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Don’t discount the things that regular books can’t do

I was working out the other day on an elliptical trainer. Since many RV’ers are outdoors people, hiking and staying fit are really important. As I was on the elliptical, I used my ebook. But I was having trouble reading the ebook because I was moving so much.

I’ve written about the use of ebooks for an RV, but I want to cover additional concepts every now and then…

The neat thing is that I simply changed the font size to a really large font size and I was able to read my book and workout. And boy oh boy did the workout go by fast when you have a good book! Considerably faster than listening to a podcast. I think the mental energy required is so much more – that must be the difference.

To turn the pages, I simply did a one-finger ‘swipe’ on the touchscreen and I got the next page. That brought back memories on how difficult changing pages was on a paper book while you are working out. Honestly, you can’t do it with a paper book.

When I got to a page, the ebook laid flat and nice. I didn’t have to try to “hold the book down” to try to keep wind/breeze or other things from turning the page inadvertently.

I know these seem like very little, very trivial things, but these little trivial things allow me to read a book where I was not able to do so before. It is also pretty cool that in my little book I have an entire library.

One more of the “little” features I like is being able to keep a “wish list”. So many times I hear about books I want to read. The ebooks have wish lists built in. Now I can simply “note” down the the book in the wish list. When I’m done with the current book, I simply peruse the wish list and pick the next book I want off the list. I love that.

Cheers, Marlan