Here's a nice short explanation of what's wrong with ereaders and electronic storage in general..
The Book is Dead. Long Live the Book.
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I need to get myself an ereader so that I can form some opinion on them. Thats a good enough reason right?
I will NEVER EVER have an ereader of any sort. I want to hold my book...the smell of a book. I will go down with a book in hand. I don't care what I am called and I have heard it all. I want books, Not technology!!! Some things just aren't better because they are new or different. Books are one of them.
I understand all of the anti-ereader arguments, but man, The Kindle is freaking great. Really, really great. Even my mother got one and prefers it now. I never thought that would happen.
Jay
A - But... what if you like it and go over to the dark side?
M - I'm never ever right now myself.
J - I guess it's too late for you and your mother. You have been absorbed by the dark side.
I'm with Peg in general, in that I agree that there's nothing like the heft, feel, permanence, and ... yes ... smell of a real book. But an e-reader is not a bad thing for traveling, when you need to keep weight and bulk down - and hauling several books doesn't help much. I recently bought an iPad, which I've been using for commuting and travel, and it's not bad. Nothing like a real book, but not bad. As I wrote somewhere before on the topic, when you're sitting in front of a roaring fire during a blizzard, wrapped in quilts, and sipping hot chocolate, an e-reader just won't ever replace a real book.
B - I knew you had one of those infernal machines.
I love both..I can cram thousands of books on my ereader and have space in my house..but I love holding a book and turning pages.
I want both worlds.
MD - I was waiting for a comment from you. If I hadn't heard from you by midnight I was going to send the hounds out looking for you.
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