Electronic Reading Device and Method Therefor

An electronic reading device or e-reader comprises a display (9), a user interface (10), a reading direction discriminator (11) and a memory (8) which are each connected to a processor (7). The reading direction discriminator (11) is operable to determine a reading directionality of a writing system employed in a publication stored in the memory (8). The processor (7) is operable to receive a user input request via the user interface (10) and, in response to the user input request and the reading directionality, to provide a page turn instruction and display the related page of the publication. The e-reader is thus operable to detect whether the writing system used in an electronic publication is a left to right or right to left writing system and to provide the correct next page or previous page in response to a page turn request.