Do you embrace or shun e-books?

Question

I love tangible things. If it's antiquated, if it's anachronistic I like it.. I feel like digital things are too prevalent though I'm guilty of indulging in a handful of e-books because I only felt comfortable chancing cheap, convenient chapters whose content quality was questionable. I feel shame. sobsobsob

Where do you stand on the whole e-book versus p-books (i.e. physical) debate.

Answer 1

Books are about ideas and words. It's not about paper or ink or glue that holds them together in the binding. Think about how writing used to be, before the printing press. Books and scrolls were hand-written by monks or scholars with handmade artistic flourishes. They were incredibly expensive and time consuming and EXTREMELY valuable. Books and scrolls like that simply don't exist anymore and are considered relics.



Is it tragic that we don't have those anymore? Sure. But technology made them obsolete.



Will it be tragic when, someday, we don't have printed books anymore? Sure. But technology will make them obsolete. It's just a matter of time.



The ideas will still be there. The words will still be there. The world is changing and to expect certain things to stay the same forever is a little silly :)



Personally? I'm in a transition period just like everyone else. Some books I own two of, ebook and physical book. Some books I purchase only electronically and never intend to own physically. Other books I purchased recently because I was going to meet the authors at a conference and they could sign the book. Like many, I'm open to ebooks and transitioning, but some of my habits and emotions are still set in traditional, physical books.

Answer 2

I'm a little of both. I own an e-reader, it's a cheap little off brand one that I bought for $50. I've never purchased an e-book. I bought it for a few reasons. One being that it also plays videos, so I can watch movies and TV shows on it. Another being that I wanted to read the classics. As a writer, I'm always told how important it is to read all of the classics and I've only read a small handful of them. These books are all free domain, so I can get them offline and they don't cost anything (Project Gutenberg) and another reason is that I'm an actor, and sometimes I find myself working on 3 or 4 things at once, so I keep my scripts on me at all times, whenever I find a spare moment I study my lines. I can get electronic copies of my scripts, convert them to PDF and put them all on my e-reader. It's a lot smaller and easier to carry around with me than a binder full of scripts.

So for those reasons, I love my e-reader and I love how easy it is to get classic e-books (an that they're free, anything before 1923).

However, I like books. I have shelves of them at home. They idea of having my entire book collection on one electronic device scares the crap out of me. If I drop a single book into the pool, big deal, the pages will be wrinkly. If I drop my e-reader in the pool, there goes my collection. If ever I read a book, classic free one or a new one that I paid for, and I love it then I will most definitely go buy an actual paper copy.

Anyway, there's my rant on e-readers and e-books : )

Answer 3

I am an avid reader and find myself selling my books for a ridiculous price simply because I no longer have room to store them. I purchased a Kindle less than a year ago and am absolutely thrilled with it. I already have over 60 downloads on it. E-books are so convenient and easy to carry around. The prices are cheaper than regular books. You can choose your book and have it within 60 seconds without leaving your easy chair. You can read outside on windy days. I could go on and on. I DO NOT miss the feel of a regular book in my hands.

Answer 4

I don't care how people read but I do not love eBooks at all. I will stick with physical books for as long as I can. If they stop printing paper books then I don't know what I'll do. I'd probably have to get an eReader and have someone read to me and I don't want that.

Answer 5

I'm mellow on the subject. I personally don't own an e-book. I like the tangible source and to see a growing collection on my shelf. However, I'm sure e-books come in use for travelers and business folk. Perhaps I might need one in the future(though that won't stop me from buying real books).

:)



~~ ††MeryKheper††

Answer 6

nicely, i bypass to grant you a distinctive attitude in this.. enable's say you're basically a JW going to conferences. sooner or later in a gathering a guy steps as much as the degree and says " Brother X, has been disfellowshipped". From that factor foward you need to shun him. that's it. Thats the protocol. in fact each and every JW is compelled to shun others, many circumstances devoid of even understanding why. I would not get greater un-biblical then this.... the bible needless to say says that concerns alongside with those must be pronounced to the finished congregation. And why does this make experience? considering which you as a christian, should not be compelled to shun others devoid of understanding why, and purely because of the fact somebody tells you to. If somebody grew to become into attempting to cajole you so which you may no longer refer to a chum of yours back, would not you surely call for to renowned why? might you do it purely considering which you have been advised so? do no longer you experience you may settle on for your self, which buddies interior of your circle you may communicate to and go jointly with? yet this situation-unfastened good judgment would not exist contained in the JWs. each and every thing approximately this custom is un-biblical, un-christian and illogical, and it boggles my recommendations that JWs placed up themselves to this totalitarian way of handling issues. that's a solid occasion of why JWs fall in need of genuine Christianity, because of the fact the finished factor of the gospel is to gradually make each and each individual a mature Christian, in a position to make judgements in step with concepts, in a position to set this is very own direction based in righteousness. JWs on the different hand are like toddlers, pushed this style and pulled that way in accordance to the management's temper and prefer, being advised what to do devoid of incredibly understanding why, or misled with some bible verses that "seem" to assist what's being suggested. toddlers that refuse to advance up, take a step back and seem on the large image....

Answer 7

I love my kindle and I use when I am not at home(traveling, dental appointments, etc).

At home(and have the book I want to read), I read my paper books though, because I love the feel of them.

Answer 8

Electronic books are anathema.



I shall forever stick to the Codex.

Answer 9

I do neither. I don't use e-books, but I don't care what kind of books other people like. Both have their advantages and disadvantages.

Answer 10

I'll stick with real books for as long as they're alive.