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Originally Posted by rcentros
Not quite the same thing for me. I like eBooks because they're cheap (the ones I buy anyhow) and plentiful, but finding a specific book in a used book store is just a more tangible (and enjoyable) experience, for me anyhow. Especially when you find an old book that was printed with a letter press. You can almost "feel" the words.
I buy eBooks for my father and lately he's been wanting me to find the the "real" books for him. I'm the only one in my family who really likes eBooks, but I've found some printed books recently and I'm beginning to realize how much I enjoyed them. I'm not going away from eBooks, but their may be more printed books in the mix soon.
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For me, I started on eBooks because I thought the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight was neat. But once I had one and read on it for less than a day, I realized I likely wouldn't be buying any more paper books.
I have nothing against paper. But I have something like 10 Ikea Billy bookcases around the house, stuffed to the gills and am not looking forward to moving them. And when I have the same book on my reader or in paper, I invariably read on my reader. It's just easier to haul around.
I don't have the nostalgia for old books everyone else seems to have. Dust and rotting pulp would not be my cologne of choice. And not every book I have was inscribed with a delightful note from my dear aged grandmother or English professor or both. Whenever I hear that hoary old anecdote I just think 'jeeze, have none of these people ever picked up a cheap Louis L'Amour/Stephen King/John Grisham/James Patterson paperback at the Hudson bookstore in the airport?'
I really need to donate/toss some (many) of my paper books.
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...finding a specific book in a used book store is just a more tangible (and enjoyable) experience, for me anyhow.
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See, when I read about some forgotten old horror novel on the
Too Much Horror Fiction blog and then go to Amazon and see that it has been made available as an ebook, it makes me very happy. Often, it is not available. But as time goes on, more and more stuff is returning to 'print'.