Here’s How I Read Over 100 Books Per Year

Bontinel
5 min readJul 9, 2024

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In this article, I’m going to show you why it’s so essential to buy a Kindle Paperwhite if you want to read more books and progress more in your life.

Ever since I bought a Kindle, it’s been an absolute game-changer for me.

Having the Kindle device has made it so much more effortless to read more books. So if you’re indecisive about buying a Kindle, I’m going to mention three main reasons why you need to buy a Kindle. So let’s get started.

What’s a Kindle?

A Kindle is an e-reader device developed by Amazon. It is designed primarily for reading digital books, but it also supports other types of digital content like newspapers, magazines, and comics.

Kindles uses e-ink technology, which mimics the appearance of ink on paper, making it easier on the eyes compared to traditional screens.

The device can store thousands of books, and users can purchase and download books directly from the Amazon Kindle Store. Some models also offer additional features like built-in lighting, touch screens, and internet browsing capabilities.

Why You Should Get a Kindle Device

Number one: It creates less tension to buy and read books.

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So this is kind of like the buy-in process example. You go on Amazon, you search for the book, you buy the book, you wait a couple of days, and you receive the book. And then if you’re excited about the book, you read it straight away.

But if you’re kind of like one of these people that kind of like bulk buy, that they will buy like four books a month, then it kind of slows down the process.

And sometimes you’re not that excited to get into the book.

Now with the Kindle device, all you’ve got to do is literally search the book you want, buy it, and it’s literally in your library in an instant.

So you can go on and click and read it from thereon.

It then decreases the tension between buying the books and reading them. So recently, I’ve noticed that a Kindle decreases that tension in buying and reading books, and result I’ve started to read more and more compared to a normal book.

Number two: You don’t have to worry about storage.

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Like I know a guy who has bought 50–60 books in the past couple of years, and as you can see above his head, he hasn’t got much room. Literally, his shelf is stacking up.

Like, he has not got any longer until, you know, that literally falls on his head while sleeping and kills him or something, or just gives him a concussion. Like, for all I know, all it could take is three to five more books on that, and he’s dead. He literally sleeps just below it.

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So obviously with the Kindle, you’ve only got this six-gigabyte version with ads. I mean, it doesn’t matter if I don’t know that bothered, but it can hold up to 4,000 books and about 16 to 20 audiobooks as well.

So obviously for me, this is the safer option compared to, you know, the hundreds and nearly 100 books up above your head. And I think 4,000 books in this six-gigabyte version is so much, especially since it’s just crazy how you can hold so many books in just this little tablet.

And you can kind of use it for everyday life really, and it’s literally the size of, you know, my hand. It’s literally just crazy.

Number three: Crap books

Coming across crap books is inevitable. Like, if you love books like I do, and you’re buying and reading a lot of books, you are going to come across crap books. Like for me, I thought “5 A.M. Club” was a really crap book. I thought it was rubbish. Like, I started the book, made a couple of highlights, read on, and I thought, “This book is… this is a book I just couldn’t stand.”

And obviously, because I bought it, I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t sell it, I couldn’t recycle it because I’d already made notes and highlights. So I’ve literally just got a book sitting there and it’s just mocking me now because I could replace that with two other books because it’s quite a thick book.

But obviously, not all books are going to resonate or give you any value. But it’s obviously a seamless cloud. If you don’t like it, then you can obviously just delete it. And in some cases, like with audiobooks, you can literally replace your credit for another book.

So if you bought, I don’t know, if you bought “Essentialism” by Greg McKeown on audiobook and you didn’t like it, you could kind of swap that for another book.

That’s kind of like the feature I like and kind of like the seamless cloud that you know is on the Kindle/Amazon devices. But obviously, all we want to do is make lives a little bit easier. And I think the way to go is utilizing these gadgets and these little bits of tech to make us productive as a whole.

Don’t get me wrong, I am still going to be buying my books. I love my books. I love the feel, I love the smell. Oh, you can’t beat it, mate. Yeah, I am definitely going to still be buying books.

I will not be putting them above my head because I might die, and I’m going to be putting them elsewhere. But yeah, definitely utilizing these bits of tech to be more productive is definitely the way to go.

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Bontinel

Tech enthusiast exploring the latest in productivity and desk gadgets. Writing about e-readers, note-taking tablets, and tools that enhance efficiency.