07-23-2011, 07:52 AM | #16 |
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I got rid of most of my books when I got my Kindle but a few weeks ago I picked up a paperback. My first thought when I opened it was that I needed to enlarge the font a bit. I'm old with bad eyes. Ooops. Can't enlarge the font.
I got my last Kindle in two days--from Delaware to oaxaca, Mexico--and I'd get another one. An acquaintance looked at my Kindle and said, "I can't afford one." "If you skipped drinking for three days you'd have it paid for." He looked at his drink and said, "You're probably right." Then he changed the subject and, of course, doesn't have a Kindle. |
07-23-2011, 08:02 AM | #17 |
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my ereader made me appreciate pbooks more. is that strange? o_o
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07-23-2011, 08:10 AM | #18 |
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When I was little I read paper backs by the thousands per day (ok... maybe not quite that much...) but after I got married we had to move so much (average of once per year) that I gave up my collection of books to libraries, Goodwill, and etc. Since then, other then blogs and the like, really fell out of the practice of reading... till I got my e-readers. Now I read again and loving it as much as before but with out limitations of paper books. Should loose my Nook Color (and my phone, and my tablet, and all e-readers) I would stop reading because... I no longer buy/store pbooks so I would be forced to stop due to lack of inventory! However that would not last, I would replace one of the e-readers fairly quickly.
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07-23-2011, 08:50 AM | #19 |
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I still read both pbooks, though my actual pbook purchases have started to slip a bit, prolly around 10-15%.
I read on K3 and my Tab. Depends on my mood and where I will be. Day-to-day, its the K3. Bed, mostly K3, sometimes Tab. But in case of disaster, its: K3 Tab Blackberry Bold 9700 Blackberry Curve I never ever read on computer and prolly never will. Not sure why this is the case. |
07-23-2011, 08:57 AM | #20 | |
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Wish you a prompt recovery first, and soon the money to buy a new ereader. |
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07-23-2011, 09:33 AM | #21 |
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I haven't picked up a paperback in the more than year and half that I have had my reader.
Before that, I pretty much stopped reading pb because the font was too small & I could adjust the font on my pc. When I moved almost 3 years ago, most of my books went into the trash (don't have a car to take them somewhere). I get my best loved/read books, just to have them, and I keep checking and whenever I find one in ebook form I get it. I love my ereader, because it got me back to reading again! |
07-23-2011, 11:34 AM | #22 |
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If my reader broke, and I couldn't afford a new one, I'd read paper books until I could. I don't read as "something to do", it's what I love to do, so I couldn't substitute TV or the Wii, or even magazines.
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07-23-2011, 11:42 AM | #23 |
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I read both so I wouldn't stop reading. Only problem is I find at times I'm swiping a pbook page or tapping on a word to look it up in the dictionary. So I probably would try & replace my e-reader as fast as possible.
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07-23-2011, 02:21 PM | #24 |
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One of the good things about being a gadget hound is that if one of my ereaders dies, I have several others to pick up the slack.But, I wouldn't stop reading, even if I didn't have backups. I love reading too much.
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07-23-2011, 03:02 PM | #25 |
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My Android tablet died, and I just shifted to reading on my iPhone and from my physical book collection.
I was pleased when my tablet came back fixed, but I read constantly, so it wouldn't matter if I lost all the electronic ones. I would just read the physical ones. |
07-23-2011, 04:14 PM | #26 |
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Nope, wouldn't stop me for a minute.
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07-23-2011, 04:42 PM | #27 |
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am pretty lucky that i live less than a mile from a huge, three-days-a-week flea market w/numerous dealers and often scores of sellers offering books for two bits or a dollar - have found some nice tomes - such as a hard-cased Chapman's Piloting and vintage backpacking/outdoor/survival books (many out of print)
i have a backup (Nokia N800), but would just go out and get a replacement Nook Touch |
07-25-2011, 01:37 PM | #28 |
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I guess it's in situations like those you mention that I'm actually glad that I've all my books in eBook format. If I don't have the e-reader with me, I can just use my Android phone or tablet as a replacement. Even a regular laptop would do fine for a short period of time.
But of course, if I'm at an airport without my e-reader, and I see this hardback or paperback in a store and I find it interesting, I guess it's likely I would've yield to the temptation in the end |
07-25-2011, 01:50 PM | #29 |
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Nah................
Just have to read.
If I don't have a reader/book through forgetfulness. or wotever, I always keep at least a couple of audiobooks on my Clip+. But books are better............ |
07-25-2011, 02:16 PM | #30 |
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Reading is too enjoyable an activity, whatever the medium, for me to stop due to device malfunction.
I am privileged to afford backup devices, but going back to pbooks would not be too difficult a transition, so long as it is a temporary situation and the books I want to read are conveniently available. |
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