Can't get away from paper books

KenJackson · 08-17-2011, 08:26 PM

I received a couple of good books as gifts that I've been wading through. Paper, of course. It's hard to convince people to give ebooks as gifts because that gives nothing to unwrap.

And now Borders is going, going, almost gone, so I ran over tonight and bought 6 books at a big discount. Paper, of course.

And it's not like I don't have unread paper books from last Christmas and some others I bought here and there.

It's my goal to stop reading paper at all and read everything on my Sony Reader. But it's been a while since I even turned it on. And it might be a while until I get back to it.

Oh, well. At least I have lots of good stuff to read.

Ron. · 08-17-2011, 08:51 PM

you could always take up book scanning, scan them and turn them into epubs.

CazMar · 08-17-2011, 09:34 PM

I am an avid ebook reader, but I still find a paper book enticing if it is something I particularly want and is on special, a rare 2nd hand find or something beautifully illustrated.
As for gifts, can you persuade family members to buy a fancy cover for your ebook reader or something similar? After the failure of Borders I am very wary about gift cards - I only escaped losing mine because of the warning I got via this site (and a very quick "buying spree" to spend it all before the crash!). As it was a very special gift and designed to keep me in books for a whole year you can imagine how upsetting it would have been to lose this!

xg4bx · 08-18-2011, 12:37 AM

i plan on asking for hard copies of certain books for christmas/b-days. for my day to day reading i have become utterly addicted to ebooks and i was a hardcore hater up until i got my kindle.

i think the price differences alone made getting over my love of the smell/feel of paper very easy. i'll take the ability to get 5 books for the price of one over a nice smell any day lol. and the hard copies that i do want are stuff that i read in e format and would like a nice copy of. other than the book club i belong to and the aforementioned special occassions, i think my days of actively seeking out print are over.

apbschmitz · 08-18-2011, 12:58 AM

I prefer my Kindle, even if the screen is frozen at the moment. But the price of books at the library (zero), means that I'm still doing most of my reading in paper. The library loans ebooks, but only has one copy of each book available at a time. Meaning that just about everything is usually checked out.

carld · 08-18-2011, 03:44 AM

I'm a huge ebook advocate, and I just bought two books in paper --The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten and Forgotten English: A Merry Guide to Antiquated Words, Packed with History, Fun Facts, Literary Excerpts, and Charming Drawings. They were $0.01 + $3.99 shipping each. The first one is $14 for the Kindle version ($2 more than paper!), and the second isn't available as an ebook.

Hopefully the print won't be too small to read.

banjobama · 08-18-2011, 03:50 AM

I've pretty much stopped buying paper books but I still read paper library books. I have like, 200 unread books on my reader so my motivation to buy any more books is alarmingly low.

feenix1363 · 08-19-2011, 06:28 AM

I love my Ereaders (moon+ on my phone, Kindle app on my PC, audio books in the car and, of course, my Sony PRS 600) but there is still a place in my life for paper-books.

Specialist publications (watchmaking in my case) always benefit imho from being able to flick back and fore.

wyndslash · 08-19-2011, 07:35 AM

i still love paperbooks, especially a beautiful hardback

jersysman · 08-19-2011, 08:27 AM

I was an avid hardback reader (bought mostly from Amazon, Half.com, and ebay), but since I have gotten my Nook, I've bought only ebooks. While I still like to sit in the family room and look at the various bookcases, I can just turn on my Nook and have access to the 100s of books I have already purchased (lots of freebies). I also am a member of the Free Library of Philadelphia and have become spoiled there. The only paper book I will be getting are the few subscriptions I have for my aquarium magazines. I just don't like reading a magazine on an ereader yet.

FlorenceArt · 08-19-2011, 08:45 AM

I'm not picky, I'll read anything if it's good.

I try to avoid buying paper book but I borrow them from the library or from my mother, who reads a lot. I'll buy a book if I really want it and can't find in in e-form, or sometimes just on a whim. Not so long ago I bought a paper version of a public domain book I already had for free on my Opus. But that was a special case, the book is about art history and the photos/reproductions are a big part of it.

Mjaydakid · 08-19-2011, 09:07 AM

Its the pretty pictures on the covers... Everytime I pass by the dead tree book aisle, I am distracted by the pretty pictures. In an effort to clean house, I choose not to purchase them, but its difficult to resiste the pretty pictures...

RainingLemur · 08-19-2011, 10:10 AM

Although I prefer the ereading anymore...I still find myself picking up paper books from time to time.

Skibble · 08-19-2011, 11:24 AM

I love my Sony, but I will continue to buy paper books whenever I find something tasty that:

Is in good condition and was made prior to 1900 (old book collectors = love)
Looks enticingly beautiful and durable (I'm a sucker for leather-bound classics)
Uses many illustrations (especially books about art)
Is unavailable in digital form (of course)

I don't see myself stopping anytime soon. To me, the Sony is there for portability and the archiving of works I don't have or want in hard copy -- it's not a replacement for all books.

Pomtroll · 08-19-2011, 11:59 AM

:I still get p-books now & then. A lot of times my book club chooses books that are not available in e-book

so I have to get the p-book version.

08-17-2011, 08:26 PM	#1
KenJackson Addict Posts: 256 Karma: 112042 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Maryland, USA Device: Sony PRS-650	Can't get away from paper books I received a couple of good books as gifts that I've been wading through. Paper, of course. It's hard to convince people to give ebooks as gifts because that gives nothing to unwrap. And now Borders is going, going, almost gone, so I ran over tonight and bought 6 books at a big discount. Paper, of course. And it's not like I don't have unread paper books from last Christmas and some others I bought here and there. It's my goal to stop reading paper at all and read everything on my Sony Reader. But it's been a while since I even turned it on. And it might be a while until I get back to it. Oh, well. At least I have lots of good stuff to read.

