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Originally Posted by JDK1962
Why Are Ebooks So Terrible?
2010 called, it wants its anti-ebook rant back.
Maybe someone will enjoy this. I found it an incredibly tedious pedantic diatribe by someone who can't seem to separate content from physical form, and thinks it novel (no pun intended) to point out that books on art, architecture, and design aren't well suited to ebook readers.
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Can't argue with any of your points. I think the writer's second sentence... "Maybe it's snobbery." ...pretty much sums up his attitude towards eBooks. And the whole article felt like someone trying to meet the minimum requirement for the number of words in their essay, especially the "history" of the printed book. Mostly just "filler."
That said, I've got nothing against those who like printed books (my daughter is one who won't read eBooks). That part of this rant (and most of the article) could have been summed up in one sentence. "I don't like eBooks because I like the way a printed book feels in my hands." That's understandable and direct. I also like the way a printed book feels in my hands, the heft of it, even the smell of ink and paper — but not enough to reject the convenience of eReaders.
What's really pathetic about this article is that it was published under the heading "Technology." But it was obvious that the writer had an extremely superficial knowledge of the subject. For him, it appears, there's only the Kindle and the iPad — nothing else seems to exist in this "technology writer's" world of eBook readers. What's more, it appears that he's only familiar with the Kindle DX. In his last paragraph he writes, "If you like ebooks, great. Enjoy your grey, dim screen in peace." And so he ends up cementing his own self-analysis, "maybe it's snobbery." It definitely looks like that's the case.