In this article we will discuss 3 perks of having books always at your fingertips and why you might want to download novels instead of purchasing a physical book. Reading is something that most people find to be a great downtime, but a lot of people are reluctant to give up their real books. Read more below to find out the bonuses to using an electronic reading device.

1. Convenient: What could be better than picking out what you are in the mood to read and having it in your hands in one minute? You not only get the ease of choosing what you want to read, but you get to choose when you read it rather than having to wait until you have the time to go and pick it up. When you get books from the library you often have to put a book on hold until it is available; when you purchase one, you have to physically go out and get it, and by the time you get it you probably aren’t in the mood or don’t have the time to read it anyway.

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The most useful book of essays I’ve ever read about fiction dates from 1927 and refers to works by such authors as Dostoyevsky, Melville, Thomas Hardy, and D. H. Lawrence. The good news: even if you haven’t read a single work by those authors, you’ll still find Aspects of the Novel engrossing, relevant, and helpful in your own work. I promise — whether you’re writing commercial sci-fi mysteries or literary character studies.

E. M. Forster, novelist and frequent beneficiary (or victim, depending on your point of view) of Merchant-Ivory film adaptations, gave a series of lectures at Cambridge in 1927, which were then published as Aspects of the Novel. The book’s chapters are “The Story,” “People,” “The Plot,” “Fantasy,” “Prophecy,” and “Pattern and Rhythm.” That’s it. These are Forster’s topics, and he covers them in few words: the book totals only about 175 pages.

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