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Originally Posted by barryem
I did my first ereading with unformatted text files. Later on the Palm Pilot where the files were still essentially plain text, although compressed into .pdb files. Then formatted books came along but there was very little formatting. I never really noticed any of this.
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My first e-reading was on sites like fanfiction.net followed by writerscafe.org, both of which I was soon writing stories for. But I did so by first writing them out on paper, then typing them up. As someone who grew up with evolving tech, learning it as it developed while also being taught traditional techniques in school, I learned to like both, not one or the other. I think that's just the way it is. Every generation will mostly prefer the way they were taught to do something, like how they learned to read and write, even as they learn new ways. It's like a safety-net. I'm not saying people can't change with the times, but the "old-ways" will just hold a certain level of comfort. I have a bookshelf here in my apartment that's full (and no, I'm not bragging. I know some people here probably have entire libraries) and I also have a good sized library on my phone. I can switch back and forth.