Everyone seems to be laboring under this bizarre assumption that once you possess an ebook reader, you throw every piece of paper you own into a fire. I suppose I can understand this from people who don't own a reader, but it's surprising to see people who do own one coming across like this.
For me, it's a fantastic way to easily transport the Wheel of Time to and from college without spending $25 on shipping each way. When I was up there, I read them on my Sony. When I got back, I pulled out my hard cover of Lord of Chaos.
Just because ebooks are different from regular books doesn't make them completely worthless. And a regular book isn't made obsolete by an ebook.
This "debate" makes me think of an argument between two people, one who prefers newspapers to the internet and so won't go online for a single scrap of news even if it's 4 in the morning, and the other who loves the internet and refuses to buy a newspaper even if it's more immediately accessible to him. It is possible to adapt to a new technology and continue using prior technologies. The vast majority of technological advances have occurred in this fashion.
Jeez.
EDIT: I don't think "obsolete" is a verb.
EDIT2: Pretty sure "jeez" only has two Es.
For me, it's a fantastic way to easily transport the Wheel of Time to and from college without spending $25 on shipping each way. When I was up there, I read them on my Sony. When I got back, I pulled out my hard cover of Lord of Chaos.
Just because ebooks are different from regular books doesn't make them completely worthless. And a regular book isn't made obsolete by an ebook.
This "debate" makes me think of an argument between two people, one who prefers newspapers to the internet and so won't go online for a single scrap of news even if it's 4 in the morning, and the other who loves the internet and refuses to buy a newspaper even if it's more immediately accessible to him. It is possible to adapt to a new technology and continue using prior technologies. The vast majority of technological advances have occurred in this fashion.
Jeez.
EDIT: I don't think "obsolete" is a verb.
EDIT2: Pretty sure "jeez" only has two Es.
I have a Kindle and I love it. Most of my recent purchases have been e-books.
But I still have a library of hundreds of books that I have no intention of getting rid of. I want a house with a room for my books so I can finally take them out of storage.
Also my husband and I read the same type of books, and I want our kids to read too (someday, none yet) and I don't want to share my Kindle! It's far easier to share books on shelves. Although knowing me, they'll all have their own e-readers by age 10 because they've become mandatory for school.
I still re-read my paperbacks. Especially when I have no money for more books.
I actually spend more per book because I used to wait for the paperback to come out (partly cost, partly space constraints) but now I get them as soon as they come out. I like the convenience of the Kindle and e-books, but if something I want to read is only available in hard copy, then I'm going to get a hard copy.
E-books spark battle inside the publishing industry
- 28/12/2009 05:12:01 AM
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it makes much more sense to just buy a book. $5.99 is far cheaper than $9.99 *NM*
- 28/12/2009 06:22:47 AM
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Yes, but you're talking about a paperback book, and one that's on sale at that.
- 28/12/2009 12:23:31 PM
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I haven't paid more than $7.99 for a soft cover book in my life.
- 28/12/2009 03:13:04 PM
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Yuo can also be 10th on a waiting list at the library and read it months after release.
- 28/12/2009 05:22:27 PM
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But the chances of something happening to said device is greater than your house.
- 29/12/2009 06:27:21 AM
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You realize that you could back up virtually your entire library on a single flash drive, yes?
- 29/12/2009 09:43:51 AM
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*NM*
If I were buying a book for mandatory reading (i.e., college), I might consider an e-book.
- 29/12/2009 03:28:31 PM
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A man after my own heart. 
- 29/12/2009 04:04:19 PM
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- 29/12/2009 04:04:19 PM
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I prefer the opposite. I keep all my textbooks and prefer ebook versions of other works. *NM*
- 30/12/2009 12:55:55 AM
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I love that eBooks are the future. Much better than original books.
- 29/12/2009 05:19:40 PM
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They are not environmentally superiour.
- 29/12/2009 05:47:11 PM
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Are you smoking crack?
- 29/12/2009 09:21:36 PM
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I love my Kindle that I got for Christmas.
- 29/12/2009 09:05:57 PM
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Bitchface. *NM*
- 29/12/2009 09:10:23 PM
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Sigh. This whole argument of ebooks versus regular books is beyond stupid.
- 30/12/2009 11:04:46 AM
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Yep.
- 30/12/2009 10:57:26 PM
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In all fairness, when I got an iPod all my CDs went to boxes in the basement.
- 31/12/2009 12:59:14 AM
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True. But there's no tangible difference between music from an iPod and music from a CD.
- 31/12/2009 05:33:26 AM
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Ripping all my music and getting rid of the CDs was a space-liberating moment for me.
- 31/12/2009 06:18:20 AM
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