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Dr. Drib · 05-14-2023, 07:24 AM

Maybe it's just me, but I'm having difficulty understanding the concept of ebook readers. I own 512 ebooks, but I have only 181 Kindle Paperwhite ebook readers. I have them on the shelf next to my paperback books. The cost is very prohibitive: I can only afford to buy 4 Kindle paperwhites a month. I've therefore decided to drop every Paperwhite from my 7th floor apartment building, along with two or three paperback books. The one[s] that survive - that I can pick up and read after this experiment - will be the ones I keep.

To continue: I can actually have more than one novel in ONE paperback. In fact, I just located a wonderful paperback that has TWO novels in it: The Thief of Thoth - Lin Carter / Doomsman - Harlan Ellison. I also have about 30 paperback books from a company called ACE BOOKS. Simply turn your book upside down and then turn it over. Viola! You're now ready to read the other novel. (Try that with an ebook reader; that is, if you wish to stare at the back of your boring ebook reader.) I highly recommend ACE Books if it's new to you.

This guy Ellison is a wonderful up-and-coming author, and I predict he'll go far in handling any body of writing he wishes to engage in. Carter is a good writer, but he'll never be a J.R.R. Tolkien. (Tolkien is now so popular that TWO paperback companies publish his Lord of the Rings. I predict that one day, all three will be in one book. And why not? [Try doing that with a Paperwhite ebook reader!] By the way, two paperback publishers are doing the same thing with Edgar Rice Burroughs. If you haven't read these two guys, please give them a try.)

I hear numerous people complain the you can't read a paperback book in the dark. Well, who would want to? That's crazy! Nighttime is for sleeping and the day is for working. I never heard of a bed manufacturer making a bed for the sole purpose of reading. Such nonsense! A bed is a place to sleep on or to procreate as the need demands - and sometimes doing both activities at the same time. My wife tells me I do this all the time. And she's never wrong. Helloooo, here's a piece of news: Do people know what chairs are for?

Well, sorry for going on like this. (I think you people call it a rant. That's just my three cents.) I am, indeed, happy that I just discovered this community of readers, but I think I'll delete my account and wander into a room that has a chair (or couch) and read a book while holding a book. What a novel concept!

How do I contact a moderator?

05-14-2023, 07:24 AM	#328
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,512 Karma: 60119087 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Maybe it's just me, but I'm having difficulty understanding the concept of ebook readers. I own 512 ebooks, but I have only 181 Kindle Paperwhite ebook readers. I have them on the shelf next to my paperback books. The cost is very prohibitive: I can only afford to buy 4 Kindle paperwhites a month. I've therefore decided to drop every Paperwhite from my 7th floor apartment building, along with two or three paperback books. The one[s] that survive - that I can pick up and read after this experiment - will be the ones I keep. To continue: I can actually have more than one novel in ONE paperback. In fact, I just located a wonderful paperback that has TWO novels in it: The Thief of Thoth - Lin Carter / Doomsman - Harlan Ellison. I also have about 30 paperback books from a company called ACE BOOKS. Simply turn your book upside down and then turn it over. Viola! You're now ready to read the other novel. (Try that with an ebook reader; that is, if you wish to stare at the back of your boring ebook reader.) I highly recommend ACE Books if it's new to you. This guy Ellison is a wonderful up-and-coming author, and I predict he'll go far in handling any body of writing he wishes to engage in. Carter is a good writer, but he'll never be a J.R.R. Tolkien. (Tolkien is now so popular that TWO paperback companies publish his Lord of the Rings. I predict that one day, all three will be in one book. And why not? [Try doing that with a Paperwhite ebook reader!] By the way, two paperback publishers are doing the same thing with Edgar Rice Burroughs. If you haven't read these two guys, please give them a try.) I hear numerous people complain the you can't read a paperback book in the dark. Well, who would want to? That's crazy! Nighttime is for sleeping and the day is for working. I never heard of a bed manufacturer making a bed for the sole purpose of reading. Such nonsense! A bed is a place to sleep on or to procreate as the need demands - and sometimes doing both activities at the same time. My wife tells me I do this all the time. And she's never wrong. Helloooo, here's a piece of news: Do people know what chairs are for? Well, sorry for going on like this. (I think you people call it a rant. That's just my three cents.) I am, indeed, happy that I just discovered this community of readers, but I think I'll delete my account and wander into a room that has a chair (or couch) and read a book while holding a book. What a novel concept! How do I contact a moderator? Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Dr. Drib; 05-14-2023 at 08:58 AM.