Every sometime comes to my view a person using a Nook or a Kindle, you know, those crazy tablets designed specifically for reading books from Barnes and Noble or Amazon. Not often, but every once in a while I see people using those. And though it’s not my preferred method of reading, I still admire those who enjoy that way of consuming words.
Truly, I admire anyone who reads. The written word, the wise have said, will keep men out of incarceration and free those who are already there.
Whether those words are found in paper books or digital, they have the potential to make the world a better place. The reader’s world and the world they influence.
At the risk of sounding idealistic, the child who learns how to read will lead a healthier life than the child who doesn’t learn how to read. Also, any person who learns to read critically will have a definite advantage over anyone who does not.
Take, for example, an opinion such as: “The downside of a Nook is that you can’t take it to the beach. What if you get it wet?” Can you criticize it?
Hmm. Sure. But, how about, have you ever gotten a paper book wet? They don’t handle very well after the wetting.
So perhaps the person with the quoted opinion above was thinking of taking their favorite book to the beach, but they assumed the digital method was inferior. Granted, if you took your Nook and got it wet, you might be destroying more than one book, but even that argument falls short with offsite storage, a.k.a. “the cloud”. Only the Nook itself would be damaged. The words and books would still be readable.
Could anyone even make that argument if they couldn’t read up on how a Nook works?
One more part of the argument a person might make is that a Nook, currently, costs about 100 bucks. Getting the Nook wet would be more costly. Have you seen the prices of some books lately? It depends on what you read, right?
What do you like to read anyway?
Is it science fiction? Is it romance? Do you gravitate toward mysteries? Do you like horror, autobiographies, or humor?
Regardless of what category you prefer, I admire you for reading at all. Whether you like Nooks or Kindles, beach books or beach tablets, mystery-romance or memoir-horror, it’s my opinion that you’re the reason the world is still spinning. Keep reading.
Never stop reading.
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