I dont like ebooks.

[LoniJo]

I love my Kindle! There are a few books that I want that are not in eformat, but I love knowing I can carry around my 300+ books in 1 easy to carry reader

[vanillacake]

I must say, I am quite old fashioned when it comes to reading a book. I love feeling the book, smelling it (I know that sounds weird, but just go with it), and love being able to turn that page. But recently I discovered that ereaders can come in handy. I'm currently in grad school and downloaded my text books right on to the ereader. I can not even begin to tell you how grateful my back was for the digital switch. And it comes in handy when I want to read Harry Potter without getting judgmental stares..

[justicehandler]

well, we all have likes and dislikes, so I do respect your side

[Lakelander]

Come on guys and dolls, get real! Stop making excuses and allow yourselves to be persuaded into the 21st century even if kicking and screaming. Non of us like change,but you'll get used to it and soon appreciate the advantages and convenience of electronic reading. Incidently, I would suggest that Tablets are the way to go. For say $400 you get 30,000 Applications, with a $100 eReader you really get only the one. It's all a question of value for money.

[perusaphone]

I got an a application for my old phone with which one can actually speak to people when a number is called, an amazing revelation when I usually take banal photo's of things when I need to bore other folk on Bookface..... !!! I think not !

[Fran]

Come on guys and dolls, get real! Stop making excuses and allow yourselves to be persuaded into the 21st century even if kicking and screaming. Non of us like change,but you'll get used to it and soon appreciate the advantages and convenience of electronic reading. Incidently, I would suggest that Tablets are the way to go. For say $400 you get 30,000 Applications, with a $100 eReader you really get only the one. It's all a question of value for money.

Not terribly economic if you only want one application & the remaining 29,999 are surplus to requirements.
I try to keep in mind the question "do I need it, or do I simply want it?"
I love my Kindle but I also still love the regular book format, in the same way that sometimes you want Champagne and sometimes you just want a cup of tea.

[perusaphone]

I just played at a summer fete in England. At the natural break, I wandered lonely as a cloud until I espied a trestle table groaning under myriad books. I perused them for a few minutes and purchased some Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hardbacks for a song. I felt as though I had accomplished something in as much as I enjoyed the entire transaction. it cost me less than an average cup of tea for eleven books of various vintages. Now I cannot, or want not to see village fetes festooned with software, little flatpack boxes of dubious age and development, all squeaking away with L.E.D. lights and keypads blinking in future years, indeed, will there be a secondhand trade at all with electronic readers.. ??
So, if one wants and needs to be a clone and join the 21st century and have everything done for you, simplified and electronically sterile, then go for it, a great many do not want it..... !!!

[Lakelander]

Re. Post 22. Very true Fran, if you only have use for an eReader. However, a Tablet is a very difficult kettle of fish, being as they are mini laptops. I reckon we are all going to find we need one for everyday living, as the price hopefully drops and the 21st century grinds on.

[Fran]

Re. Post 22. Very true Fran, if you only have use for an eReader. However, a Tablet is a very difficult kettle of fish, being as they are mini laptops. I reckon we are all going to find we need one for everyday living, as the price hopefully drops and the 21st century grinds on.

Isn't that what marketeers do .... convince you that you need something when in point of fact you only want it?
Don't get me wrong, I love technology & as I think I've said on another post my job is technology based but I don't see any contradiction in someone loving and wanting to retain an older format be it books or games or simply the bicycle!
There are downsides to becoming totally technology dependant & in our rush for novelty we shouldn't forget that. ther.
But IMO to each his/her own.

[AmandaRose]

Although having a e-reader is more convenient in the sense that you can carry thousands of books around with you, but what's the point of that? To me, it sounds rather silly, especially because you usually only read one or two at the same time. I carry whatever book I'm currently reading around in my purse. When I finish one book, I just put a new one in my purse; it's not a very difficult concept. Besides, I enjoy manually turning the pages and that feeling of accomplishment when I see how many pages I've read in an hour.

[BeDaring]

When e-readers first came out I was the first to say 'what a terrible idea. this will never work. nothing will ever replace real books'. A year later I bought the amazon kindle fire. I know, I should be ashamed of myself :p but in all honesty it IS very convenient. I travel a lot and I'm usually reading more than one book at a time so I love that I can have hundreds of books on my kindle to take around with me. When I first bought it, it was weird reading from a "screen". I'm a book lover and always thought I'd be against it, but I must admit ebooks have won me over

[louisgeorge]

I like ebooks. I don't know why, I just like them

[InOnePhrase]

So, if one wants and needs to be a clone and join the 21st century and have everything done for you, simplified and electronically sterile, then go for it, a great many do not want it..... !!!

Are people who listen to music on iTunes instead of buying vinyl records "clones"? They're experiencing the same art, the same information is being fired into them. The only arguments I've heard against e-books seem emotional, as fear of the future always is. Paper books won't exist in a few generations, and I don't think that's sad at all; the content of books will be the same as it always was.

[Fran]

So, if one wants and needs to be a clone and join the 21st century and have everything done for you, simplified and electronically sterile, then go for it, a great many do not want it..... !!!

Are people who listen to music on iTunes instead of buying vinyl records "clones"? They're experiencing the same art, the same information is being fired into them. The only arguments I've heard against e-books seem emotional, as fear of the future always is. Paper books won't exist in a few generations, and I don't think that's sad at all; the content of books will be the same as it always was.

I agree to a degree but I spent a couple of happy hours earlier today in a little second-hand bookshop run by a charity for the mentally challenged & I parted with a few EUR coming away with 5 nice purchases. Despite liking my Kindle I still think it will be a sad day when these shops disappear & a big loss in terms of a way to gently while away a few pleasant hours & assist a worthy cause in the process.

[InOnePhrase]

I agree to a degree but I spent a couple of happy hours earlier today in a little second-hand bookshop run by a charity for the mentally challenged & I parted with a few EUR coming away with 5 nice purchases. Despite liking my Kindle I still think it will be a sad day when these shops disappear & a big loss in terms of a way to gently while away a few pleasant hours & assist a worthy cause in the process.

You're absolutely right. I completely forgot about the people who depend on the format, probably because I've exclusively bought my books online for years. My mistake. Bookstore owners deserve as much sympathy as the switchboard operators or milkmen who watched the world move on without them. And, as you say, the ones who have a noble cause, far beyond simple employment, deserve far more. I will wish that charity all the best as they're forced to pursue other avenues to do their good work.