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Old 09-28-2009, 11:04 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114 View Post
I'm all for change--if it makes my life/work easier. If it doesn't, then I won't change. People happily moved from type writers to Word Processors as they were much easier to use, easier to edit, cut and paste stuff etc. etc.

For the environmental angle, I just don't care enough. I already try to conserve and I'm very good about recycling everything I can, so I'm not going to lose sleep over paper books, printing out PDFs etc. I keep most of them indefinitely after I mark them up, the ones I don't I'll give away (books) or recycle (printed PDFs). Add in that trees are a renewable resource and I'm just not that concerned.

So it will take e-versions that work as well or better for what I need to do in my work. Working in academia means being constantly busy and I'm not going to embrace any adaptations that make things clunkier and slower.

If I can mark them up just as easily as I can a paper book or article, flip through them quickly etc. then I'll give it a shot.

I have embraced the web and e-books for all my disposable reading--novels, magazines, newspapers etc. No need to waste paper on something I don't need to mark up and will never touch again.

Scholarly works related to my research I need to be able to mark up and keep on the bookshelf or in the file cabinet (printed journal articles) for easy access to marked passages, notes etc. throw the years as I do more research related to those topics etc.
Yes it is always easier to "get on board" once something has been perfected. I guess my hope was that since this is a forum where ebook enthusiasts exchange ideas that we would be the ones to set the example and take the first steps

Arthur O'Shaughnessy and Willy Wonka

We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams

In order to effect change there have to be a few brave and dedicated souls that are willing to blaze the way so that others will follow
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