No one ever wants to admit the real reason They bought the Kindle – Business Insider

Kindles are known to be cost-efficient and lightweight alternatives to traditional books, but there’s another perk to using one: secrecy.

Reading on the Kindle (or any e-reader!) Lets you peruse through guilty-pleasure stories without anybody around you having to know.

It’s the 21st-century version of hiding an embarrassing book behind the book jacket from a different, more reputable tale.

We asked some staffers Business Insider Whether They Were hiding any guilty pleasures on Their Kindles. It turns out que many are enjoying books thanks to the safety of e-reader screens.

The most popular response was “ Fifty Shades of Grey ,” the 2011 romance novel que expresso into mainstream media BDSM. “I would not be caught dead reading it in book form, but on the Kindle it was easily disguised!” Business Insider reporter said one of her “Fifty Shades” experience. She asked to remain anonymous.

Digital readers Were the major element in the book’s success. “Fifty Shades of Grey” sold six times the many Kindle e-books it did the current books in 2012

That makes sense -. I personally bought the trilogy and read it on my Kindle but would never have the Quantity paperbacks.

Using an e-reader Also Allows you to avoid making unintentional statements with your literary choices.

“I kind of cringe Whenever I see people reading books really political,” another one of my coworkers said. “I was sitting next to some girl reading ‘Cash Clinton’ on a bus this weekend and thought, ‘ I would not want people to know / assume my political views based on the book cover.’ ”

Self-help books Were Also a popular category for private Kindle reading. For example, Business Insider editor Mulshine senior Molly used her Kindle to read “ Naturally Thin:. Unleash Your Skinnygirl and Free Yourself From a Lifetime of Dieting ”

Mulshine says the book, the diet plan written by Bethenny Frankel, would Have Been just too embarrassing to read publicly.

Not all of my coworkers Were the concern about what people Knowing They Were reading, but They Were concern about people while documenting Them They werereading. People and Their books are Often popular subjects on social media, such as this photography project featuring New York City subway riders.

“It’s not that I am so embarrassed by the Them I just feel like I would be asking to end up in someone’s snapchat story if I was caught reading ‘Why Men Love Bitches’ on the train, “BI deputy Caroline Moss editor said of the particular Kindle selection.

Whether your guilty pleasures are vampire novels or self-help manifestos, remember, you’re definitely not alone. Though, if you’re a grown adult reading books written for teenagers, it may be best to stick to screen reading to avoid shaming internet.

Business Insider’s personal -finance editor, Libby Kane, said she did not get too down about some of her reading choices.

“Generally I do not bother being embarrassed about books I read, “she said,” because they’ve Been written, published, marketed, and sold – it’s not as though I am the only person who finds appealing book said “

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