Personally, I'm becoming a big fan of e-books of every size and genre, and not because of my disability.
Read an E-Book Week is enjoying unprecedented interest in this year, the fortieth anniversary of the ebook! (Forty years? Yes, it's true! Check out the Read an E-Book Week site for details!) The week's creator and strongest supporter, Rita Toews, has rounded up plenty of authors, booksellers and hardware vendors who are offering special deals, contests and other promotions for ebooks, and lots of incentive to get others interested in ebooks who may have not looked at them before.
On the main site, Rita is holding contests to give away a Barnes & Noble Nook, and three Kobo readers! The E Ink corporation is sponsoring the Nook giveaway, as well as a contest on author Steven Lyle Jordan's website that will give away two E Ink watches. Steven, a champion of ebooks for years, accepted an invitation from Rita a few years ago to build and help maintain the REBW website, and he volunteers his time to the cause yearly. He's also created a flyer that enthusiasts can download and either email to others, or post on local bulletin boards, to attract more notice about Read an E-Book Week and grow its support.
Ebooks have shown a strong rise in popularity in the past few years, partially due to the success of devices like the Kindle, Nook and iPad, and partially thanks to the consolidation of formats, hardware and software that have been taking much of the unneeded complexity out of the market. The ebook market still has a ways to go to become really competitive against the existing print market; but as the economy forces change upon the publishing industry, and on consumers, some say the day ebooks compete one-on-one with printed books may be closer than anyone thinks. Visit the Read an E-Book Week site for more information on ebooks, promotions you can enter, and ways you can help spread the word!
E-books are good for the environment.
So, what can you do? Well, may I suggest something written by Steven. Alternatively, check out the fiction list available at e-Quill Publishing.
Well, I read books on my phone all the time because of my hands. For some reason, even though I love the feel of having an actual book in my hands, my hands don't and constantly cramp up randomly which forces me to put the book down. Yet on my phone I can read for hours with no problem, even with having what a lot of people would consider a small screen. My fav eReader app for my Droid phone (it works even when my phone isn't connected) is Laputa. So yes, I very much agree that ebooks are good for the environment. Awesomely enough I also happen to have 'Anansi Boys' and 'American Gods' from the Saloon's Neil himself. I squeed when I found those, btw.
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