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Jan. 3rd, 2013 03:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ivyficI think I have finally figured out what sorts of books work for me on my Nook. Cause sometimes I'm fine reading it, and other times I feel like I have blinders on.
Books that are immersive are perfect on the Nook. So romance, fanfic, that sort of thing works perfectly on an ereader. If it's really engaging, that's the perfect format.
But if it is a book that requires willpower for me to continue reading, then I HATE reading it on the Nook. And that is, honestly, a lot of what I read. I read a lot of stuff cause I want to know what is in it (most nonfiction, classics), not because each sentence is compelling me to the next. And for those, I always have a little radar up tracking my relative progress and my proximity to the next chapter opener. So reading that on the Nook, I can check all that, but it doesn't give me the visceral feeling of accomplishment I get from turning pages.
So I think I will try to favor romances in stocking my ereader. That doesn't stop the fact that I already have a biography of Charles de Gaulle on there. (What? It was on sale.)
I suspect this would actually track with what genres sell best in ebook, too. The problem is I read very little fluff. Even the fiction I read is usually something I'm reading to accomplish some ulterior goal.
Books that are immersive are perfect on the Nook. So romance, fanfic, that sort of thing works perfectly on an ereader. If it's really engaging, that's the perfect format.
But if it is a book that requires willpower for me to continue reading, then I HATE reading it on the Nook. And that is, honestly, a lot of what I read. I read a lot of stuff cause I want to know what is in it (most nonfiction, classics), not because each sentence is compelling me to the next. And for those, I always have a little radar up tracking my relative progress and my proximity to the next chapter opener. So reading that on the Nook, I can check all that, but it doesn't give me the visceral feeling of accomplishment I get from turning pages.
So I think I will try to favor romances in stocking my ereader. That doesn't stop the fact that I already have a biography of Charles de Gaulle on there. (What? It was on sale.)
I suspect this would actually track with what genres sell best in ebook, too. The problem is I read very little fluff. Even the fiction I read is usually something I'm reading to accomplish some ulterior goal.