Thread: "I Won't Read a Great Novel on an eReader"
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Old 06-16-2010, 09:42 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by BenLee View Post
“I do not want to read a great novel on an e-reader,” he said. “There is something about the experience of holding a book and reading it.”
There IS something positive to be said about reading a classic on paper. I love HarryT's Sherlock Holmes Omnibus on my 505, for example, but sometimes I like to lug out my big green cloth covered annotated editions. Why? Not sure. I guess for the same reasons that every now and then I like to hook up my old NES and play Ninja Gaiden. Sometimes the old formats just fit the way you want to experience them that day. Do I want to read the 45 pound gigantic, binding fraying, musty old book every day? Nope. Do I like to pull it off the shelf even just to flip the pages and look at the illustrations? You bet.
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