Reading is a hobby that I have enjoyed since my school days. Through reading, I have gained much pleasure and also learned a lot of additional knowledge which are not taught in schools. Knowledge is power and books are an essential means to the acquisition of information and knowledge.
When I first pick up my reading hobby in my primary school days, I started by reading fairy tales and fiction books written by Enid Blyton, the Nancy Drew series, Hardy Boy series and later books from Agatha Christie and Charles Dickens........
As I move on to secondary school and tertiary institutions, I started to read novels and non-fiction books related to people behaviour, the science of everyday life and self-help books that includes various DIY (Do-it-yourself) tasks that are commonly performed at home.
As I enter the labour force, I started to read books about economics, politics and marketing techniques as I am gradually exposed to these topics at my workplace. After I got married, I started to read about family-life matters and later on child rearing techniques after my son comes along.
With my wide reading regimes, I come to realise how huge the world is and how tiny each one of us is. No matter how much I read, the little extra knowledge I gain each time is only a small drop from the vast ocean. Hence, I strongly believe that reading and learning should not stop for as long as I want to lead a meaningful life. For that, I am really thankful for the easy access to public libraries within our community so I have no worries of getting short of books to read!
With the advent of the world wide web and e-learning, the learning process is now made even easier and hassle-free with the introduction of eBooks for our learning. Ever since the eBook era started less than a decade ago, its level of popularity and acceptance by people all over the world had grown tremendously. However, while the electronic book can serve as a substitute for the conventional paper books, its role may slowly but surely move up to complement some important categories of paperbacks such as dictionaries and directories, just to name a few.
An eBook is an electronic copy of a book. You can start reading an eBook as soon as you've paid for it, so there is no waiting for delivery. eBooks also offer the convenience of size and portability; you can store your entire library on a laptop or other device.
In order to read an eBook, you need to download a small piece of free software known as an eBook reader. eBooks come in different formats and each format has its own reader software. The format you select will depend upon your operating system (Windows, Mac, etc) and whether you would like to read on a hand held device or on your computer.
You can download ebooks to computers, dedicated eBook devices, PDAs and mobile phones. Alternatively, you can also read books online, from any computer, anywhere, without downloading or installing anything. You can view some eBook related information on http://allhappytimelearning.com/home.html
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