How E-Readers Can Save Reading

[sparkchaser]

How E-Readers Can Save Reading

In my mind, the great virtue of the Kindle and other e-readers is the fact that they’re dedicated devices with few features. I use my Kindle to read, and to play music while I read — that’s it. That lack of features makes it easy to focus on reading and hard to get distracted. Which is why I’m glad I have a dedicated e-reader rather than a tablet. I can’t imagine that I’d have been able to learn to love books again if I could be so easily distracted by email and the web and games. Which is why I fervently hope that in their quest to make an iPad killer, Amazon doesn’t leave dedicated e-readers behind.

I do have to admit that I have been reading more since I got my Kindle.

 

[brian1234]

Sometime we have no interest for reading books due to several reasons.But due to advance in technology and software market we can read the ebooks from internet using different devices like Amazon Kindle.It helps for reading the ebooks and play music etc.It creates interest in us for reading the books.

 

[Bryan459]

I don't want to go to the dark side! Each day, though, the dark side call is stronger. I'm getting older. My eyesight is worsening. Gas is expensive. I hate shopping. And so on.

The e reader is convenient. It takes the pain out of driving and parking and shopping. When I want a new book, like right now, I can just download it and start reading. And I can adjust the font so I can read without my glasses.

Downside? I can't just throw it in the car or stuff it in my back pocket. It's plastic and feels, smells, looks wrong for a book substitute. I just finished two paperbacks (never been a fan of hardcover) and the tactile and visual and olfactory sensations were every bit of the reading experience that the reading was.

I would rather have a real woman in my bed than pornography on my laptop. And I would rather have a real book in my hands than a plastic e reader on my lap. Because of my eyesight, I think I'll break one day and switch over to an e reader, but i will definitely never stop thinking of the good old days when I do.

They each have their pros and cons.

 

[kircr]

I agree. I borrowed my mother inlaws Kindle recently to see what all the fuss was about and was suprised at how good it was, but can not see it taking over an old fashioned book.

 

[Blindsided]

i like real books better than electronic copies, and the prices are usually not enough to sway me one way or another, so I always go for hard copies. I think my kindle looks cool, but I don't know, there is something about a hard copy of a book that I like better.

wouldn't it be crazy though, if all our books became electronic, and hard copies of books just became something that really wealthy people had custom made. And, what if one day we lost our access to electricity.. damn no more books

 

[Bryan459]

Reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode where the last man on earth sits down to finally read at the library without any interruption ... And breaks his glasses!

 

[Larry]

I just finished reading "under the Dome" by Stephen King. It is over 1100 pages, and weighs about 72 pounds
That is one book I wish I had bought for kindle, instead of a hard copy

 

[Will]

I just finished reading "under the Dome" by Stephen King. It is over 1100 pages, and weighs about 72 pounds
That is one book I wish I had bought for kindle, instead of a hard copy

This. Lots. There are several weighty tomes I've read over the years that I wish I'd had my Kindle for when I'd read them first time round... Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke is one from recent years.

 

[Quorlan]

The greatest appeal to me for eReading is the sheer number of books you can carry at once and have it weigh nothing. There is no way I'd ever be able to carry the number and variety of books I like to have on hand with traditional books. It would require too many bags and consist of more weight than I could probably lift let alone carry around

Q

 

[alliterati]

I like real books better but my Kindle has been a back saver. I just like to read too much to leave town for a week without at least five books (two for reading, three in case I want to read something different). Plus I read at work (shh don't tell anyone!) via Kindle for PC.

 

[alliterati]

Reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode where the last man on earth sits down to finally read at the library without any interruption ... And breaks his glasses!

That would so happen to me...I just know it. I'd hope somehow one of my spare pairs would be spared. Then I'd read up on how to grind eyeglasses!

 

[Lovecraftian]

I’m with Bryan. I don’t care for them. I got the wife one and she loves it and, of course, I can see the draw, but there is nothing in the world like the smell and feel of a good used book.

Nothing!