Today there are a wide variety of portable devices that you can be using for many different functions. For many it's difficult to be carrying around too many devices. It's best to try to combine the functionality of many into a few simpler devices. If you are using a netbook, you can actually get away with not owning an ebook reader. Find out how you can turn your netbook into an ebook reading device.
There are thousands of free books online. Many of these can be read right from the internet. With your netbook, you can simply view these books in the browser and start reading. You can save these HTML documents to your computer so that you can read them even when you aren't connected to the internet.
Get a PDF reader for your netbook. Most should come with one by default. These PDF readers will be able to read the thousands of PDF books that are available on the internet.
You might want to be buying ebooks from the popular sources like Amazon. Luckily, there is a Kindle application that works for your computer. You can download this to your netbook and purchase books just like you would if you purchased the Kindle device. This way you have access to all these books that you read directly from your netbook.
Get some alternative ebook reading software for your netbook. There used to be lit and pdb formats that were very popular as these ran on the portable devices at the time a decade ago. Getting this type of software for your machine opens you up to thousands more books that you can be reading.
Get screen rotation software. You might want to read from your netbook horizontally and not vertically. This way you can hold the netbook like a book.
This is best done with the smaller and lighter netbooks on the market so it's not so heavy on your hands. Additionally find a good quality battery that will last. Turn off your wifi while reading to preserve your battery.
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