Even before Apple came out with iBooks, I’ve already been reading books on my Nokia S60 enabled phone. All I do is download and install an e-book reader on my phone and upload ebooks I downloaded from forums. Most the books are below 5Mb. I was able to upload around 50 books and read all of them. It helped me catch up on my reading. Although I have a complete of the Harry Potter series, having it on my phone allowed me to read it on the go. I didn’t have to bring those big hardbound copies I bought.
I have read a lot of e-books from my phone but never have I been able to download a Filipino book. I would want to see e-book versions Philippine Literature in English from authors like N.V.M. Gonzales and Nick Joaquin. Amazon sell books but I can’t find an e-book version of Philippine Literature. Maybe if they made e-book versions of the Philippine Literary Classics, then students would find it cool reading a book on their devices and then eventually get in to the habit of reading.
