Thread: But You Can't Read an Ebook in the Bath
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Old 10-13-2009, 10:52 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by neilmarr View Post
The next time I read some smug newspaper columnist, show-off blogger, reading/writing forum correspondent, friend, neighbour or relative tell me "but you can't read an ebook in the bath", I swear I will draw back my first and smack him in the nose (even if the him is a her).
HuffPo commenter TazoWolf doesn't agree that you can't read an eBook in the bath. View her post here. (Wait for the page to autoscroll to her comment.) I have a lame comment afterward which you are free to ignore. (Most folks do.)

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Originally Posted by Gaurnim View Post
No, next time you mention AquaPac and stuff like that that really allow you to read in bath without any fear for your device even if you drop it in the water ...
I'll have to check into the AquaPac products. Thanks for mentioning this.

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Originally Posted by Gaurnim View Post
... Ever tried to turn pages on a pbook inside a waterproff bag ? ...
Good point!

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Originally Posted by neilmarr View Post
Yeah ... Slite ... the smell of books. Try a soft leather cover for your reader and you get the look, the feel AND the smell of the highest quality hardback possible (and you don't need two hands to hold it) ...
And if you leave the cover out in the rain in a corner of the garden for a couple of weeks before using it, you get the smell of old books!

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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
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-- ...[*]Can't easily show off a selection of ebooks for someone else to read ...
Can't argue with that point. A bookcase that contains only an eReader doesn't exactly impress the friends, neighbors, and guests with one's intellectual prowess, does it?
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