[troykm]

After my recent kindle 2 purchase, and owning another brand e reader for a few months, i think they are just the best thing since the iPhone! (i realize that e readers are older than iPhone, but not here in Australia)

the one thing i don't understand is when people say they like having a 'real book' with them, rather than an eBook.

when i first heard about the kindle being released in Australia, i immediately researched what it was, and then e readers in general and eBooks. I was sold on the spot. What a great idea, having all my books in one small device that replicates a real book page, is easy to read, no eye strain, files are tiny in size and the books are mostly cheaper than the paper version.

i must have one. upon getting my first reader (hanlin v3) i thought im never going back! indeed 3 months later i wanted to upgrade to the kindle 2, and so i did.

a friend of mine has told me the same things we have all heard, i like the feel of a real book, the way it smells (this one really makes me ill, books can smell really bad!) bla bla bla

surely, its not the container that the story is in, but the story its self that matters! it makes me laugh that she cant part with a real book, yet was happy to digitize her cd collections and dispose of the cd's. same thing different medium.

oh well, i think e readers will take over books as the main way of reading in the same way the ipod has changed music. (for most books anyway, i cant see looking at an atlas on a kindle)

just my thoughts

troykm