TO E-READ OR NOT TO E_READ?

I’ve posted before on the pros and cons of e-readers. I recently found another con. My husband bought me a tablet for Christmas this past year. On the way home from visiting my son, I got my tablet out to continue reading a book I’d downloaded. Witch Song. I was really getting into the story.

I clicked the power button. Nothing. Sometimes, the button needs held down a little longer, so I held it down and counted to five. Still nothing. I repeated this process several times while counting longer, or moving my finger a tad [maybe I wasn’t in the right spot]. Every effort failed.

When we got home, my husband returned to the place of purchase. They printed his receipt. I called support. They invited me to pack it up and ship it to them. However, their email stated clearly that they are not concerned with any of my downloads. I should have made a backup.

I didn’t even know I could.

Luckily I don’t have hundreds of books downloaded. But, all the ones I do have, read or not, are gone.

How often does someone come into your home and steal all of the books in your bookshelf?

Never?

How often has a repairman come to fix your bookshelf, and said, “I’m sorry, but during the repair of your furniture, all of your books were lost.”

Never?

That’s what I’m guessing.