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Originally Posted by RDaneel54
I understand nostalgia, but it's about the words and the story, not the media, for me. I've been a b ook reader for fifty years, but I find the e-Book reader experience as superior.
I wonder if the chiseled stone, parchment, and codex folk waxed nostalgic...  |
Printed books have many advantages over ebooks. Better contrast, less fragile, unlimited battery life, easy to annotate. Which of the two is "superior" is a question of context. The only reason I ever acquired an ebook reader was to read public domain material for free. I would never buy an ebook if I could have a printed version for roughly the same price, because I consider printed books to be superior in most ways.
It's not nostalgia, it's just being realistic. I'm by no means a technophobe, but I try to use appropriate technology. For example, i'll use a pen and paper when it's more convenient than typing a note and printing it out. The high-tech solution isn't always the better one.
I'd say that you people who systematically prefer ebook readers are the ones who are being unreasonable. Many of you are infatuated with electronic gadgets.