Those "I just like the feel of a book in my hand" people

[Esquire1]

Originally Posted by balok

I've found that I'm more efficient in legal research when using real books. In fact, as a young lawyer, I definitely think I have an edge over other lawyers my age who favour electronic tools and neglect printed volumes.

No. Wow.

Originally Posted by balok

I don't see how an ebook reader could be of use to a lawyer, except possibly for reading entire treatises or long cases.

Also no. Start thinking outside your box of eight page cases. Medical studies, journal articles, new legislation, etc., etc.

More importantly, lawyers are people. And plenty of people like to read leisurely

[OakIris]

Originally Posted by Lynk

.....One of the reasons I bought my ereader is because I need to clear out 'stuff', having just had a 2nd child, there is no longer room to store things that don't get used on a regular basis. I have decided novels are going, I will still have heaps of pbooks from my travels, plus other books which would not be available on my ereader. So for me the main reason for the switch is to minimise, but for me I am going through a stage of doing this with everything not just books.

The "minimize" thing is one of my main reasons for going to an eReader (plus I couldn't resist having such a potentially useful gadget.) My house is just too small for all of the "stuff" I seem to collect. Which "beloved" object to get rid of is the problem, especially the books, but I'm gong to have to be brave.

Originally Posted by Lynk

Only having had my ereader for less then a week,... sometimes after turning the page I will look at the left side of the case to start reading, old habits die hard.

lol. Just received my Kindle yesterday and I don't get my cover until next week; once I have the cover, I can see myself doing this, too!

Holly

[Ea]

Originally Posted by Lynk

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Only having had my ereader for less then a week, I can say I am currently loving the ease of using it, sometimes after turning the page I will look at the left side of the case to start reading, old habits die hard.

Just wait until you start picking at the upper corner to try to turn a page

[CazMar]

I love my books, especially the old ones, and I would not be happy getting rid of them. But when I want to read, as opposed to lovingly examine my books, give me an e-ink screen any time! I see ebooks as a replacement for the paperback (and the pages don't fall out!) not as a replacement for a beautifully made high quality book. So perhaps the makers of quality products are going to see a lift in sales, the paperback factories might consider changing to other products (that stuff you use in the bathroom?)
As for reading ease, with my very overstressed hands (the downside of being a musician) I have to love the light, one hand reading electronic devices - no more cramps and numb fingers.

[J. Strnad]

Books can be very telling. I met a woman recently, she was very nice, we talked about our favorite dogs and had a pleasant time.

The only problem is that I am 1) an atheist, and 2) a left-wing liberal. The fact that she was watching Glenn Beck when I entered and that every single one of her dozens of books was about the Bible told me that we had better not talk about anything except dogs!

[jgumphress]

My Pastor is one of those guys who, when he heard me say I was getting a Kindle, said he had to have the feel of a book. The electronic gadgets just don't feel right. Then when I showed up at the Men's meeting at his house he wanted to see it. Afted only a couple of minutes he lit up like a kid on Christmas morning and now can't wait to get his.

[IntegrityWolf]

I've gotten those comments before. I've also been told that I'm being "excessive" for having a Kindle when I could just buy a book. "lol wat?" I've found that I'm spending less on ebooks that I have on physical books, including the shipping and all.

[Teyrnon]

Originally Posted by IntegrityWolf

I've gotten those comments before. I've also been told that I'm being "excessive" for having a Kindle when I could just buy a book. "lol wat?" I've found that I'm spending less on ebooks that I have on physical books, including the shipping and all.

I suspect people who say things like that aren't heavy readers and probably only purchase a book or two once in a blue moon.

[IntegrityWolf]

Originally Posted by Teyrnon

I suspect people who say things like that aren't heavy readers and probably only purchase a book or two once in a blue moon.

Most likely.

