My west coast brother has informed me that today is "International Read an eBook Day." It's also "National Cheese Burger Day," "National Red Velvet Cake Day," and "Rice Krispies Treats Day."
I love all of these foods but I have written quite a bit about food lately so I have decided to focus on eBooks.
I appreciate eBooks, I really do. I have one on my phone right now and have downloaded several from our county library since that service became available.
However when I tried reading an eBook while on our cruise around South America I was frustrated. I know you're probably thinking "Why would she be reading on a fabulous cruise?" I really don't read all the time, but I find that reading a few pages at bed time helps me relax.
This particular eBook was not relaxing. Not the fault of the book. It appeared to have downloaded completely onto my tablet before I left home, but when I tried to read during quiet moments on our cruise, huge sections of the book seemed to be missing. When I would turn the tablet off and on again the book would seem to be ready to read and then more pages would disappear. I discovered that I could scroll backwards from the end of the story but only to the middle and that is no way to read a book.
When we got home from the trip I checked a paper copy of the book out of the library and was finally able to finish it.
I'm not saying that I will never read another eBook but from now on, when I travel, I will make sure I have a paperback book with me.
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