Kindle: A Delayed Love Story

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parents’ house. There were over a thousand books in these bookshelves. Of course, when I moved to Ireland, I couldn’t bring all these books with me. It was tough parting with them. I haven’t repurchased all of them, but I’m proud (or is that embarrassed? Both, it’s definitely both) to say I have bought back many of them in the ebook format. | © Image credit: <a href="https://readmedium.com/26e5f286fa4">Nanie Hurley 🌿</a> Personal Archive.</figcaption></figure><p id="ba7f">Fast forward a few years, I moved to Ireland and had to leave all my books behind. At first, I bought used books in charity shops — they’re so cheap over here, a reader’s dream. What wasn’t so dreamy about those books was the font size! What’s with the font sizes in English paperbacks? Those letters are tiny. That’s when my struggle with reading printed books began.</p><p id="024e">I soon realised that wasn’t even the worse of my problems. It turns out, I didn’t like parting with my books once I finished reading them. Even when they were second-hand, much-used, and should-not-be-anything-special volumes. I didn’t want to return them to the charity shops. You don’t have to, of course. You bought the book, it’s yours to keep. But I didn’t have my own house. In fact, I didn’t even have my own bedroom. I used to share a bedroom with a friend — that meant very limited space, most definitely not enough for an ever-growing library. I have always been a voracious reader, the books were starting to pile up.</p><p id="c7e0">That’s when I went back to my Kindle and fell in love with it. The books were pretty cheap there too, I could even get some classics for free. And let me tell you something, when you move overseas without any job in line and you’re living frugally, free books are even better. Another plus, I could carry my library everywhere with me, and it didn’t take up any of the space I didn’t have. And the cherry on top was the font size. I soon realised I could read for much longer and more comfortably with bigger letters. I use font size nine on my Paperwhite Kindle — it was a life changer.</p><p id="7da5">When I bought my new Kindle a few years ago, the Paperwhite version, it came with an in-built light

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that allowed me to read at night without any problems and no need for external lighting. At the time, it was a cool feature. It also made it easier to read in full sunshine. I didn’t know then this feature would become my favourite thing ever. It all changed when I had my first baby. Night feedings can be very boring… and, in my case, they were also relentless for three years. Sometimes, hourly. Reading a book while I was feeding my girls made the experience nicer in so many ways. I was very thankful there were no lights waking up the babies or myself! When I used my phone during one of those night feeds — and I’m not going to deny that I did just that in many circumstances — I often would find it troubling to fall asleep again. And with babies, every minute of sleep counts!</p><h2 id="97b6">Are you ready to get converted too?</h2><ul><li>You’ll save money with cheaper books</li><li>You can carry it everywhere, it’s very light</li><li>You’ll have your whole library in your pockets</li><li>You can choose your preferred font and font size</li><li>You can read in any lighting condition with the in-built light</li><li>Long-lasting battery and e-ink technology</li></ul><p id="0898">Of course, I’m not trying to convince you to ditch printed books for ebooks. I still really love printed books. I love their particular smell, passing the pages as I read the book, feeling its weight on my hands, the pages mounting on the left side as I progress through the story. None of this is available in an e-reader and I do miss those things to an extent. So I totally understand if you’re like I was and can’t give up the real deal.</p><p id="de51">As for myself, I am converted to ebooks. It took me a while, and a lot of denial, but delayed or not, my love story with my Kindle is on fire nowadays. I’m an avid reader, and the Kindle has helped me to get the best possible experience while reading my books. Even when life is chaotic and I barely have time for anything else, I can find fifteen minutes of peace and quiet with an ebook.</p><figure id="7010"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*G9SqHo1X71Ai5IlfsI2syA.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></article></body>

How a die-hard I-love-paper-books-too-much-to-ever-give-in-to-eBook's only reads on Kindle nowadays

A Kindle is small, portable, has a l long battery life, doesn’t give me headaches (like other screens) and, most importantly, I can have a font so big, someone across the street could read with me! | Photo by Aliis Sinisalu on Unsplash

Once upon a time, I was that girl who swears ebooks aren’t for her. Ebooks don’t have the smell of a real book. They don’t have the textures, you can’t feel the pages on your fingers. Even the weight of a thousand pages would be dearly missed. Why would anyone read from a screen?

