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The main reasons I prefer ebooks are the light weight of eink readers (when compared to paper doorstoppers) and their better ergonomics; the ability to change fonts and formatting; price (local books are expensive and the English-language paper books are expensive to import, second-hand or not); storage space (I live in a small apartment). Last edited by Sirtel; 09-22-2021 at 07:42 AM. |
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09-22-2021, 09:52 AM | #122 | ||
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I thought this a poor article because the author denounced ereaders while knowing virtually nothing about them. However, I’ll do him the justice of assuming that he enjoys reading what he reads and that’s why he reads it. Just like you, in fact. A mild admonition: Please clean up your language. Asterisks are not sufficient sanitization. Thanks. |
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09-22-2021, 02:52 PM | #123 | ||
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Perhaps you misunderstand that caring about the discussion does not mean that I care overmuch about the arrogance of the author whose preliterate article prompted it. I read the article so I could properly respond to the discussion it sparked, not because I care one whit what some puffed up Atlantic septic tank of a human has to say about my choice of media.
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I cite specific authors and works in my posts, so as to hopefully direct others to works of fiction that I find pleasing and interesting in the hope that they will also find them the same. The original author makes a big deal out of explaining his art history books without citing a specific example or explaining why it would not translate to electronic media. He wants you to know that he reads art history books. I want you to know that The Belgariad is a fantastic work of fiction by David Eddings. Further, I literally said, and you literally quoted "Bully for him." At no point did I say that he was consuming media incorrectly. Quote:
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09-22-2021, 03:01 PM | #124 | |
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Looking at the other slides in that presentation, I don't see anything that really translates my point that how a query is worded can affect the statistical likelihood of certain answers. Can you see what I'm saying? |
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09-22-2021, 03:16 PM | #125 | |
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For the record: I approved your post. |
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09-22-2021, 08:14 PM | #126 |
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I imagine when books went from Clay Tablets to Scrolls and thence to Manuscripts (prior to printed books) that there were some people who weren't happy about it. In a sense we've come full circle from a Tablet to a Tablet.
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09-22-2021, 09:32 PM | #130 |
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Well, if you've ever read a book on a Palm Pilot (I have) most any eReader today will be quite a few steps up. Still, that's no excuse why most a lot of the current crop has 10 year old performance. Single core iMX6Solo? Barf. Still, the folks at Google are doing their best* to tamp down performance on your shiny new octo core eReader.
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09-23-2021, 04:22 AM | #132 | |
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Web sites and browsers should work like ebooks. After all, they are CSS and HTML with resources such as images, index and fonts. Perhaps over 10,000 not read in the modern era that are in museums. Much papyrus was used to light fires. Paper writing deliberately burnt in ancient China. The animal skins later used in Europe kept well. Paper didn't. Last edited by Quoth; 09-23-2021 at 04:24 AM. |
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Because most people like an opportunity to repaginate the material at will, to fit a paragraph or a figure on one screen.
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