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Which: hard book or e-book version?

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Which: hard book or e-book version?

Post Number:#1  Postby theAdviserMe » 18 Dec 2008, 01:12

Because of the technological advances, readers are now presented with a good alternative to hard copy of books. Cheap and could easily be distributed, e-books are now getting popular.

Do you also like e-book version of your favorite books?
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Post Number:#2  Postby kaitlinmariegill » 18 Dec 2008, 10:18

I am all about hard books. I don't like the concept of e-books. I like to be able to hold the REAL book in my hands.

But, that's just me. :D
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Different Book Different View

Post Number:#3  Postby ciscopower » 18 Dec 2008, 23:06

If you need to search a cyclopaedia, you'd like to search a ebook of cyclopaedia, that will be more convenient for you.

If you just read a poem book ,maybe hard copy is a good choice for reading in a beautiful cafe with your friend.

Ebook can let you search / edit / make comment more faster.

Now I prefer to ebooks, easy to take with me and easy to move...
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Post Number:#4  Postby theAdviserMe » 19 Dec 2008, 09:48

Having a real book is really a good experience but then we could not stop new innovations -- faster and cheaper provided by e-books format.
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Post Number:#5  Postby Jason44 » 20 Dec 2008, 14:37

I think hard books are better, I think ebooks are a bigger strain on the eyes also since you are staring at a screen for long periods of time.
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Post Number:#6  Postby Wells83 » 02 Jan 2009, 12:26

I've had an Amazon Kindle since August. I split my time up between reading regular books and reading e-books. I would say I prefer e-books most of the time because I love my Kindle and I have no faults with it, but I do find myself longing for a hardback book sometimes.
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Post Number:#7  Postby Kingfan09 » 24 Jan 2009, 18:54

Hard cover. It is a whole experience. Even the smell is great.
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Post Number:#8  Postby aykoola » 26 Jan 2009, 08:48

^^i agree!

Plus, there was a research made in our country, and the results stated we're not concentrated enough and memorize less by reading e-books. Plus, your eyesight stays "healthier" (sry, don't know the phrase so i translated it directly).
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Post Number:#9  Postby LuckyLeprechaun » 29 Jan 2009, 14:27

Kingfan09 wrote:Hard cover. It is a whole experience. Even the smell is great.



OMG are you really me? I created an account just to respond to your King thread, and I was reading all these responses and thinking that an e-book would not smell the same, and you have beat me to saying it.

Weird.
Or, COOL.
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Post Number:#10  Postby flashgordon » 29 Jan 2009, 15:50

I won't be getting any ebooks until they come up with a universal format, Amazon doesn't monopolize it, and the reader is relatively cheap. Until then, hard books.
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Hard Books are better

Post Number:#11  Postby jaymiehu » 29 Jan 2009, 17:42

Hard books are better i will say that
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Post Number:#12  Postby Nichod » 29 Jan 2009, 21:43

I prefer paper books over e-books. I like the sensation of turning the page, the smell, the feel of it in my hands, the way it looks on the shelf and so much more!
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Post Number:#13  Postby Moongirl » 02 Feb 2009, 09:03

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Post Number:#14  Postby Comeflyaway » 02 Feb 2009, 10:08

To me, it would depend on the kind of book. An ebook reader would have made college much easier, since it'd be so much easier to carry around textbooks to class, the library, etc. Maybe it'd be good for traveling. But I certainly don't mind having hard copies of all my pleasure reading books. And I DO judge books by their covers at the library :wink:
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Post Number:#15  Postby zealus » 04 Feb 2009, 14:49

I use my PDA phone as a book reader, it has a large 5 inch screen and runs Windows Mobile. So any text, RTF or Word document is native.

I mix and match books in Russian and English languages. However, since I read a lot faster in native languages, I tend to read Russian-language books from PDA (as in -- e-books), since it can fit more books, and English-language - in paper form.
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