Oh no-I can't stand paper anymore!!!

[iphitus]

Originally Posted by Ea

Yes, you get spoiled so quickly You suddenly realise how uncomfortable it can be to sit with a p-book. And there's no inbuilt dictionary or pageturn buttons either...

Like how Kindle remembers your page. Paper books don't do that. I read my first pbook for a while the other day lost my page every single time I put it down.

Could get that book in ebook, but McGraw Hill expect an unreasonable price. I got the pbook for half of what they want for the ebook.

[GhostHawk]

My wife can still float back and forth between the reader and the paper.
Myself, I'll wait till I can get it in digital.

Just don't care for paper at all anymore.

[queentess]

Originally Posted by JeremyZ

Maybe I'm just arrogant, but a book on the shelf that I read is like a little trophy. Whenever I look at it on the shelf, I have a bit of pride and some fond memories of the book. That just doesn't happen with an electronic book.

Calibre does this rather nicely. Create a "read" tag and browse the covers of all your read books. Goodreads.com isn't too shabby either.

[The Old Man]

Yesterday I bought a paperback for my son-in-law. Opening it I found that even with my relatively strong reading glasses I would have a choir reading the print in that book. I opened up my copy of Michener’s The Source, a book I had read years ago with no trouble. Oh-my-gosh, same ultra-small print! Then I tried Churchill’s The Gathering Storm. I was thinking of reading this again. No way! Print’s too tiny. These are books I bought, read, enjoyed and kept on my shelf for many years. Now I wonder why?

Visiting this site for a few years I have read folks posting how they like paper books because they want to always have them available. Really folks, “always” is a long time and your eyes, like almost everybody else, will suffer.

I have giving away or chucking many of my old books. Keep those "E" editions. You will be able to read them years from now when the print on your paper library has shrunk.

Reading the advertisements for eReaders I seldom, if ever, see them boast of the readability for us older folks. But this, to me, is the primary advantage of eBooks. I just ordered the Kindle DXG.

[Ea]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Yesterday I bought a paperback for my son-in-law. Opening it I found that even with my relatively strong reading glasses I would have a choir reading the print in that book. I opened up my copy of Michener’s The Source, a book I had read years ago with no trouble. Oh-my-gosh, same ultra-small print! Then I tried Churchill’s The Gathering Storm. I was thinking of reading this again. No way! Print’s too tiny. These are books I bought, read, enjoyed and kept on my shelf for many years. Now I wonder why?

Same here. I think it's a question of discovering that there is a better way. You don't know what you're missing.

[thinkpad]

The first thing I do when I get a paper-book is to put it through the scanner
I only buy paperback books if I fail to find them as e-books.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by thinkpadx

The first thing I do when I get a paper-book is to put it through the scanner
I only buy paperback books if I fail to find them as e-books.

I'm about ready to do the same thing. The only hold up is my guillotine just broke and I'm still waiting to hear back from the vendor.

[Freeshadow]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Reading the advertisements for eReaders I seldom, if ever, see them boast of the readability for us older folks. But this, to me, is the primary advantage of eBooks. I just ordered the Kindle DXG.

maybe it is just because of that.

You act reasonable - but be honest:
have you never met people, who regardless how weak they eyes became as time passed by, repeated "I-still-can-drive-a-car" and "I-don't-need-no-bloody-glasses!" until something, at least unpleasant and/or expensive happened?

How would they react on such advertising?

[The Old Man]

Freeshadow, probably something in that.

But with old age and driving it's not just eyesight, it's reaction, movement and a lot of other "slowdowns." And, as posted above, I do need those bloody glasses.

[GhostHawk]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Reading the advertisements for eReaders I seldom, if ever, see them boast of the readability for us older folks. But this, to me, is the primary advantage of eBooks. I just ordered the Kindle DXG.

Exactly so old timer, and exactly why I bought Jetbooks for my Father and Father in law. Both of who love to read but were reduced to what their smaller library's had in large print. Both of them have become dedicated ebook readers.

Dad's 85 and Father in law is 78, neither have enough prior computer experience to count, but both hit the ground running and not looking back.

From what I hear dad even takes his fishing!

[meromana]

Originally Posted by Freeshadow

maybe it is just because of that.

You act reasonable - but be honest:
have you never met people, who regardless how weak they eyes became as time passed by, repeated "I-still-can-drive-a-car" and "I-don't-need-no-bloody-glasses!" until something, at least unpleasant and/or expensive happened?

How would they react on such advertising?

I don't know...

Of course, many of us who are losing our close-up vision are a little sensitive about it, but I have readily admitted in many public places that the best thing about an e-reader is that I can make the font as big and bold as I like. It's just so much easier to read that way, rather than squinting at some tiny type on newsprint.

I don't really think it would hurt manufacturers to advertise "easier reading" as a feature.

--Maria

[Bekster]

I'm fairly new to Ereader - got my nook in April. It's funny as I read through some of the posts about page turning and how it takes soooo loooong. Turning a page in a pbook takes way longer.
I find myself looking at pbooks often, but not buying and before my nook I'd have a tough time limiting myself to one Guess I didn't really think about it until this post, but I guess I don't like paper anymore either .

[kindlekitten]

fortunately one of the things I haven't hada problem with as I get older is my eyesight. however I have been accused of having bat like vision and tend to read in VERY dim light. I have found that this is aided by being able to increase my font size. I'm reading in lower and lower light.

[Mitchi]

Don't forget those of us with back problems. I can usually only carry a limited number of things in my bag, since I can only carry a small bag without hurting my spine, and I read fantasy novels. My jbl is smaller than most of the books I would read. Pretty much a no brainer which one i'll pick, though I have no problem reading from paper.

Sadly, while I generally prefer my ereader, I too read stuff that's harder to find in ebook format (I'm looking at you, Brave Story).

Originally Posted by Elfwreck

I've got no problem with reference/coffee-table books like RPG manuals, that are chart-and-picture heavy, but for just reading?

Well with RPG sourcebooks, there's just something different about the physical books being there. For one, there's the whole flipping through the pages to find just the section you're looking for -- something I can never do properly with a PDF ("crap WHERE ARE MY FEATS I CAN'T FIND THE PAGE" /ragequits and opens the book).

Also, there's just something about the huge nerd cred to it. Everyone I know has the sourcebooks for D&D/WoD/Shadowrun/etc on PDF but the ones with the books on their shelves? You know who the hardcore ones are. Especially with rare RPG books.

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Wait until you decide to clean off your bookshelves. It's so liberating! Last year I gave our library everything except my art and travel books. It was scary, but felt great to cut the ties to paper.

I keep getting tempted to donate all my paperbacks to the local library, though it's more of because I've been moving a lot than because I've been e-reading all the time.


Probably the only books of mine I'll never get rid of are my massive collection of RPG sourcebooks and manga. I've even run out of shelf space for them after turning them on their sides. I still tend to read digital copies though, I hate getting my finger grease all over the pages

[Ea]

Originally Posted by Mitchi

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Probably the only books of mine I'll never get rid of are my massive collection of RPG sourcebooks and manga. I've even run out of shelf space for them after turning them on their sides. I still tend to read digital copies though, I hate getting my finger grease all over the pages

Spoken like a true collector