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Originally Posted by Sarmat89
Electonic books are simply not convenient. A book, especially American one, printed on very loose and light paper, you can easily carry in a pocket or a purse, take it everywhere, bend, read in any conditions, you can easily take it with you.
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What if that one "book" is something like the 30 book collection of works by St. Alphonsus Liguouri? Or the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia? Or a the complete collection of Charles Dicken's works? Or all of these and hundreds of other of books at once? Better have a couple wagons to pull behind you because I (for one) am not always reading a
single novel.
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Originally Posted by Sarmat89
With e-book, you need a dedicated, fragile device, which should not be exposed to cold, heat, or sunlight, which needs a working computer to copy the book files from, which needs a USB cable or a charger, and constant recharge.
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With a good case an eReader is not that fragile. And with the 3G Kindles (for one) you can buy and download books from just about anywhere. But most people have computers and several USB cables, so this argument is not very persuasive. You can also borrow books from your library, either at home or on the road, directly from your Kindle or Sony T2 (as I do). You'll have to find a USB hotspot – which are so "rare" these days.
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Originally Posted by Sarmat89
The e-books have a limited market, as only the dedicated readers will pay for them. The widespread use of the pirate software like Calibre causes e-books to be leaked, in decrypted, de-watermarked form, into the wild.
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And only "dedicated readers" really buy books at all. So this is kind of a non-argument as well. Dishonest people are dishonest, but most "dedicated readers" whom I know are not thieves, and you don't need an eReader to become a thief. Do you actually think that an eReader turns an honest man or woman into a thief? Another silly, baseless argument.
And Calibre is
NOT "pirate software." It's for organizing your collection of books, either those
bought or those in the
public domain. All completely, 100% legal.
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Originally Posted by Sarmat89
The physical books is always a better choice for a casual reader, and they are virtually pirate-proof. So they have a guaranteed market, e-books not so much.
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How, exactly, do you define a "casual reader?" One or two books a year? Just curious.