The Trouble with Ebooks
I read my first ebook over the weekend, Pride by Rachel Vincent. I used the Kindle app for my iPod Touch, and I thought it was a great experience. Except for one thing.
I stayed up until 4:30 Friday night trying to finish the book. I knew that I was getting close to the end, but I didn’t know exactly how close. I finally gave up and got a few hours of sleep before I had to get up with the dogs. After I got them fed, I settled back in and finished reading. I got to the end of a chapter with a bit of a cliffhanger, and I turned the page. The next page was nothing but copyright info. I’m pretty sure I screamed “No!” in a voice reminiscent of Monica Geller. (I think it was on The One with the Ball, but I’m not sure.)
I had no idea I was on the last page of the book! If you double-tap on the page, you can see how many pages you have left–and boy does it sound weird to be on page 2,500 of 6,578–but that status indicator doesn’t come up every time you turn the page. I felt some of the same horror when I read a paper book and find out that it has a huge appendix at the back, so the story ends sooner than I was expecting.
Other than that though, I enjoyed reading my ebook, and I plan to read more. It didn’t drain my battery, and the backlight didn’t hurt my eyes. I think this ebook thing might work.
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