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Elfwreck · 10-12-2009, 02:44 PM

I wish the anti-ebook posts would focus on the *real* values that pbooks can offer but ebooks can't. Some of those might be fixed in the future, but for now--

It's hard to flip through an ebook and find "that page with the chart about swords."
Can't easily show off a selection of ebooks for someone else to read. For example, if a doctor's waiting room had half a dozen Sony Readers for patients, they'd have to scroll through lists, 10 books at a time, instead of viewing a whole rack at once.
Lack of image-based view makes it harder to remember & find books. (There's a reason we use pictures on covers & decorate spines of books, and use different fonts for the plain spines.)
Art books. Which has been discussed, and will continue to be a real concern.

There are ways that ebooks aren't as good as pbooks--but they have nothing to do with the smell of paper.

10-12-2009, 02:44 PM	#23
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	I wish the anti-ebook posts would focus on the real values that pbooks can offer but ebooks can't. Some of those might be fixed in the future, but for now-- It's hard to flip through an ebook and find "that page with the chart about swords." Can't easily show off a selection of ebooks for someone else to read. For example, if a doctor's waiting room had half a dozen Sony Readers for patients, they'd have to scroll through lists, 10 books at a time, instead of viewing a whole rack at once. Lack of image-based view makes it harder to remember & find books. (There's a reason we use pictures on covers & decorate spines of books, and use different fonts for the plain spines.) Art books. Which has been discussed, and will continue to be a real concern. There are ways that ebooks aren't as good as pbooks--but they have nothing to do with the smell of paper.