The Vent and Rant Thread

[orlok]

Originally Posted by dreams

I was just ranting about the same thing.

Me too . I agree with everything Tom said, having just read my first pbook for a while, particularly the font size thing. I find at night in bed my eyes tend to tear up a bit, and I find reading harder. Being able to adjust font size makes all the difference, as I find squinting and having to reread sentences rather breaks to flow of the narrative.

[desertblues]

(I'll put some wood on the fire in this discussion......)

I partly agree with Tom Sharpe and Orlok, but for other reasons I think.
Being on the road a few months a year, I cannot and will not take physical books with me as they are too heavy. Since 5 years I put my reading on an ereader.

But I buy lots of physical books as well. This 'bad weather sunday' (snow again ) I'm happily sitting at my kitchen table with a cup of coffee and surrounded by books. I buy them secondhand or new; this month's:
Mapping the Silk Road and beyond. Kenneth Nebenzahl
Uzbekistan, the golden road to Samarkand. Calum Mc.Leod
Xinjiang, China's Central Asia. Jeremy Trednick
Bejing Walks, exploring the heritage. Don J.Cohn
Great Wall of China, Beijing and Northern China. Tammy Evans
Asia Overland, tales of travel on the Trans-Siberian& Silk Road. Bijan Amrani
Lonely Planet China and Lonely Planet Central-Asia

I buy both kinds of books, for different reasons. I wouldn't like to have a travel guide on my ereader/iPad. I like exploring, browsing in books, looking at the pictures, going in the bookshops to see what's new. I collect ancient books as well.

I am a kind of omnivore in reading, so I don't mind bad formatting of ebooks...I just read on....and I don't mind bad light or such.
These days I feel that I have the best of both, especially since I won an ereader in the MR-wintercontest and yes Tom, I have an beautiful (Oberon)cover for it.

[BenG]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Any unfamiliar word must be looked up in a separate dictionary, and any foreign phrase requires the consultation (for those of us who speak English exclusively) of a foreign-language to English dictionary if we're to understand what's being said. And they're so damned heavy! And the pages stick together.

Nonsense! You can look up both on your iPhone.

[wodin]

The only advantage I've found with pbooks is the ability to buy used/out of print ones.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by wodin

The only advantage I've found with pbooks is the ability to buy used/out of print ones.

Plus it is very easy to loan to a friend; no pesky DRM to worry about.

[Stitchawl]

Ever try to prop up a tippy table leg with an e-reader?


Stitchawl

[Freeshadow]

That's what phone books are made for.

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by BenG

I came back from North Carolina with some sort of bug. It must be going around down there. (By the way, in a couple of weeks I could change my name to BenG_nc.)

Just saw this post -- welcome to NC! The home of the epidemic flu bug that won't die! Bring plenty of Kleen-Ex and prepare for endless fevers!

sort of

[ProfCrash]

I have discovered the glory that is the Boogie Wipe. Saline moistened kleenex. Great for the baby but great for Mommy as well.

[Stitchawl]

We've been fans of "Lotion Tissue" brand of tissues ever since I thought my nose was going to fall off due to sneezing and blowing. A little more expensive than the dry tissue, but oh so soft and gentle on this old nose... I don't know just what the moisturizer is in these things, but it's worth its weight in gold!


Stitchawl

[ProfCrash]

The Boogie Wipes put the lotion Kleenex to shame

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

The Boogie Wipes put the lotion Kleenex to shame

I've read somewehere they use them in the Army......?

[HomeInMyShoes]

Why does the 'chat now' annoying fake person on sales sites always show up when you don't want to, but then when you do, they are suspiciously absent?

[BenG]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Just saw this post -- welcome to NC! The home of the epidemic flu bug that won't die! Bring plenty of Kleen-Ex and prepare for endless fevers!

sort of

Thanks. I'll be in Greensboro by the end of the month.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I have discovered the glory that is the Boogie Wipe. Saline moistened kleenex. Great for the baby but great for Mommy as well.

I like the "Preparation H" brand!