I'd like to learn your opinion on one question.
what do you think about e-books? I've found some sites where visitors can read books online and don't need to download them in internet. Are paper-books leaving in the past?
I'd like to learn your opinion on one question.
what do you think about e-books? I've found some sites where visitors can read books online and don't need to download them in internet. Are paper-books leaving in the past?
Personally, I prefer paper books.
I think sitting at my computer reading reams of webpages is so monotonous...
I'd much rather sit comfortabley with a nice hardback/paperback.
"Then I feel, Harry, that I have given away my whole soul to someone who treats it as if it were a flower to put in his coat, a bit of decoration to charm his vanity, an ornament for a summer's day"
Oscar Wilde [The Picture of Dorian Gray]
Can't read E-books.Originally Posted by alexM
Being a programmer it does not suit me at all !!
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Some letter of that After-life to spell:
And by and by my Soul return'd to me,
And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell :"
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The smell of a new book is one of my favorite things. I love the act of turning the pages. I'm a bookstore and library fiend. Long live paper books!!
"He lives most gaily who knows best how to deceive himself. Ha-ha!"
- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
I recently received a Sony Ebook Reader. It's a little pricey but pretty cool. The screen resembles paper, it's can hold pictures, mp3's, .pdf, .txt., .doc, etc. The best thing about it is that it can store over 1,000 books (i bought the 4 gig memory card). With all the public domain literature online, i'll probably end up saving money.
Now.. if you asked me which i prefer, Book vs. Ebook Reader... i'd probably still go with book.. there's something unique.. or maybe traditional about holding a book in your hand and flipping the page.
It's like Cork vs. Screw Top on a wine bottle lol =)
"Words can be like x-rays, if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced." - Huxely
J. Ackson Jr.
There are books which I'd prefer as e-books, like encyclopaedias or dictionaries - especially if it would be possible to update it for free...
But in most cases, I prefer paper books.
It's more personal, more intimate. I can carry it with me anywhere, to the mountains or to sea and the only energy I have to care about is my own. I can immediately draw smilies and write comments, underline and highligt...
Besides, I like different covers and font styles of books, I wouldn't like it if all of them were the same. Especially cover is quite important for me, a kind of art as well...
And I love the smell of the book - the fresh smell of the new book and the dusty smell of book from the second-hand bookstore (I mean the bookstores with really old books, e.g. from the beginning of the 20th century or even older).
E-books are handy for a short read, but it isn't easy or comfortable to curl up with and e-book.
I love paper books more, but sometimes I 'have' to download ebooks or read online, cuz I can't find certain books, or they're too expensive to buy. But if I have to choose, I'd def. go with paper books. They NEVER get old if you ask me.
I'm the patron saint of the denial,
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal.
I love books and I love buying and collecting books but I prefer reading on my iRex iLiad, the Daddy of all ereaders. Within some months I have collected over 900 classics for free. It is easier on the eye as you can control the font size and the reading experience is more comfortable and engaging. I try not to read on my laptop screen because of the glare. Pocket Pcs are good for reading, specially with Mobipocket Reader for PPC. A cheap PPC like Casio's Cassiopeia can get you access to thousands of classics.:
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-- Harold Pinter on Samuel Beckett
Paper edition,definitely.I just love the feel of a book in my hands,not to mention that it's more practical.
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Miroslav Krleža
There's nothing like a paper book, in my opinion. I love sorting them out, writing the dates, the name, and so on. Still, there have been certain occassions when I have searched practically EVERYWHERE, being unable to find THAT book. In those cases, e-books were trully useful to me, but only in four- fives times. I believe that nothing will ever substitute paper books.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free.
-Goethe
I agree with your arguments, and I think paper books won't die. But if a book is expansive or it isn't easy to find its I prefer to read online. It saves my time and money.
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I almost exclusively read real books. If I ever get enough money, I would love to buy one of those e-book readers (iLiad, Kindle, etc.).
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I agree that in certain situations the e-book is very handy, but I much prefer a regular paper book. I get a cramp in my neck if I am sitting in front of the computer too long, anyway. So, imagine what would happen if I chose to actually sit down and read a book on the computer!!
Paper for me all the way. : )
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