That's terrifying. Is that what our world has become? :|
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Easier to remember things by paper and you don't murder your eyes~!
I didn't think that I could ever read from an e-reader, but on a whim I went and bought myself one anyway and I surprised myself. I really do like it. It's great for traveling, reading in bed, reading anywhere actually because you don't have to hold the page open. All you do is hold it in one hand or just lay it down and your page is always there, unlike paperbacks that just do not stay open unless you have something holding them. However, there are a few things about it that I don't like. It's more difficult to go back to a page that you would like to reread, and the books for my e-reader are not much different in price than going out and buying the physical book at Costco. I also do not mind at all reading used books and you can get plenty of those at any garage sale or thrift store, but you can't get used books for e-readers.
THEN WHO WAS SALE?!
Also Naughty wordshttp://i.imgur.com/iJMiz.jpg
The fourth option failed to take into account that those who can't read couldn't read what the options say.
I don't read on flights because of motion sickness so that regulation has no impact on me whatsoever :shobon:
And also most airlines are doing away with or have done away with that regulation and focus mostly on cellphones now :shobon: FAA allowing most electronic device use throughout flights - CNN.com
For some reason when I try to read digitally I always end up forgetting where I'm at or what page I'm on.
My eReader solves that by saving where I am. Also there are ones that apparently highlight where you were up to?
ToriJ I get what you mean about the physical copies and I share those same sentiments but this is a sometimes thing for me in the same way the Cookie Monster has cookies as a sometimes food. It's just not possible for me to manage having insane libraries full of books. The physical artefact is something well worth preserving but I refuse to sacrifice my ability to read a good book because I am physically unable to bring it with me.
The physical aspect has never been quite so important to me on a personal level but I think that's sort of how I grew up-- much in the same way that I'm fine with having 300 games on Steam rather than 300 "collectible" physical copies of games. When I was a tiny tyke in the mid-80s everything was copied. Dozens and dozens of games copied onto nondescript floppy disks. Dozens and dozens of cartoons taped onto blank VHS tapes. Mishmashes of songs recorded onto a cassette tape. I just never formed the attachment to "the packaging" that I think other people did, and that's probably why I have no real issues with collecting books on an e-reader.
That said ultimately I don't prefer one format over the other. I still buy physical books too if I happen to see one I want. I guess I just don't have a preference. :p
I agree with Jiro, ToriJ. I'm not saying you have to like it, or that you even would if you tried an e-reader. But you honestly can't say how you would feel because you've never tried one. Literally everyone I know (including myself) felt the exact same way as you do before they got an e-reader.
I love my kindle, especially for thick books I read.
It's not so great for textbooks, sometimes diagrams don't "translate" to the format very well, and of course there is the lack of colour. And of course, certain pretty books like those published by Phaidon I would want physical copies of.
Then don't? I'm not saying people shouldn't have e-readers. I'm just not interested in acquiring one at this time. I don't have a lot of books nor do I travel so carrying them isn't an issue. My mom has more books than I do so I'd suggest one for her but she's likely to feel the same way I do.
I prefer physical books myself, I like the feel of the paper, the smell you get when you enter a second hand book shop... to few second hand book shops are left around these days, but I am quite lucky to have one near the place I do my weekly shopping, I go in there every week, just for that smell. Plus I like my small library of books, having owned over 40 books signed by the various authors I have met (Raymond E Feist and George RR Martin being the most prominent of these) and I like the way my books are pleasing to the eye:
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Not mine, but you get the point, it's like painting a picture filled with your favourite things... just one of the many things you cant reciprocate with an e-reader.
Am I the only person who doesn't like the smell of books? Older ones get an overpowering musty scent which I'm not fond of.
New magazines smell much nicer. :3: When I got my Kindle it smelled so delicious straight from the box :drool: I loooove the smell of new electronics.