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Originally Posted by duckeedoug
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Nice article indeed. But why is an ereader, also in this article, often compared with a paper book? The two don't have to contest. They're separate and equal as carriers of the content, tenor of someone's written thoughts.
I live and work in a bookish environment and am sure that a lot of people I know never will read their books on an ereader. Some are a bit afraid of the technical aspect of ereading, others don't want to be dependent on ' gadgets' for reading and others prefer a ' real' book and browsing in bookmarkets/stores.
Non-ereading persons often don't realize that it's not a question of making the choice for ereading and sticking to it. I eread a lot, but there's lots of books that are not available as digital content; so I read them on paper. I also collect antique books and browse in bookmarkets.
Isn't it all about getting pleasure out of the expression of ideas? Reading about those ideas or about adventures. Testing one's own mind versus the ideas of the writer, in paper or as digital content?
But also the joy of handling and recognizing how an beautiful old book is made, or wonder at the ingenuity of a lightweight Kindle?
