It’s happened. I’m totally hooked on eBooks. I’m one of those book lovers that loves to sniff a new book before I read it, sighs at the sound of a page turning, and adores the solid and personal feel of a book in my hand.
With the advent of eBooks, I tried to resist, fancying myself like Yomiko Readman from the anime Read or Die, living in an abandoned office building filled to the brim with books, books, and more books. But the convenience of eBooks is too amazing to deny, having my entire library in the palm of my hand to access anytime, anywhere. And now that Viz Media has announced that they are publishing their major manga series on the Barnes & Noble Nook, I feel that my eBook experience has gotten another step closer to nirvana.
Out of the list of manga to be released, I’m especially excited about Naruto, Dragonball, and Rurouni Kenshin.
Of course, there have been a plethora of websites that have provided fan-translated unofficial versions of these manga, but there are a lot reasons why I’ve never liked using them and would prefer to have the Nook version instead. First, I can enjoy my manga reading without questionable looking ads to bother me. Second, I can have smooth page turning without having to wait for images to load. Third, I’m able to read without needing an internet connection. Fourth, the official translations will actually make sense and I will actually understand the stories I am reading. And finally, I don’t have to see those annoying fan added nicknacks and get confused what is the original material and what is just annoying. So thank you, Viz and Nook. Keep ’em coming.
