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Electronic Book Readers or eReaders are constantly gaining in popularity. No longer do you need to physically buy books to read and store them in rows on shelves in your home. These days you can simply download books onto your eReader. You can store every book you own on this one tiny gadget, reference and fiction, and you can take your entire libr... ary with you wherever you go. Many eReaders can connect straight to the Internet to allow you to download a new book wherever and whenever you like, so if you find yourself sat on a train, and you spot a fellow passenger reading the latest book by your favourite author, you too can be reading it within seconds. Generally e-books are cheaper than printed books as the costs involved to produce them are much lower. There are no printing costs involved of course, and distribution is much cheaper as it is all done electronically. There are no lorries carrying books across the country and no warehouses needed to store them. The shops dont even need shelves to put them on. As an eReader owner you can also get a lot of free content. Youll find many of the classics that are out of copyright available to download for free, and often publishers will offer free sample chapters of new novels, so you can see if you like it before you purchase the whole book. Occasionally youll also find entire new books from up and coming authors being given away for free on special promotions. These are usually for a limited time so if you see them, snap them up! Youll also have the opportunity to buy books written by unknown authors that may well not ever had ended up on the shelves of a high street book store. Self published novels, or books about a particular niche hobby or local history topic now have a way to get to market that would not have been possible before. Once youve downloaded your e-book its yours to read as many times as you like. If you love to read then an e-Reader is a must buy. Now you dont need to clutter up your home with lots of books, and you dont need to fill your ...Read More