The ones who say I'm being "excessive" (sort of implying wasteful) also don't understand the other things I place on my Kindle BESIDES books...I do a lot of reading for classes, lots of 30+ research papers in pdfs. Instead of wasting all that paper (killing trees) I just email myself the PDF file and then take it to class. It's much easier and green too.

I do this with all of my school documents that i need to read/look up stuff so I don't have to print it out.

[fairy_dreams]

Get them this cover!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/39386158...-inside-a-real

[RDaneel54]

Originally Posted by fairy_dreams

Get them this cover!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/39386158...-inside-a-real

That is just plain funny. Amazing what people think of.

[jlmwrite]

I grew up addicted to reading. I physically cannot pass by the book aisle at the grocery store without pausing to look and see what's new. Walking thru B&N or Borders is to me like a kid walking into a candy store. And libraries still have a feeling of a holy place. I love books! The cover art beckons to me, the smell of new books is just shy of an aphrodesiac, and cracking the binding of a new book for the first time is a feel as familiar to me as breathing. I've spent unholy amounts of money on books, even when I was a starving undergrad student lo those many years ago. Books fill a hunger in my soul the way food feeds my body.

I have a collection of rather rare books from a family collection, some dating back to the late 1800s and many bound in a fashion that would never be economically feasible today. Nothing can replace them; it's the physical book itself that has sentimental value rather than the contents. (Two of my Masonic books, for instance, I also own in reproduction trade paperback so I have the content available -- it's the fact that my greatgrandfather had the original volumes presented to him by his lodge with inscriptions written in longhand inside the cover and that his notations are liberally sprinked across the heavy paper which make those books so valuable to me.)

There will always be a place in my heart for pbooks, but discovering MobiPocket last year for my smartphone and now my Kindle 3 have completely changed my reading style. Instead of keeping 5 or 6 paperbacks and a couple of medical journals in strategic places (briefcase, desk at work, car console, bedside nightstand, and master bathroom) I can keep 'em all on my Kindle. And now that I have the Kindle and my smartphone I really don't have the need to keep a handful of books open simultaneously.

Even better, the missus doesn't make pointed remarks each time I come home with a stack of mass paperbacks to feed my addiction. With a bit of luck she'll never realize just how many ebooks I'm buying.

I'm a year or so into ebooks now, and since aquiring my Kindle 3 a few weeks ago I've purchased <actual number redacted in case the missus reads over my shoulder> ebooks from Amazon. It's strange, however, making myself not buy pbooks now but to go home emptyhanded and buy the ebook(s) instead.

Oh -- the good folks at my local used book emporium sent us a sympathy card the other day, assuming that I must have met with a chronic illness or tragic accident. I've not had the heart to tell those good folks I no longer have an armful of books to trade.

[thrawn_aj]

Making a virtue out of necessity is the essence of being human. I understand "those people" (having being one myself when ebooks were not a viable choice), even empathize. Someday, when paper books have gone the way of cuneiform tablets, these are the people who will erect museums to paper books. I love museums .

[CW Johnson]

I know this is going to sound weird coming from the author of two eBooks and two serialized Podiobooks, but I'm having a hard time paying 10 bucks for an eBook when I could add a physical book to my library for only a few dollars more. I think a bookcase full of books is a classy piece of furniture in any home.

Http://sonofman1.com

[CW Johnson]

Originally Posted by J. Strnad

Books can be very telling. I met a woman recently, she was very nice, we talked about our favorite dogs and had a pleasant time.

The only problem is that I am 1) an atheist, and 2) a left-wing liberal. The fact that she was watching Glenn Beck when I entered and that every single one of her dozens of books was about the Bible told me that we had better not talk about anything except dogs!

See, here is the problem with that, something you should consider since you are obviously promoting your book. First: why would you care about what the woman was reading and listening to and second: you may have very well lost a couple of sales because you did. My question to you is this: Do you want to sell books, or do you want to express a personal bios that could easily alienate potential customers? But then again, maybe you don't want to sell your book to people who listen to Glen Beck and read bible stories?

http://sonofman1.com