Reading on your smart phone

[melbuhtoast]

I've dabbled with reading on my cell phone, but I've found that I get fatigued really quickly. Not only that, but I find that I continuously need to turn the brightness of my screen down the longer I read, and then when I go back to using my phone for every day things, I have to turn the brightness back up. It may also be that my phone doesn't have awesome battery life, but reading for too long really sucks up my battery power.

[ncreads]

I lost my Nook so I downloaded the Kindle app on my phone to review ebooks on and it works quite well. Although, nothing will ever beat holding a physical book in your hands, the feel, the smell, the turning of pages.. ahh, I definitely prefer physical copies but my phone works for ebooks.

[aliba12]

I do not like it as the words are really small! I use to read from my ipad

[hughes2]

I have tried reading on my smartphone before but found the text size awkward. The standard size text meant I was only reading 2-5 sentences before turning the page again but when it was made smaller it made my eyes hurt to read on such a small screen. I didn't delete it though because as others have said it is very convenient when on trains etc.

[THunter08]

I used to be against reading anything other than a real book. That was until I decided to actually check out some e-books on my smartphone. I found one that sounded great. Once I started, I couldn't stop. I legitimately didn't want to sleep. It was easy to curl up with my phone just like I would a book and it didn't hurt my eyes like I originally thought it would. I was able to start and stop when necessary without worrying about a bookmark or dog-eared pages. The best part for me was that I never have my phone far from me so if I had to sit around waiting on something, I was able to read.

[C S Harper]

They are making it really easier to read on smart phones now because the phones are much larger. It's really not that bad reading on the phone anymore. But I still prefer using a tablet. My phone's battery has a short life span so I prefer saving it for other things. I prefer a dedicated reader to read on.

[KNewton]

Although I love holding and smelling a real book, reading on my phone or iPad mini tends to be much more convenient simply because they go everywhere with me.

[cittin5]

I love that I can find almost any book I want on my phone. What I don't like is that when I'm reading and the phone is a little side ways the screen changes and it takes for ever to change back.

[Cee-Jay Aurinko]

Smartphones are way cooler than people imagine, right? Picture yourself with the phone you have now five years ago...

I don't always read novels on my smartphone; do it mainly for reading short stories, novellettes, and novellas at short fiction mags like Tor.com and Strange Horizons. But I admit completely changing my method of reading books to this wouldn't be hard. There are many benefits to using your Smartphone to read.

You can do it anywhere: abed, on the john, in the middle of the dessert, whatever. You get the idea.

[Miss_A]

I've read on my smart phone before. Don't like it though because the screen is just too small.

[mountaingirl8]

I have tried it as well. But my Android was just too small. I like reading on tablets or reading print versions the best.

[c_medina]

It is becoming easier now that phones are increasing screen size

[pmerride]

I have the Kindle app on my iPhone. I love that it, like the iBooks app, has the option to swap the colors of the text an the background, so the background is black and the words are white. It's great for nighttime reading, but even during the day when I sometimes forget to switch it back to normal, it seems like it's easier on my eyes.

[elsagomes]

I read on my phone a lot, basically everyday, it's better for me because I usually read at night before I fall asleep and it's better so I don't waist electricity (:

[jen_the_hen]

Reading on my phone is one of the most convenient things. Whenever I have a spare minute I pull it out and read whatever book I'm working on at the time, even if its only for five minutes. I like having the availability of being able to read any book in my elibrary. Also the way you can change the screen color is awesome, especially at night.