How your new Kindle or Nook will change your life - The Guardian

Small rectangular box under the tree? Here’s what you can look forward to if you get an e-reader for Christmas:

? You will download dozens of free classics That you will never read. That copy of War and Peace you started so enthusiastically on Boxing Day is Destined To remainning 2% completed.

? After a close encounter with the pavement you will spend an inordinate amount of time researching e-reader cases. Is the leather-bound cover designed to look like a first edition of Pride and Prejudice or desperately adorable two

? You will Google “can I read Kindle books on a Nook?” or “how to read ePub books on my Kindle.”

? You will make multiple impulse buys while listening to Radio 4.

? Ebooks about £ 5.99 will seem really expensive. Sure, you get that you’re paying for the words, the editing and so on. But, well, it’s still not a real book, is it?

? You will soon realize

That must ebooks under £ 1.99 are rubbish, Especially when by an author you’ve never heard of.

? You will feel a twinge of guilt when you read of the demise of independent book shops.

? You will discover That some books just do not work on an e-reader. Thinking of downloading Christmas smash hit Letters of Note ? Do not bother: you’ll end up envying your relative’s nicely designed hardback

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? You will become an expert on the book industry. Hey, would not it make sense for publishers to giveaway the e-copy with the print version

? You will accidentally turn on Popular Highlights and wonder why on earth anyone would want to see what strangers had Underlined.

? You will rejoin your local library so you can borrow ebooks, then give up when you realize how complicated it is.

? You will read more than you’ve read in your life – until the novelty wears off, anyway

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