ONLINE READING HAS ADVANTAGES
It also has disadvantages of course and there is a great debate about the relative merits of paper books and ebooks and frequent disagreements about the relative size of the sales of the two different media. Ebooks, as they are usually called, have many advantages, notably that you don’t need shelf space to stack them and, of great importance to many people, you can make the print bigger. in addition there is growing discussion about ebooks and audiobooks, with sales of audiobooks inching past ebooks. Obviously audiobooks can be a problem for people with hearing problems, although obviously a boon for people with visual problems, but the ability to control sound through phones and computers means that hearing problems can be overcome
However reading a book on your own is only part of the story. The impact that a book makes on you is even more powerful if you have the opportunity to discuss the book with other people. What did other people think about the book in general or the principal characters? What message did they take away from the book? How did it change their life.
To kindle means to start a fire and kindling is the name given in many parts of the UK to the little bits of wood that catch alight quickly and start the fire and in our Kindling Book Club we want to start a lot of fires, with sparks flying from the discussion, debate and argument that the Book Club will stimulate
It also has disadvantages of course and there is a great debate about the relative merits of paper books and ebooks and frequent disagreements about the relative size of the sales of the two different media. Ebooks, as they are usually called, have many advantages, notably that you don’t need shelf space to stack them and, of great importance to many people, you can make the print bigger. in addition there is growing discussion about ebooks and audiobooks, with sales of audiobooks inching past ebooks. Obviously audiobooks can be a problem for people with hearing problems, although obviously a boon for people with visual problems, but the ability to control sound through phones and computers means that hearing problems can be overcome
However reading a book on your own is only part of the story. The impact that a book makes on you is even more powerful if you have the opportunity to discuss the book with other people. What did other people think about the book in general or the principal characters? What message did they take away from the book? How did it change their life.
To kindle means to start a fire and kindling is the name given in many parts of the UK to the little bits of wood that catch alight quickly and start the fire and in our Kindling Book Club we want to start a lot of fires, with sparks flying from the discussion, debate and argument that the Book Club will stimulate