Pew Research Center survey on American reading habits

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I'm talking about not having to lug a book around when I'm talking about portability. A phone, a coffee, and a book; or just a phone and a coffee. You don't have to be a heavy reader to see the advantage in that. If you read your ebooks on a phone, an ebook is inherently more portable. No matter how many you read in a year.

ok, just wanted to make sure.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I'm talking about not having to lug a book around when I'm talking about portability. A phone, a coffee, and a book; or just a phone and a coffee. You don't have to be a heavy reader to see the advantage in that. If you read your ebooks on a phone, an ebook is inherently more portable. No matter how many you read in a year.

Originally Posted by pwalker8

ok, just wanted to make sure.

Yes, I was thinking the same. To be able to use your books outside of your home is, IMO, more important to those that read a lot and want to utilize time away from home. Exception is textbooks, but that will depend on your school which is the preferable norm, does not necessarly depend on the individual student.

[cfrizz]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I don't think the portability factor is limited to avid readers (like those who frequent Mobileread) at all. I would think not having to lug a physical book around with you would appeal to many, many readers, regardless of the volume they read in a year. Portability doesn't have to mean "an entire library at your fingertips." It can simply mean, "I already have to carry my phone, why carry a physical book as well?" The desire to not be weighed down with physical books is quite "avidness agnostic" in my opinion.

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I'm talking about not having to lug a book around when I'm talking about portability. A phone, a coffee, and a book; or just a phone and a coffee. You don't have to be a heavy reader to see the advantage in that. If you read your ebooks on a phone, an ebook is inherently more portable. No matter how many you read in a year.

Bingo! This is what I mean by portability, the same happened with music. To be able to listen to music and/or read wherever you happen to be is a wonderful thing.

[Fiat_Lux]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

So it would seem that many who claim to prefer pbooks over ebooks, don't always prefer them enough to eschew the convenience of ebooks when it boils right down to it.

Until somebody develops a program that constructs a virtual backdrop consisting of virtual bookcases filled with the books in one's digital library, pbooks in book cases is going to the preferred format for those who are conscious of how their visual background affects the credibility of what they are saying, on skype, video, etc.


Amber

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux

Until somebody develops a program that constructs a virtual backdrop consisting of virtual bookcases filled with the books in one's digital library, pbooks in book cases is going to the preferred format for those who are conscious of how their visual background affects the credibility of what they are saying, on skype, video, etc.

I think we can safely ignore those twelve people, don't you?

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux

Until somebody develops a program that constructs a virtual backdrop consisting of virtual bookcases filled with the books in one's digital library, pbooks in book cases is going to the preferred format for those who are conscious of how their visual background affects the credibility of what they are saying, on skype, video, etc.

If you only want a bookcase full of classics for impressing others when they watch your video, then just use a green screen You can then put in any backdrop you want in post production of the video. If you want it for people on skype (live video), you can always use a roll-down screen or something.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

If you only want a bookcase full of classics for impressing others when they watch your video, then just use a green screen You can then put in any backdrop you want in post production of the video. If you want it for people on skype (live video), you can always use a roll-down screen or something.

True story. Way back in the late 70's, during the Brother's Hildenbrant book illustrations craze, I picked up a trade paper that had illustrations that looked like their style with a blurb "In the tradition of Tolkien", so naturally being a big Tolkien fan and not so cagey teenager, I bought it. When I got it home, it turned out to be a pretty nasty porn book. After about 20 pages of it, I tossed in in my garbage can. It was that bad. I was steamed. My mother pulled it out of the garbage can, thought it looked nice, so she put it in the bookcase of the living room. She had it there for about 10 years. I snickered every time I went into the living room and saw it. (of course I didn't tell her, I did say I was a teenager, didn't I?)

[Katsunami]

Well... Yeah. According to their website, the Brothers Hildebrandt do, or have done, that sort of art. So yeah, it *is* in the style of Tolkien, only in a ... different ... genre.

I wonder if they're still active. They're about as old as Gandalf was when he went to the Grey Havens (Just Kidding, in case you're close to 80 )

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Well... Yeah. According to their website, the Brothers Hildebrandt do, or have done, that sort of art. So yeah, it *is* in the style of Tolkien, only in a ... different ... genre.

I wonder if they're still active. They're about as old as Gandalf was when he went to the Grey Havens (Just Kidding, in case you're close to 80 )

I thought Gandalf was over 2k years old?

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

True story. Way back in the late 70's, during the Brother's Hildenbrant book illustrations craze, I picked up a trade paper that had illustrations that looked like their style with a blurb "In the tradition of Tolkien", so naturally being a big Tolkien fan and not so cagey teenager, I bought it. When I got it home, it turned out to be a pretty nasty porn book. After about 20 pages of it, I tossed in in my garbage can. It was that bad. I was steamed. My mother pulled it out of the garbage can, thought it looked nice, so she put it in the bookcase of the living room. She had it there for about 10 years. I snickered every time I went into the living room and saw it. (of course I didn't tell her, I did say I was a teenager, didn't I?)

Did your mother ever actually open the book?

Oh and on that topic, my grandmother bought me "The Anarchist Cookbook" because she thought it would be a neat edition to my cookbook collection. She saw it on a talk show.

[MikeB1972]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Did your mother ever actually open the book?

Oh and on that topic, my grandmother bought me "The Anarchist Cookbook" because she thought it would be a neat edition to my cookbook collection. She saw it on a talk show.

So you can now either make her a souffle or blow up her car depending on your mood

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Well... Yeah. According to their website, the Brothers Hildebrandt do, or have done, that sort of art. So yeah, it *is* in the style of Tolkien, only in a ... different ... genre.

I wonder if they're still active. They're about as old as Gandalf was when he went to the Grey Havens (Just Kidding, in case you're close to 80 )

No, I'm quite a bit younger than that.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Did your mother ever actually open the book?

Oh and on that topic, my grandmother bought me "The Anarchist Cookbook" because she thought it would be a neat edition to my cookbook collection. She saw it on a talk show.

No, she did not. She just liked the cover art, which wasn't pornographic (looked quite a bit like the original Sword of Shannara cover).

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Did your mother ever actually open the book?

Oh and on that topic, my grandmother bought me "The Anarchist Cookbook" because she thought it would be a neat edition to my cookbook collection. She saw it on a talk show.

Hopefully she doesn't get a visit from the Department of Homeland Security.

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

No, she did not. She just liked the cover art, which wasn't pornographic (looked quite a bit like the original Sword of Shannara cover).

I'm glad that more of the old fantasy novels are now being redone in much more serious covers I've actually opened a topic about that some time ago.