08-18-2011, 03:44 AM	#6
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I'm a huge ebook advocate, and I just bought two books in paper --The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten and Forgotten English: A Merry Guide to Antiquated Words, Packed with History, Fun Facts, Literary Excerpts, and Charming Drawings. They were $0.01 + $3.99 shipping each. The first one is $14 for the Kindle version ($2 more than paper!), and the second isn't available as an ebook. Hopefully the print won't be too small to read. Last edited by carld; 08-18-2011 at 03:46 AM.

08-19-2011, 11:24 AM	#14
Skibble Runs With Scissors Posts: 115 Karma: 1173596 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Device: Kindle Voyage	I love my Sony, but I will continue to buy paper books whenever I find something tasty that: Is in good condition and was made prior to 1900 (old book collectors = love) Looks enticingly beautiful and durable (I'm a sucker for leather-bound classics) Uses many illustrations (especially books about art) Is unavailable in digital form (of course) I don't see myself stopping anytime soon. To me, the Sony is there for portability and the archiving of works I don't have or want in hard copy -- it's not a replacement for all books.

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08-17-2011, 08:51 PM	#2
Ron. Evangelist Posts: 448 Karma: 864744 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle 3, LookBook, Nook Simple Touch	you could always take up book scanning, scan them and turn them into epubs.

08-17-2011, 09:34 PM	#3
CazMar Book Geek Posts: 596 Karma: 1499085 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Adelaide, Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Asus MemPad 7" tablet, Nexus 5, Asus 10" tablet	I am an avid ebook reader, but I still find a paper book enticing if it is something I particularly want and is on special, a rare 2nd hand find or something beautifully illustrated. As for gifts, can you persuade family members to buy a fancy cover for your ebook reader or something similar? After the failure of Borders I am very wary about gift cards - I only escaped losing mine because of the warning I got via this site (and a very quick "buying spree" to spend it all before the crash!). As it was a very special gift and designed to keep me in books for a whole year you can imagine how upsetting it would have been to lose this!

08-18-2011, 12:37 AM	#4
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	i plan on asking for hard copies of certain books for christmas/b-days. for my day to day reading i have become utterly addicted to ebooks and i was a hardcore hater up until i got my kindle. i think the price differences alone made getting over my love of the smell/feel of paper very easy. i'll take the ability to get 5 books for the price of one over a nice smell any day lol. and the hard copies that i do want are stuff that i read in e format and would like a nice copy of. other than the book club i belong to and the aforementioned special occassions, i think my days of actively seeking out print are over.

08-18-2011, 12:58 AM	#5
apbschmitz Lord of Frogtown Posts: 149 Karma: 1154748 Join Date: May 2011 Location: St. Paul MN Device: Kindle	I prefer my Kindle, even if the screen is frozen at the moment. But the price of books at the library (zero), means that I'm still doing most of my reading in paper. The library loans ebooks, but only has one copy of each book available at a time. Meaning that just about everything is usually checked out.

08-18-2011, 03:50 AM	#7
banjobama Busy Read'n Posts: 980 Karma: 5039283 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Auburn, WA Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux 5	I've pretty much stopped buying paper books but I still read paper library books. I have like, 200 unread books on my reader so my motivation to buy any more books is alarmingly low.

08-19-2011, 06:28 AM	#8
feenix1363 Lost and clueless Posts: 194 Karma: 233336 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Glo, Kindle for Andriod, Kobo for Android	I love my Ereaders (moon+ on my phone, Kindle app on my PC, audio books in the car and, of course, my Sony PRS 600) but there is still a place in my life for paper-books. Specialist publications (watchmaking in my case) always benefit imho from being able to flick back and fore.

08-19-2011, 07:35 AM	#9
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	i still love paperbooks, especially a beautiful hardback

08-19-2011, 08:27 AM	#10
jersysman Wizard Posts: 1,747 Karma: 3761220 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Device: T1 Red, Kindle Fire, Kindle PW, PW2, Nook HD+, Kobo Mini, Aura HD	I was an avid hardback reader (bought mostly from Amazon, Half.com, and ebay), but since I have gotten my Nook, I've bought only ebooks. While I still like to sit in the family room and look at the various bookcases, I can just turn on my Nook and have access to the 100s of books I have already purchased (lots of freebies). I also am a member of the Free Library of Philadelphia and have become spoiled there. The only paper book I will be getting are the few subscriptions I have for my aquarium magazines. I just don't like reading a magazine on an ereader yet.

08-19-2011, 08:45 AM	#11
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	I'm not picky, I'll read anything if it's good. I try to avoid buying paper book but I borrow them from the library or from my mother, who reads a lot. I'll buy a book if I really want it and can't find in in e-form, or sometimes just on a whim. Not so long ago I bought a paper version of a public domain book I already had for free on my Opus. But that was a special case, the book is about art history and the photos/reproductions are a big part of it.

08-19-2011, 09:07 AM	#12
Mjaydakid Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10124 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Mississippi Device: Kindle 3	Its the pretty pictures on the covers... Everytime I pass by the dead tree book aisle, I am distracted by the pretty pictures. In an effort to clean house, I choose not to purchase them, but its difficult to resiste the pretty pictures...

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08-19-2011, 10:10 AM	#13
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	Although I prefer the ereading anymore...I still find myself picking up paper books from time to time.

08-19-2011, 11:59 AM	#15
Pomtroll Guru Posts: 822 Karma: 1341819 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minnesota USA Device: Sony 350, Sony T1, Kindle Touch, Kindle PW1	:I still get p-books now & then. A lot of times my book club chooses books that are not available in e-book so I have to get the p-book version.