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crash86 · 02-25-2009, 05:51 AM

dhbailey - The ability to read all of them isn't the point -- the desire to be able to select what to read next from a large library is one of the very appealing aspects of ebooks, which I agree with Sealbeater about.

When I go into a bookstore, I don't expect to be confronted with only 300 titles. I expect to be able select from thousands. And I don't expect to be told, "Wait, we'll get something you want from the warehouse. Just wait and we'll empty these 300 titles and give you 300 more to select from!"

When I am reading, sometimes I want to read a mystery, and sometimes I want to read a history and sometimes I want to read a biography and sometimes a music theory and sometimes a music history and sometimes a computer how-to and sometimes a humor book. And I quite often keep 4 or 5 books current at the same time. And I definitely like to go to my reference shelf (which isn't just a dictionary and thesaurus and atlas) and look things up.

And I am tired of the arguments "you can only read one book at a time, why do you need 4000?" or "Reading at 1 book a day, it would take you over 11 years to get through your 4000."

Do people who make such arguments really only keep a few books in their house at a time? Throwing out or giving away already-read books instead of leaving them on their bookshelves to re-read some day?

I have to agree with Sealbeater and dhbaily on this. I have a 32 gig i pod and there are only about7 gigs left of space on it, i could listen to the thing for about 20 odd days to hear all the songs. But depending on my mood I have a wide variety of music to hand to suit me at the time and like a few other people if I want to hear a particular song and don't have it i generaly download it and I have it for when i want it. It's the same with my reader. I don't have near the amount that sealbeater has but good for him! I had about 2000 'real' books at one point, the collection took up a full walk in closet and i used to spend quite a bit of time in there deciding what to read next and reveled in the fact that I had choice to hand. I have long since gotten rid of those books ( well not me but my ex) but the principle is the same with the reader, all your books in one place with plenty of variety to suit the mood you are in. whats wrong with that? I love my reader and love the fact that I can take my entire library with me where ever I go. I have over 600 books on mine and for those of you who say you can only read so much well each to their own I say! I have already read 8 books this month alone. yeah I am a voratious reader so what? some people are and some people aren't. This whole 'It's crazy to have so many books on a reader' is rubbish, that is what it is made for.

02-25-2009, 05:51 AM	#32
crash86 Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 19666 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Uk/USA Device: Kindle 3, K4 and PW 1st gen	dhbailey - The ability to read all of them isn't the point -- the desire to be able to select what to read next from a large library is one of the very appealing aspects of ebooks, which I agree with Sealbeater about. When I go into a bookstore, I don't expect to be confronted with only 300 titles. I expect to be able select from thousands. And I don't expect to be told, "Wait, we'll get something you want from the warehouse. Just wait and we'll empty these 300 titles and give you 300 more to select from!" When I am reading, sometimes I want to read a mystery, and sometimes I want to read a history and sometimes I want to read a biography and sometimes a music theory and sometimes a music history and sometimes a computer how-to and sometimes a humor book. And I quite often keep 4 or 5 books current at the same time. And I definitely like to go to my reference shelf (which isn't just a dictionary and thesaurus and atlas) and look things up. And I am tired of the arguments "you can only read one book at a time, why do you need 4000?" or "Reading at 1 book a day, it would take you over 11 years to get through your 4000." Do people who make such arguments really only keep a few books in their house at a time? Throwing out or giving away already-read books instead of leaving them on their bookshelves to re-read some day? I have to agree with Sealbeater and dhbaily on this. I have a 32 gig i pod and there are only about7 gigs left of space on it, i could listen to the thing for about 20 odd days to hear all the songs. But depending on my mood I have a wide variety of music to hand to suit me at the time and like a few other people if I want to hear a particular song and don't have it i generaly download it and I have it for when i want it. It's the same with my reader. I don't have near the amount that sealbeater has but good for him! I had about 2000 'real' books at one point, the collection took up a full walk in closet and i used to spend quite a bit of time in there deciding what to read next and reveled in the fact that I had choice to hand. I have long since gotten rid of those books ( well not me but my ex) but the principle is the same with the reader, all your books in one place with plenty of variety to suit the mood you are in. whats wrong with that? I love my reader and love the fact that I can take my entire library with me where ever I go. I have over 600 books on mine and for those of you who say you can only read so much well each to their own I say! I have already read 8 books this month alone. yeah I am a voratious reader so what? some people are and some people aren't. This whole 'It's crazy to have so many books on a reader' is rubbish, that is what it is made for.