An electronic book reader (10) for displaying the contents of a memory device like a compact disk (22) in a page by page format. The book reader (10) includes a processor for converting the digitally stored contents of the book to a user-readable format and a display (16, 18) of the book a portion at a time. The book reader (10) also includes controls (24, 26) for displaying pages of the book at a time and turning of pages consecutively. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a processor that records the last page displayed upon activation of the off switch. The preferred embodiment further includes physical storage for compact discs or other digital storage media.
