at one time, too. I don't really like the way books disappear on me in the kindle, unlike having a stack on my table. If i can't see the title on the main screen, it may as well not exist... so I tend to stick to one at a time on the kindle rather than risk a second in progress book falling into the abyss.
3DebiCates
This is a great question, Anisha. It's making me think back, to just even 15 years ago and how I used to read then.
I've gotten rid of rules, dumb rules.
The rule: Once I started a book, finish it, even if I wasn't digging it. Now, there's no time to dilly-dally with books I don't like. It can be hard, it can be challenging, but lackluster? DNF.
The rule: Read only one book at a time. Now I usually have 4 going: a novel, a book of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a non fiction work. I embrace my moods.
The rule: Kids books are for kids. Now I read them with joy. Even if I don't have a grandkid I'm sharing it with.
The rule: Never throw away a book. I still have only done that once and it took some courage to do. It was a non fiction book, about half way it described the most awful animal cruelty. It sickened me. It was unthinkable to donate it and some other unsuspecting reader have that torture live forever in their minds.
The rule: Stick with a reading plan. Ha! Some of the best books I've read were not intentional. Whims are allowed.
I've gotten rid of rules, dumb rules.
The rule: Once I started a book, finish it, even if I wasn't digging it. Now, there's no time to dilly-dally with books I don't like. It can be hard, it can be challenging, but lackluster? DNF.
The rule: Read only one book at a time. Now I usually have 4 going: a novel, a book of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a non fiction work. I embrace my moods.
The rule: Kids books are for kids. Now I read them with joy. Even if I don't have a grandkid I'm sharing it with.
The rule: Never throw away a book. I still have only done that once and it took some courage to do. It was a non fiction book, about half way it described the most awful animal cruelty. It sickened me. It was unthinkable to donate it and some other unsuspecting reader have that torture live forever in their minds.
The rule: Stick with a reading plan. Ha! Some of the best books I've read were not intentional. Whims are allowed.
4AnishaInkspill
>2 keristars: yeah, I can relate to a lot of this and Kindle has its limits, and I wish they changed the front screen where you can list your current reads.
I completely appreciate that you want to read one book at a time on Kindle, just for your info / interest, but feel free to ignore this:
The way I've got around Kindle's limitation is I've kept all my old kindles allowing me to read different books on each one. One tip I have seen is don't use the home page, so go to the library page, create a folder with your current reads and keep that folder open.
I completely appreciate that you want to read one book at a time on Kindle, just for your info / interest, but feel free to ignore this:
The way I've got around Kindle's limitation is I've kept all my old kindles allowing me to read different books on each one. One tip I have seen is don't use the home page, so go to the library page, create a folder with your current reads and keep that folder open.
5AnishaInkspill
>3 DebiCates: It's fantastic that you've freed yourself from these rules and doing it a way that fits you, and - ha ha - not always being a reader I have the perfect excuse to catch up with books that are written for a young audience, but it shouldn't matter, books have no boundaries, anyone can read any book they want, the only boundaries or rules are the ones we set ourselves. Why we do that I don't know, but we do, and when we realise we don't need to it's freeeing. If I had a time machine and I could change one thing, it would be to discover books sooner.
