My journey to work takes about an hour and half from door to door each way. About 20 minutes of this is walking and the rest is standing/ sitting on the tube/ Docklands Light Railway. In this time I usually listen to music and read; sometimes it’s a book and sometimes the free newspaper or magazine I have picked up at the station.

Whilst I’m pretending to read however, I also have a nose at what other people are reading. If it looks good, I might go to the library and get a copy, and if it’s a popular title like Twilight, I wonder how it is that everyone else in the world seems to love vampires but me! Anyway, I was directed to a website dedicated to being nosy http://coverspylondon.tumblr.com/ which I rather like, but I’m struck by a problem; if everyone is reading an ebook, is being nosy possible?

Well, I know that it is possible in fact – I was sitting next to someone with a Kindle who got on at Canary Wharf and managed to spy that they were reading the New York Times. But I have to say, this was quite hard work, the contrast on the screen was not spy friendly and I had to be quite close to the guy to work it out! I know some people cover their books in paper to protect them (or hide what they are reading), and perhaps reading an ebook is a bit like that. Is it only those who are embarrassed about their reading choices who are choosing ebooks?!

Okay, that maybe taking it a step to far and in hindsight, I might have been extra nosy on that tube because I had never seen a real life Kindle before (sheltered, I know). But I can’t help thinking that I might get less inspiration for my reading materials if everyone converts to an ebook reader. Having said that though, I’m sure by the time I get one, I will be so pre-occupied with excitement and wonder, I wont have time to nose anymore and will be inspired by the potential of the device itself, using websites to direct my reading instead of a nice looking front cover.