I've now owned my e-reader for over six months. While I only have my own experience to go on, based on my usage of it, I've come to a couple of conclusions
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I've also been thinking about this lately and I completely agree. I use the library a LOT more now that I have an ereader than I did before. I think in part because having one made me realize I have more time for pleasure reading than I think I do, if there's a book handy that I want to read. And I actually purchase more physical books than I used to, too, but I'm actually reading them sooner rather than later, instead of hoarding them like I did before.
Ah, but I hate hardbacks, and only buy paperbacks wherever possible (to the extent that I re-bought Deathly Hallows in paperback and got rid of my hardback which I'd only bought because I knew I could wait to borrow someone else's copy!)
I'd like an e-reader for when I'm feeding Thea as it's easier than holding a book but otherwise I honestly and truly hate the idea of them.
e-books have not affected my life. I use Sheffield's libraries a lot, but I also still buy books on actual paper. Granted, I have more books than I have space to store them but that's why we're turning one room of our house into a library/reading room :)
My eReader died last week :/ and while it was very useful for saving on printing costs for all the articles I read through Lampeter and Glasgow, I always felt the screen was just a shade too small, especially for anything shrunk down from magazine size. I can't see myself replacing it until I can find one with a ~12" screen (6"x10") But as far as I know the IRex Iliad was the only reader with an option for those dimensions and the company has since gone bust
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You can lend ebooks, at least through Amazon and Kindle. There's an option on each book when you sign on to your amazon account to "lend" it to a friend for 30 days, if the publisher has agreed to give you the right. So, if I want to lend you a book, I click on the "lend" button if it is enabled, and it sends you an email telling you I'm lending it to you. Once you choose to download the book (don't need to do it right away), you have 30 days to read it before the file magically self-destructs. ;) Meanwhile, I am lending you my book and don't need to worry about you never giving it back to me
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I do have some signed cheap paperbacks, but this year I have begun having authors autograph my kindle cover. Only David Levithan so far, but it's a start!
I have a Rupert Giles style prejudice against e-books ;o)
"Books smell musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible. It should be smelly."
I can see why e-readers are popular, but they'll never be for me. Books have a permanence, reliability and tangibility that electronic data doesn't. Curling up on the sofa or in bed with a little electronic screen just isn't the same.
Plus from a practical point it's a lot easier to flip back and forth in a real book if you need to check back on something that happened earlier.
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I'd like an e-reader for when I'm feeding Thea as it's easier than holding a book but otherwise I honestly and truly hate the idea of them.
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"Books smell musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible. It should be smelly."
I can see why e-readers are popular, but they'll never be for me. Books have a permanence, reliability and tangibility that electronic data doesn't. Curling up on the sofa or in bed with a little electronic screen just isn't the same.
Plus from a practical point it's a lot easier to flip back and forth in a real book if you need to check back on something that happened earlier.
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