Wait, what? How could we possibly do that?
I mean, we love books but seriously, trying to carry all of them that we want with us on a long trip just might be a back breaking experience. Plus, we would need another suitcase just for the books. Maybe even two.
We used to think, “Well, we can just buy some along the way while we travel.” But something that we have noticed over the past few years, and if you also love books then I imagine you have too, is that bookstores are getting a little scarce. We have been seeing this pattern a lot while we gallivant around and in addition to less stores, it seems like there are way less books to choose from at many of the other retail outlets like pharmacies and big box stores too.
We have especially noticed this at airports these days. There are hardly any actual bookstores in them anymore. The best we can hope for seems to be a few paperbacks on a stand in the gift shop. And just in case they think we haven’t noticed, we do see that there are always the same few titles in every store.
But luckily, we have come upon an outstanding solution that is as easy as downloading an app on your phone. In fact, that is exactly what we did. We just downloaded the app for Bookmate and instantly had a whole world of books right at our fingertips that are as easy to carry as a phone… because they are all on your phone.
Access to Thousands of Books
With Bookmate, everybody can have access to thousands of books any time and any place. And we aren’t talking about stuff nobody wants to read either, we mean the good stuff, including new releases, best sellers, biographies, and just about any title you can think of.
They even offer tons of choices in Spanish, or any of a dozen other languages. No wonder that they have formed a community of more than a million subscribers from every corner of the globe.
How about some even better news? Many of them are free! That’s right, there are tons of titles to pick from. Everything from classic literature, to hidden gems, to creative curiosities can all be had for no cost in the Bookmate free collection.
Seek and You Shall Find
By browsing through the categories, or using the comprehensive search function, finding the ultimate book is easy. Thrillers such as Agatha Christie — The Under Dog are awaiting discovery with every search, but we also love scrolling through the catalog just to see what surprises might jump out at us.
Perfect for Travel
And as we said before, perhaps the most attractive thing about Bookmate is how great is is for folks like us that are always on the go. We hope to never pack a heavy book in our luggage, or especially in our backpacks, again.
Losing all of that weight to lug around makes Bookmate perfect for planes, trains, and automobiles. Just pull out your phone, tablet, or laptop and proceed to get lost in a great story.
We also love the way that we can customize our ebook experience for whatever the location might require. So we don’t need to disturb anyone on a dark airplane, we just turn down the brightness, and we can change the font background color to help our older eyes keep from getting worn out.
Listen Up!
There is also a huge selection of audiobooks available for those times when reading is not an option, or we just don’t feel like it. And as an added bonus for globetrotters like us, once you save a selection on to your device, you can listen offline whenever and wherever you want. No WiFi needed.
What Should We Read?
Still, sometimes we feel we can’t find anything that we want to read. Like most avid readers, we love to discuss ideas with family and friends, so for us the old, “Read any good books lately?” line is a pretty common conversation starter with them.
Well now Bookmate has extended that group for us into an entire community of readers, book lovers, and even experts with great ideas from all over the world. With all of this help we can, and so can anyone else, create an amazing bookshelf.
One Last Fun Feature
If you have a favorite book you love that is not available, or maybe like us, you have written one that you would like to carry around with you, it is easy to upload it to Bookmate. Once it is there you can read it on your smartphone, tablet, or desktop any time, any place.
Did We Save the Best for Last?
We think so. That is, we think that Bookmate just might be the best gift ever for any and all of the book lovers on your gift lists. We have absolutely no doubt that they will thank you for it.
And if they have been carrying their books around in a backpack like we have, their backs will thank you too.
David & Veronica, GypsyNester.com
