Chain-reading e-books? You could be an e-book addict - Page 3

speakingtohe · 08-05-2013, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg

There is a character, in one of my favorite books of all time, who has such a problem with excessive reading of paper books.

The novel is the 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, The Town.

No eBook is available, illustrating the thesis of the How Copyright Made Mid-Century Books Vanish thread.

So no paper books available either? It has truly vanished from the face of the earth?

There were no ebooks available before copyright or in the Mid-Century AFAIK.
Does this mean all of those books have vanished. Being a bit crotchety I know, but saying that no ebook exists does not mean the book itself has vanished.

Helen

theinfamousj · 08-05-2013, 10:48 PM

I am subscribed to the other thread and now this is all getting a bit meta for me. A discussion of the evils of copyright in two different threads! Yikes!

NickyWithNook · 08-06-2013, 08:01 AM

Of course the most ridiculous thing about this article is linking it to technology. If you are "addicted" to reading, then it's the words, not whether it's a book or ebook, that are feeding the addiction.

applesauce · 08-07-2013, 12:25 AM

Well I am in my zombie reading phase at the moment. It is driving me mad not being able to read at bedtime. It is like withdrawal, but I am a 1 book at a time person and find zombie books, even if they do not scare me reading them, have this terrible affect on my sleep. So I have to make sure i spend at least 30 minutes watching tv before bed, instead of snuggling up in bed with my book and falling asleep when I can not keep my eyes open.
As a child my father use to tell me to get my nose out of a book and into the sun. I use to be able to read through anything, dinner, tv, knitting, a conversation, you name it i read while doing it. These days with MS my brain doest handle it as well. I can read in a room with the tv on, most days, and still follow both, but that is about it.

applesauce

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08-05-2013, 10:48 PM	#32
theinfamousj Groupie Posts: 154 Karma: 2030000 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Glo (pink back)	I am subscribed to the other thread and now this is all getting a bit meta for me. A discussion of the evils of copyright in two different threads! Yikes!

08-06-2013, 08:01 AM	#33
NickyWithNook Guru Posts: 750 Karma: 3942770 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: American living in Australia Device: Kobo Libra Colour, Kindle Fire, Kindle Pwhite (Don't use Nook anymore)	Of course the most ridiculous thing about this article is linking it to technology. If you are "addicted" to reading, then it's the words, not whether it's a book or ebook, that are feeding the addiction.

08-07-2013, 12:25 AM	#34
applesauce Addict Posts: 387 Karma: 3553492 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle oasis	Well I am in my zombie reading phase at the moment. It is driving me mad not being able to read at bedtime. It is like withdrawal, but I am a 1 book at a time person and find zombie books, even if they do not scare me reading them, have this terrible affect on my sleep. So I have to make sure i spend at least 30 minutes watching tv before bed, instead of snuggling up in bed with my book and falling asleep when I can not keep my eyes open. As a child my father use to tell me to get my nose out of a book and into the sun. I use to be able to read through anything, dinner, tv, knitting, a conversation, you name it i read while doing it. These days with MS my brain doest handle it as well. I can read in a room with the tv on, most days, and still follow both, but that is about it. applesauce

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