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Old 03-13-2017, 09:23 PM   #31
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Old 03-13-2017, 09:49 PM   #32
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Actually, amazon already sells these via gadgets built into phone cases. . . Who knows, maybe ereader cases will follow this trend.

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  • Polycarbonate casing
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Old 03-13-2017, 09:55 PM   #33
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Actually I meant the meatloaf falls apart.
I assumed that but wanted to be snarky.

It seemed to match the tone of this thread.

/Loves me some meatloaf.
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Old 03-13-2017, 11:15 PM   #34
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I assumed that but wanted to be snarky.

It seemed to match the tone of this thread.

/Loves me some meatloaf.
I laughed at your post. I once made some rolls that would break a kindle. I have since learned there is a difference between a warm spot and a hot place.

If you want my meat-fall-apart, you have an open invitation.

Now for an advantage of an ebook, at least someone can't cover part of a recipe with big X labels. Just saw that one in a used cookbook I bought the other day.
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Old 03-15-2017, 03:13 PM   #35
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When these discussions come up, I always wonder what it was like back in the day when they were transitioning from scrolls to bound books.

Where there people that would get all nostalgic and say that a real "story" was one you read on a scroll versus one you turned via pages?
Good point. A similar thing probably happened when books went from being primarily handwritten by monks to printed by a printing press. Aristocratic kids probably preferred handwritten books. For example, when a Mom asked her kids if they have finished reading their books they could respond.

"No, Mom, the monks in the back say it will take another 10 years to finish the book you asked them to copy"

After the invention of the printing press kids had to come up with other excuses not to read books.
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Old 03-15-2017, 03:22 PM   #36
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I think we went downhill when we went from stone tablets to scrolls.
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Old 03-15-2017, 03:27 PM   #37
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I think we went downhill when we went from stone tablets to scrolls.
Stone tablets were definitely more secure (much harder to steal and carry off), and fire proof to boot.
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Old 03-15-2017, 04:00 PM   #38
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Stone tablets were definitely more secure (much harder to steal and carry off), and fire proof to boot.
But when you dropped one, you'd better hope it wasn't on your toes, and that it didn't shatter.

Also, I hope the one you wanted was not on the top shelf.
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But when you dropped one, you'd better hope it wasn't on your toes, and that it didn't shatter.

Also, I hope the one you wanted was not on the top shelf.
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=nXeTsWGPT0w

Even that far back, publishers were windowing releases; doing the hardcovers in stone a decade before the cheaper clay tablets.
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https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=nXeTsWGPT0w

Even that far back, publishers were windowing releases; doing the hardcovers in stone a decade before the cheaper clay tablets.
Let's try that link again: https://youtu.be/nXeTsWGPT0w

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Old 03-16-2017, 07:38 AM   #41
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Why the links to YouTube when it's easy enough to embed the video?
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Old 03-16-2017, 08:34 AM   #42
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Scrolls didn't require all that pesky page turning. Why did we move on from scrolls?
Because a scroll is a "serial access" medium - in order to read a page near the end of the scroll, you have to scroll through the whole thing to get there. The "random access" nature of the codex (book) format was the main reason it replaced scrolls.

Once you've finished reading it, you also have to rewind it before someone else can read it. Several Roman authors lamented the rudeness of readers who neglected to rewind their scrolls for the next reader.
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Once you've finished reading it, you also have to rewind it before someone else can read it. Several Roman authors lamented the rudeness of readers who neglected to rewind their scrolls for the next reader.
Blockbuster used to be a pain about that too
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I think an ereader would float marginally longer than a book.
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Because a scroll is a "serial access" medium - in order to read a page near the end of the scroll, you have to scroll through the whole thing to get there. The "random access" nature of the codex (book) format was the main reason it replaced scrolls.

Once you've finished reading it, you also have to rewind it before someone else can read it. Several Roman authors lamented the rudeness of readers who neglected to rewind their scrolls for the next reader.
Welcome back Harry!

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