I recently saw an EBook reader in a bookshop and thought - 'cool - although it's a bit of an outlay on the reader if I could load it up then take it out that would be great'. Then I saw the cost of the books and it didn't seem like such a great deal.
The best thing about it is the ease - when I take short journeys I don't want to lug a huge 700 page book for 10 minutes on the train so ebooks would be great. And for long journeys, holidays etc I would have a selection if one lost my interest (this would have been great for when I was at Uni - deciding on which books to take was a killer
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All good so far. But there are some books I will ALWAYS buy 'in the flesh' so to speak - the last WOT books for example. I wouldn't want to then spend the same on the ebook so I wouldn't use it so much, so the ebooks I bought for it would seem even more expensive for the use I got out of them.
It would be a hard transition for me from real paper to digital paper alone as there is something very comfortable about your favourite and well-thumbed book on the shelf.
Thinking about digital media I download music but will still buy a CD of an artist I particularly like to be able to have it in my hand and feel it.
Maybe ebooks will go down a compromise route similar to buying a CD and copying it to your MP3 - you bike the book and are able to download a digital version (for free or a reduced price as you have already bought a copy)
The best thing about it is the ease - when I take short journeys I don't want to lug a huge 700 page book for 10 minutes on the train so ebooks would be great. And for long journeys, holidays etc I would have a selection if one lost my interest (this would have been great for when I was at Uni - deciding on which books to take was a killer
)All good so far. But there are some books I will ALWAYS buy 'in the flesh' so to speak - the last WOT books for example. I wouldn't want to then spend the same on the ebook so I wouldn't use it so much, so the ebooks I bought for it would seem even more expensive for the use I got out of them.
It would be a hard transition for me from real paper to digital paper alone as there is something very comfortable about your favourite and well-thumbed book on the shelf.
Thinking about digital media I download music but will still buy a CD of an artist I particularly like to be able to have it in my hand and feel it.
Maybe ebooks will go down a compromise route similar to buying a CD and copying it to your MP3 - you bike the book and are able to download a digital version (for free or a reduced price as you have already bought a copy)
Let's Discuss: Ebooks
- 03/09/2009 06:19:42 PM
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I don't think I could ever use Ebooks.
- 03/09/2009 06:51:47 PM
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It's not necessarily one or the other.
- 03/09/2009 07:32:56 PM
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This is so.
- 03/09/2009 07:53:41 PM
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You probably will be able to soon. 
- 03/09/2009 07:58:52 PM
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- 03/09/2009 07:58:52 PM
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You can with some of the more expensive models.
- 03/09/2009 11:19:01 PM
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Ideally, universities will start renting out eTextbook readers, or something. *NM*
- 03/09/2009 11:30:29 PM
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That'd be great. My school rents out standard ebook readers now, so it won't be long. *NM*
- 03/09/2009 11:32:27 PM
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Re: This is so.
- 03/09/2009 09:02:21 PM
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Regarding pricing...
- 03/09/2009 07:40:02 PM
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Not so
- 03/09/2009 09:01:32 PM
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That's a fairly horrible blog post.
- 03/09/2009 11:05:22 PM
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Re: Let's Discuss: Ebooks
- 03/09/2009 08:42:26 PM
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Now that is a clever idea.
- 03/09/2009 11:14:07 PM
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Amazon has actually been using that idea for a while now, in a limited sense.
- 03/09/2009 11:22:00 PM
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I cannot stand them.
- 03/09/2009 08:59:03 PM
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Regarding the "Insulting" blog...
- 03/09/2009 10:22:43 PM
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Re: " I have a very tactile and olfactory relationship with books."
- 04/09/2009 09:38:22 AM
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This. . .is quite long. I feel pretty strongly about this subject. 
- 03/09/2009 11:14:11 PM
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- 03/09/2009 11:14:11 PM
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No, it's a cool post.
- 03/09/2009 11:29:33 PM
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More than fair.
- 03/09/2009 11:39:29 PM
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lovely! this is what i would have wanted to say had i gotten here earlier...
- 04/09/2009 12:44:55 AM
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Thank you for the education. I had a completely different idea as to what e-books were.
- 04/09/2009 09:35:11 AM
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No problem. And thanks! 
- 04/09/2009 03:15:14 PM
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- 04/09/2009 03:15:14 PM
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A possible selling point for me was when you said it was lighter than a paperback
- 05/09/2009 12:25:18 AM
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Re: Let's Discuss: Ebooks
- 04/09/2009 01:39:31 AM
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I hate ebooks and everything they represent
- 04/09/2009 03:50:48 AM
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Hold on a moment now.
- 04/09/2009 06:28:09 AM
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Your logic is seriously flawed
- 04/09/2009 02:28:21 PM
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I see your sceneclips, and raise you a New York Times.
- 04/09/2009 02:59:33 PM
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You have an almost cult-like enthusiasm for e-books.
- 06/09/2009 12:53:04 AM
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Perhaps you mis-read the graph.
- 04/09/2009 03:14:06 PM
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No, I didn't mis-read the graph.
- 06/09/2009 12:56:15 AM
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You must be talking percentage of the population who attend theaters? *NM*
- 06/09/2009 05:26:43 AM
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I don't have any fancy reasons for you.
- 05/09/2009 01:47:09 AM
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Craig, you're incredibly interesting
- 05/09/2009 01:59:27 AM
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... Are you hitting on me?
- 05/09/2009 03:02:06 AM
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