12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the object is a finger of a user and the object becoming proximate to the display comprises the user pressing and holding the finger on the display at the point.
7. A computer implemented method of using an electronic book, comprising: displaying the electronic book on a display; identifying a point on the display based on a position of an object relative to the display as the object becomes proximate to the display; initiating a menu-creation animation in response to the object becoming proximate to the display, wherein the menu-creation animation comprises a circle being gradually drawn around the point on the display; determining options to be presented in a contextual menu responsive to the point on the display; and providing the contextual menu in response to the object remaining at the position until the menu-creation animation completes and turns into the contextual menu, wherein creation of the contextual menu is cancelled in response to the object ceasing to remain at the position before the menu-creation animation completes.