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The Rising Tide of eBooks

I was more than a little surprised to see the following article in PC World about the rise of the eBook on iPhones:

iPhone as an eBooks Reader Threatens Kindle, Says Report

But then, maybe I shouldn't be shocked, having just recently completed a lengthy novel on my iPhone and reporting about how good an experience it was!

What is especially noteworthy in the PC World article is the chart by Flurry showing the trendline comparing eBook applications to game applications in the iPhone App Store over the last 3 months.

Whew! Finished 133 chapters on an iPhone

Well, I finished it.  Yup - 133 chapters of  "The Lost Symbol" on a little iPhone (using the Barnes & Noble eReader ).

I really thought it would be arduous at best, and possibly impossible to slog through such an immense book with such a small device.

But, in fact, it wasn't bad. The iPhone's bright little screen made it easy to read in virtually any condition, with dim lighting or not.  I read some chapters in bed, I read some chapters (as a passenger) in a car, and the ease of turning pages on the eReader actually made the reading experience fun (I have it set up so that all I have to do is tap my finger on one side of the page or the other).

I'm definitely planning to read more eBooks on the iPhone, even more..looooong form fiction.