Thread: What are You Reading?

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Does anybody think that these devices that have ebooks on them has hurt regular book sales, new & used?

No question it has John,You never see small independant bookstores anymore.
Am not much of a techno guy (do not even have a cell phone) but my Nook is very important to me.

I dare say they have. And they do have a place. For instance a lot of research or reference books i use are ebooks. This means I can carry a lot of books along with my laptop and it all fits in my bag. But for a good reading book i prefer paper.

Geek

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Does anybody think that these devices that have ebooks on them has hurt regular book sales, new & used?

Yes, and it is regrettable that it has.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I read in spurts, so to speak. I'll read three books in the peroid of a month, a lot for me,,,then not read one for two months. I just don't like the idea of another electronic device, having a part in my life,,,not sure if you can understand this. I like looking through old book stores & yards sales for books. I feel like I've found something nice when I find a really old book in good condition. I like finding old books with lots of pictures in them. I cannot get that feeling from a down load.

I'm with you there mate 100%.

Originally Posted by TheGeek

I dare say they have. And they do have a place. For instance a lot of research or reference books i use are ebooks. This means I can carry a lot of books along with my laptop and it all fits in my bag. But for a good reading book i prefer paper.

Geek

I agree they have their uses, and I would even own one. More than likely though, it would be the fall-back to the paper copy of a book with the odd (I can see circumstances where this could happen) time where the e-book comes before the paper copy. If I enjoy the book, I want to have it on the shelf, not in the ether. I would use an e-reader, and it would be a handy gadget to have, but it isn't the be all and end all of reading for me. That task still goes to the traditional book.


Mick

For everyday reading the paper book still is number one for me. It is what i grew up with and I don't trust batteries.

My reference shelf has all but stopped growing with electronic media. Many things don't change but most do. The latest and greatest up to date versions are available and what I am usually interested in is free. I can print a copy of a few pages of what I need for a few cents rather than buy or wait for a copy of a 500 page book.

many times I just make notes. My wife's Jeep got keyed a short while back. Color code PRH. Inferno Red Crystal Pearl. I spent a couple of hundred on the factory manual that I didn't even bother to open up to understand the code.

Originally Posted by MickR

Yes, and it is regrettable that it has.




I'm with you there mate 100%.




I agree they have their uses, and I would even own one. More than likely though, it would be the fall-back to the paper copy of a book with the odd (I can see circumstances where this could happen) time where the e-book comes before the paper copy. If I enjoy the book, I want to have it on the shelf, not in the ether. I would use an e-reader, and it would be a handy gadget to have, but it isn't the be all and end all of reading for me. That task still goes to the traditional book.


Mick

Totaly agree Mick

I prefer a paper book. Even for desk reference. But I tend to do a fair bit of work on the move akd love to have the ereader there just in case. To be honest though its almost replaced by my tablet amd the kindle app.

I would love it if when I bought a book I got the option to download an e-copy of it too.

Geek

Originally Posted by TheGeek

Totaly agree Mick

I prefer a paper book. Even for desk reference. But I tend to do a fair bit of work on the move akd love to have the ereader there just in case. To be honest though its almost replaced by my tablet amd the kindle app.

I would love it if when I bought a book I got the option to download an e-copy of it too.

Geek

Hey geek, you still reading that linuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Yeah when i get chances I delve in lol. You desperate for the ending?

Geek

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Hey geek, you still reading that linuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I have a Kobo - great thing, can take it anywhere, I've got about 250 books on it...it came pre-loaded with over a hundred classics.

Still read actual books, at my gym they have a donate books, buy books for $1, just fininshed Alison Plowden's history of Elizabeth I.

Re-reading now for the 10th or 11th time Somerset Maughams, "The Razors Edge", absolutely classic, life-changing book, in old paperback form. Then back to the e-reader to re-read, "Ender's Game", and then, "A Bridge to Far" again.

In terms of environmental impact and cost, you can't beat digital form, both in reduction of forest products and all the various fossil fuels in manufacturing and distribution, but have experience that out of power thing enough to always have a paper standby.

Originally Posted by Phrank

I have a Kobo - great thing, can take it anywhere, I've got about 250 books on it...it came pre-loaded with over a hundred classics.

Still read actual books, at my gym they have a donate books, buy books for $1, just fininshed Alison Plowden's history of Elizabeth I.

Re-reading now for the 10th or 11th time Somerset Maughams, "The Razors Edge", absolutely classic, life-changing book, in old paperback form. Then back to the e-reader to re-read, "Ender's Game", and then, "A Bridge to Far" again.

In terms of environmental impact and cost, you can't beat digital form, both in reduction of forest products and all the various fossil fuels in manufacturing and distribution, but have experience that out of power thing enough to always have a paper standby.

The thing i love about kindle is the kindle app and web reader. I always have my rediculously large phone or tablet or kindle or am at a pc so all my books sync up no matter where I read.

Geek

Originally Posted by Phrank

In terms of environmental impact and cost, you can't beat digital form, both in reduction of forest products and all the various fossil fuels in manufacturing and distribution, but have experience that out of power thing enough to always have a paper standby.

That really depends on whether you buy new or used and how you get to the shop. If you stop at the acondand book shop on your way to or from somewhere, or bike there, the environmental impact of your trip is negligible, and the books embodied energy was predominately freom when it was bought new.