What I miss from the pBooks - Page 4

GeoffC · 07-13-2008, 08:44 AM

...pbooks have no battery to run out!!!!

nekokami · 07-13-2008, 11:31 AM

Oh, I'm great at guilt. I feel guilty when I use a local bookstore as a way to look at books and then buy them (as ebooks or pbooks) online. The exception would be if I look at them at B&N and then buy them from B&N, I suppose, but that doesn't happen very often.

I miss being surrounded by my books. It was a very cozy feeling. But I don't have room in my current house, so at least with ebooks I can still read them.

pshrynk · 07-13-2008, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

...pbooks have no battery to run out!!!!

Too true!

slayda · 07-13-2008, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

And, I actually stand there in the bookstore, check to see if it is available on the Kindle, and download it right there.

I know .... brazen of me. It feels so wonderfully evil!! But, I lose lists ... I've got so many lists and they are all .... somewhere.

Ricky, you need a list of where you last put one of your lists!

RWood · 07-13-2008, 12:22 PM

But when its over, when you have finished the book, do you remember the cover or the content? The cover is there to sell the book. You can see the same color cover displayed as an electronic thumbnail at an ebook store. At Amazon they are the same size as the thumbnails for the pbooks.

The weight of the book. I have had many books that were too heavy to keep comfortably in my hand or lap. With an electronic reader War & Peace has the same mass as Peter Rabbit and neither strains the hand to hold.

Skimming pages was never a big issue for me except on reference books and I don't look to my Reader for reference books.

I love the ability to change the typesize of an ebook. With a too small print pbook you are out of luck or looking for a loop to read them. With an ebook you just select the larger font and start to read.

The smell of pbooks? Other than the "high" of the VOCs in freshly printed books, most of the smell is mold of some sort. I'll stick with the ebook.

slayda · 07-13-2008, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

I already have guilt over all the books I have downloaded but haven't read yet.

Besides, the money I save by not immediately buying a book goes toward paying for fuel that I used driving to the bookstore.

Every time I compare my list of books downloaded to the list of books read so far, I sigh.

What's the saying? "So many books, so little time" That's me. I once joked with my Mom that she'd never have to worry about me committing suicide because there are too many books I want to read before I die.

Dreamer

I've actually increased the number of books I buy since I got my reader. Note this does not mean I'm reading more, so my unread books are piling up. If I don't read them before I die, they will become orphans. Maybe I should will them to MR. Oh-oh, I don't really own them do I?

slayda · 07-13-2008, 12:26 PM

Most of the things I miss about pbooks are negative things. The only positive thing I can think of is that pbooks are something I can hold, that take up space and therefore seem more real as property. However these also have a negative aspect as well.

pshrynk · 07-13-2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by RWood

But when its over, when you have finished the book, do you remember the cover or the content? The cover is there to sell the book. You can see the same color cover displayed as an electronic thumbnail at an ebook store. At Amazon they are the same size as the thumbnails for the pbooks.

The weight of the book. I have had many books that were too heavy to keep comfortably in my hand or lap. With an electronic reader War & Peace has the same mass as Peter Rabbit and neither strains the hand to hold.

Skimming pages was never a big issue for me except on reference books and I don't look to my Reader for reference books.

I love the ability to change the typesize of an ebook. With a too small print pbook you are out of luck or looking for a loop to read them. With an ebook you just select the larger font and start to read.

The smell of pbooks? Other than the "high" of the VOCs in freshly printed books, most of the smell is mold of some sort. I'll stick with the ebook.

I have the original dustcover of my "Mote in God's Eye" still clinging to life on the book, in spite of it falling apart. With my e-book copy, it will probably never be taken off the shelf again, but it's still there. Silly, I know, but I cling to it becasue it makes the set "complete."

RWood · 07-13-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

Most of the things I miss about pbooks are negative things. The only positive thing I can think of is that pbooks are something I can hold, that take up space and therefore seem more real as property. However these also have a negative aspect as well.

Yeah, I miss the paper cits too.

Elsi · 07-13-2008, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

But, I lose lists ... I've got so many lists and they are all .... somewhere.

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Originally Posted by slayda

Ricky, you need a list of where you last put one of your lists!

Keep your lists on the Kindle! You can even add notes to them so you can update later on your PC.

RickyMaveety · 07-13-2008, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Elsi

Keep your lists on the Kindle! You can even add notes to them so you can update later on your PC.

Nah .... I love my Kindle, but it's not a great place for lists. My cell phone/PDA, which runs ListPro and Excel is actually much better for those purposes.

GeoffC · 07-15-2008, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I have the original dustcover of my "Mote in God's Eye" still clinging to life on the book, in spite of it falling apart. With my e-book copy, it will probably never be taken off the shelf again, but it's still there. Silly, I know, but I cling to it becasue it makes the set "complete."

But with the e-book, you only get the front cover...

HappyMartin · 07-15-2008, 10:04 AM

I miss nothing at all about p books. Without an e reader for the past 6 months and my reading dropped to almost nothing.

slayda · 07-15-2008, 11:01 AM

I miss the "instant on" feature of pbooks.

DaleDe · 07-16-2008, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

...pbooks have no battery to run out!!!!

Except for the night light.

Dale

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07-13-2008, 08:44 AM	#46
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	...pbooks have no battery to run out!!!!

07-13-2008, 11:31 AM	#47
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Oh, I'm great at guilt. I feel guilty when I use a local bookstore as a way to look at books and then buy them (as ebooks or pbooks) online. The exception would be if I look at them at B&N and then buy them from B&N, I suppose, but that doesn't happen very often. I miss being surrounded by my books. It was a very cozy feeling. But I don't have room in my current house, so at least with ebooks I can still read them.

07-13-2008, 12:22 PM	#50
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	But when its over, when you have finished the book, do you remember the cover or the content? The cover is there to sell the book. You can see the same color cover displayed as an electronic thumbnail at an ebook store. At Amazon they are the same size as the thumbnails for the pbooks. The weight of the book. I have had many books that were too heavy to keep comfortably in my hand or lap. With an electronic reader War & Peace has the same mass as Peter Rabbit and neither strains the hand to hold. Skimming pages was never a big issue for me except on reference books and I don't look to my Reader for reference books. I love the ability to change the typesize of an ebook. With a too small print pbook you are out of luck or looking for a loop to read them. With an ebook you just select the larger font and start to read. The smell of pbooks? Other than the "high" of the VOCs in freshly printed books, most of the smell is mold of some sort. I'll stick with the ebook.

07-13-2008, 12:26 PM	#52
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Most of the things I miss about pbooks are negative things. The only positive thing I can think of is that pbooks are something I can hold, that take up space and therefore seem more real as property. However these also have a negative aspect as well.

07-15-2008, 10:04 AM	#58
HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	I miss nothing at all about p books. Without an e reader for the past 6 months and my reading dropped to almost nothing.

07-15-2008, 11:01 AM	#59
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	I miss the "instant on" feature of pbooks.

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