I ate my words, and they were tasty

The title of this article has already given away my dirty little secret, you know I read on a Kindle now. And you know what? I absolutely love it!

I bought my first Kindle while I was still living in Brazil. I needed a lot of heavy and extremely expensive reference books for my Master’s Degree, and an e-reader was the perfect solution. I could buy the cheaper PDF versions, upload them to my account, and bring all those books with me to uni whenever I needed them. Because the Kindle was so light, I always carried it with me, and therefore I had all the books I needed for my studies. Even then, when I really didn’t want to be an eBook girl, I couldn’t deny how useful and handy the reader was.

But I wasn’t fully sold just yet. I wouldn’t use the Kindle for my recreational reading. I valued my printed books and all their qualities way too much to replace them with a digital device.

This is a poor picture (but the only one I could find) of my bedroom in my parents’ house. There were over a thousand books in these bookshelves. Of course, when I moved to Ireland, I couldn’t bring all these books with me. It was tough parting with them. I haven’t repurchased all of them, but I’m proud (or is that embarrassed? Both, it’s definitely both) to say I have bought back many of them in the ebook format. | © Image credit: Nanie Hurley 🌿 Personal Archive.

Fast forward a few years, I moved to Ireland and had to leave all my books behind. At first, I bought used books in charity shops — they’re so cheap over here, a reader’s dream. What wasn’t so dreamy about those books was the font size! What’s with the font sizes in English paperbacks? Those letters are tiny. That’s when my struggle with reading printed books began.

I soon realised that wasn’t even the worse of my problems. It turns out, I didn’t like parting with my books once I finished reading them. Even when they were second-hand, much-used, and should-not-be-anything-special volumes. I didn’t want to return them to the charity shops. You don’t have to, of course. You bought the book, it’s yours to keep. But I didn’t have my own house. In fact, I didn’t even have my own bedroom. I used to share a bedroom with a friend — that meant very limited space, most definitely not enough for an ever-growing library. I have always been a voracious reader, the books were starting to pile up.

That’s when I went back to my Kindle and fell in love with it. The books were pretty cheap there too, I could even get some classics for free. And let me tell you something, when you move overseas without any job in line and you’re living frugally, free books are even better. Another plus, I could carry my library everywhere with me, and it didn’t take up any of the space I didn’t have. And the cherry on top was the font size. I soon realised I could read for much longer and more comfortably with bigger letters. I use font size nine on my Paperwhite Kindle — it was a life changer.

When I bought my new Kindle a few years ago, the Paperwhite version, it came with an in-built light that allowed me to read at night without any problems and no need for external lighting. At the time, it was a cool feature. It also made it easier to read in full sunshine. I didn’t know then this feature would become my favourite thing ever. It all changed when I had my first baby. Night feedings can be very boring… and, in my case, they were also relentless for three years. Sometimes, hourly. Reading a book while I was feeding my girls made the experience nicer in so many ways. I was very thankful there were no lights waking up the babies or myself! When I used my phone during one of those night feeds — and I’m not going to deny that I did just that in many circumstances — I often would find it troubling to fall asleep again. And with babies, every minute of sleep counts!

Are you ready to get converted too?

You’ll save money with cheaper books

You can carry it everywhere, it’s very light

You’ll have your whole library in your pockets

You can choose your preferred font and font size

You can read in any lighting condition with the in-built light

Long-lasting battery and e-ink technology

Of course, I’m not trying to convince you to ditch printed books for ebooks. I still really love printed books. I love their particular smell, passing the pages as I read the book, feeling its weight on my hands, the pages mounting on the left side as I progress through the story. None of this is available in an e-reader and I do miss those things to an extent. So I totally understand if you’re like I was and can’t give up the real deal.

As for myself, I am converted to ebooks. It took me a while, and a lot of denial, but delayed or not, my love story with my Kindle is on fire nowadays. I’m an avid reader, and the Kindle has helped me to get the best possible experience while reading my books. Even when life is chaotic and I barely have time for anything else, I can find fifteen minutes of peace and quiet with an ebook.