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You have an almost cult-like enthusiasm for e-books. Сталин Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 12:53:04 AM
This unhealthy need to convince others bothers me.

As for all your other points, they weren't very good. Books are equivalent to theatre showings or CDs, not to movies or music. The content - the story and the words - is not what I fear will be damaged or diminished. It's the medium of its presentation - the book - that I fear for.

And that's where you JUST DON'T GET IT. Most of the people who don't like e-books don't like e-books because part of the experience is holding the book, leafing through the pages, looking at the pictures between pages x and y, feeling the tactile sensation of the bond of paper used, smelling the fresh ink and keeping the books in a library with beautiful presentation and preservation. An e-book will never and CAN never provide that experience and that's why I do not like them and WILL not like them.

You would have as much luck convincing people who intentionally buy vinyl records to switch to mp3s for their music. Explaining how they can carry around all their music in an ipod, or that the medium won't degrade, or that they don't have to worry about leaving their collection in a locked car on a hot day, or that they don't crack or break, means nothing.

I don't need to try an e-reader to know why I don't like them, just like a vinyl lover doesn't need to try an ipod. It's about much more than convenience or conveying information. It's about a philosophy, a way of life and an aesthetic preference, and there is simply no way you can compete with that. I would have thought that you had gotten enough answers from other people here to figure that out for yourself.
You can also write that as "Stalin" *MySmiley*
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actually, I disagree with something you said. - 04/09/2009 05:48:57 AM 866 Views
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Amazon is quite clever. *NM* - 03/09/2009 11:25:35 PM 513 Views
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More than fair. - 03/09/2009 11:39:29 PM 903 Views
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No, it's a double post. *NM* - 03/09/2009 11:29:34 PM 377 Views
lovely! this is what i would have wanted to say had i gotten here earlier... - 04/09/2009 12:44:55 AM 1081 Views
Do you have a blog where you review books? - 04/09/2009 01:02:13 AM 907 Views
aw, shucks... - 04/09/2009 05:41:29 AM 968 Views
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No problem. And thanks! - 04/09/2009 03:15:14 PM 1040 Views
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Yes and no. - 05/09/2009 02:49:26 AM 1200 Views
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You have an almost cult-like enthusiasm for e-books. - 06/09/2009 12:53:04 AM 1007 Views
Re: You have an almost cult-like enthusiasm for e-books. - 06/09/2009 05:24:48 AM 1024 Views
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Craig, you're incredibly interesting - 05/09/2009 01:59:27 AM 892 Views
... Are you hitting on me? - 05/09/2009 03:02:06 AM 1407 Views
Depends...what's in it for me? *NM* - 06/09/2009 12:20:23 AM 460 Views
AbsoLUTEly nothin'. Sorry. *NM* - 06/09/2009 02:29:59 AM 380 Views
I do love the feel and sensation of books. - 09/09/2009 02:38:57 AM 884 Views

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