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Originally Posted by astrodad
No offense to the author, but the piece reads like it was written by someone who doesn't read very much.
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At least not on modern ereaders.
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Originally Posted by garrybuck
My favorite is argument #5, books as interior decoration items. There's a much cheaper way to do that than either ebooks or pbooks. Why not just use the props that real interior decorators use then staging a model home? They are empty cardboard boxes that look like a stack of classic books. They are as empty of content as the article in Wired, but it presents the right image.
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Good point.
As for beautiful decor, I have three Oberon covers, one for my iPad, and one each for my Kindle 2 and Kindle 3. I'll put those lovely covers against any hardcover in the author's house.
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Originally Posted by Vic333
Well, I have 5 better reasons to not trust e-books:
1) I'm a Luddite. I don't trust tech-mology, and write about how awful it is on my web page.
2) I like to write on things, like a little kid, and paper books are like page after page of activity sheets.
3) I'm scared, and wolves are after me! I can throw a dictionary much more effectively than a Kindle.
4) Waiting for a book to arrive in the mail is like foreplay for reading.
5) I like to display all the books I've read for people to see. I also take picture of my food and make picture books out of them, which I then display on my book shelf for people to see.
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You should have written the article. Your reasons are more believable!
Of course, I resemble your reason #2. I tend to go crazy with the highlighting pens. People have more than once accused me of treating all books as if they were coloring books.
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Originally Posted by crich70
My answers to the original points from the wired article.
...2. If you have more than 3,500 books you can't keep them all on one device, but there are these things called DVD's which can hold 1000's of book files....
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Ha! I'd like to see what 3,500 books would look like in my modest house. My wife would shoot me. I don't have room for the p-books I do have.
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Originally Posted by crich70
...3. Written notes only help you if you can read your own handwriting....
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Which is why I always print in the margins of p-books. As for ebooks, I find the Kindle's passage copying and annotation functions are excellent, and I don't miss writing in the margins. As a plus, the notes and copied passages are all stored in a file that is easily downloaded into my PC along with their locations in the books. This makes research a breeze.