Easy to get E-reads with #SmartBuqo

My quick and simple anti-clutter tip: start buying e-books and e-magazines. This was not an easy decision being the paper-lover that I am. But living in a townhouse, with a prolific book and magazine collector, Gary, I figured one of us is enough. I have to be practical, I choose the paper I live with otherwise our house will get overtaken by all these reading materials.So just a few months ago, and I know I may be late in the game, I bought my very first e-book which was "Thrive" by Arianna Huffington and I got hooked!I know that if I go on buying books electronically, I'll probably miss the thrill of finding good reads in bookstores, the feel and scent of ink and paper, the sensation of flipping pages and the visual gratification of seeing your bookmark move from front to back. However, there also are several advantages of having a soft copy vs hard. First is that you can have all your books and magazines in your handy gadget right at your fingertips, it does not take up any physical space in your home nor in your bag, it doesn't gather any dust, and most cost less to buy than the print versions.And just when I decided to start going the modern route in terms of my reads, I find out that Smart recently partnered with the Buqo app and Summit Media. Buqo is a mobile bookstore and newsstand available for both Android and iOS users.The following titles available through the store include Elle Decoration, Cosmo, Good Housekeeping, Smartparenting, Real Living Magazine. There are ebooks also available like Tricia Gosingtian's book (101 Style Essentials for Everyone), the very handy Yummy Specials series of cookbooks, and many more.With the #SmartBuqo partnership, we can now download e-books or subscribe to our favorite e-magazine titles and have it charged to my Smart bill (prepaid users can charge it to their Smart Prepaid load). With #SmartBuqo, you won't need a credit card to be able to purchase your fave magazine or books online as long as you have a Smart account.The facility is only currently available for Android handheld devices but if you're on iOS like me, you can already use the facility by purchasing e-books and e-magazines on your desktop or mobile browser and then sync it to your device. I do hope I can use this super convenient service soon on my iPhone. I'm going to start buying my regular copy of Entrepreneur Philippines through Buqo from hereon!To know more or to download Buqo on your smartphone of handheld device, visit http://smart.com.ph/buqo.