12-09-2012, 06:09 PM | #16 |
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Battle Royale.
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12-09-2012, 07:06 PM | #17 |
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I'd say all the out of print titles should come back as ebooks. And, it would be great if I could download an ebook, then pick what language I want to read it in, with the ability To switch back and forth, like you can do with DVDs.
I hope paper books will be around forever. I love them, and they look nice on sheves and in libraries, I just can't be bothered to read them if I can find the ebook instead. There a some ebooks I read this year that I loved so much that I thought I should get the hard cover versions - only, I realized I would get them for the sake of getting them, as I would never read them. |
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To reread: Tigana and A Song For Arbonne
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12-09-2012, 09:09 PM | #19 |
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Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series. I've read two, found a hardcover of another one at the used book store, and that's all. I'd like to have the whole series as epubs. I did find that the last two are ebooks now, but I'd like to have the entire series in a digital format.
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If anyone has a big problem with that, well, complaining on the internet will not help. The only thing that will help is to buy paper, not eBooks. I'm not recommending this, as I consider the transition to eReading inevitable. Why twenty years? Well, a lot of readers prefer paper, and it will take time for them to move over to the cheaper ecosystems. Quote:
Libraries have many missions other than handing out current books. So we're not talking about library extinction. eBooks do, however, create a challenge for them, and I think we will see branch closings. My neighborhood public library has a sign asking folks to volunteer for the board. I wonder if this might indicate that eBooks are already drawing community interest away from the library. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 12-09-2012 at 09:50 PM. |
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12-09-2012, 10:22 PM | #22 |
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A Treasury of the Familiar, edited by Ralph L. Woods; and other books which don't require a concentrated read. One that comes to mind is Cobwebs and Cream Teas by Mary MacKie which is about working in/caring for a National Trust house. Books which can be read a chapter or two at a time; perfect while waiting for an appointment or a short trip on public transportation. Any of the William Least Heat-Moon books...
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12-09-2012, 10:28 PM | #23 |
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If it is for ecological/dead tree reasons, I wish they would phase out junk mail as I get at least one paper book's worth every week. Then there is the paper towel, frozen/takeout food packaging, other packaging, toilet paper and other disposable paper products. A paper book is like drop in the ocean compared to that and gets reused more often than that. I woud not like to live without toilet paper, but I don't see where I need paper towels and all the packaging and junk mail. Still others must need them I assume, just as others may need paper books. Helen |
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12-09-2012, 11:36 PM | #25 |
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One I book I'd like to see as an ebook is Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. Also wouldn't mine seeing Taiko by the same author.
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12-10-2012, 12:35 AM | #26 |
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12-10-2012, 09:26 AM | #27 |
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I can't believe they are not available as ebooks yet, since they could bundle them with the movies and audiobooks - they could add them to a special edition Kindle fire for younger kids!
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12-10-2012, 09:31 AM | #28 |
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If anyone remembers them from their childhood, Enid Blyton's "The Famous Five" are now available as ebooks, though the US store uses weird covers for them. Here's the UK link.
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12-10-2012, 11:27 AM | #29 |
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To Kill a Mockingbird. That's #1 for me.
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