Wow Hardback books are HUGE!! - Page 3

emellaich · 12-14-2010, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Care

I have had people ask me if my Nook was an iPad. It is so funny because the Nook doesn't resemble an iPad at all. I explain what a ereader is and some people know, but most don't get it.

I have more and more people ask me about my Kindle and I stop and have a conversation with them. However, I still get quite a few people pointing at my Kindle and asking if its an iPad.

I just don't know how to answer them. I have an iPad too, so that's not the problem. I find it hard to believe they are real readers and yet they don't know what an ebook reader looks like. On the other hand, they aren't very much into iPads if they think this Kindle is one. I may be unfair, but I conclude that they are iPod fanbois who have heard of the iPad and know it must be cool because its from Apple -- not people who really care about the things that an iPad (or a Kindle) can do.

avantman42 · 12-14-2010, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by =X=

@dwig/wallcraft: Good points, it does make sense hardbacks and novels getting bigger. The bigger a volume is the more they can charge for it. Even though the real value is the content, I think intrinsically people can't help but evaluate worth by size.

When I was a student there was a second-hand bookshop in Sheffield that sold books by weight. There were scales dotted around the store so you could check how much any book would cost.

DMcCunney · 12-14-2010, 12:13 PM

I have about 4.000 ebooks on my device, and likely a similar number of paper volumes. (The ebooks are easier to count. The pbooks are on shelves, in boxes, and in an offsite storage facility.)

For me, ebooks are an additional format, and not necessarily a replacement for print. I have some books in both formats.

I'm also one of those folks that buys hardcovers (with the latest the new Wheel of Time novel, acquired with an Amazon credit.) But I don't generally carry them around - that's what the ebooks are for - and I don't try to read them in bed, so the issues other folks here raise don't bite me.

I also don't get questions about my device, since I use a PDA, and people probably assume it's a smartphone and I'm playing a game.

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Dennis

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12-14-2010, 12:13 PM	#33
DMcCunney New York Editor Posts: 6,384 Karma: 16540415 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7	I have about 4.000 ebooks on my device, and likely a similar number of paper volumes. (The ebooks are easier to count. The pbooks are on shelves, in boxes, and in an offsite storage facility.) For me, ebooks are an additional format, and not necessarily a replacement for print. I have some books in both formats. I'm also one of those folks that buys hardcovers (with the latest the new Wheel of Time novel, acquired with an Amazon credit.) But I don't generally carry them around - that's what the ebooks are for - and I don't try to read them in bed, so the issues other folks here raise don't bite me. I also don't get questions about my device, since I use a PDA, and people probably assume it's a smartphone and I'm playing a game. ______ Dennis

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