Dexter Morgan
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Post by Dexter Morgan on Dec 1, 2010 0:06:37 GMT -5
Hey guys, I've got a school project I'm working on where I discuss the difference between two things. I thought why not gather some info on which is more popular. If you guys answer could you please reply with why you like one more then the other.
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Post by K5 on Dec 1, 2010 0:09:58 GMT -5
definitely physical books. i do enough things with a computer that when i'm reading i'm usually trying to remove myself from distraction.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2010 0:15:00 GMT -5
physical books absolutely. i know i can get a kindle or a portable e-reader but i like to bring books with me on the go and i also like to have a collection that i can put on my shelves.
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 1, 2010 0:22:53 GMT -5
physical books. gives the books more character. also you can draw flip book animations in the margins.
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Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Dec 1, 2010 0:26:25 GMT -5
Physical.
I much prefer holding it in front on me, it's more personal.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2010 0:27:47 GMT -5
physical books absolutely. i know i can get a kindle or a portable e-reader but i like to bring books with me on the go and i also like to have a collection that i can put on my shelves. this
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Captain d00m - Mr. 3000
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Post by Captain d00m - Mr. 3000 on Dec 1, 2010 0:47:12 GMT -5
Weird, I just went on an epic rant about e-books, lol. I prefer physical.
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Post by Mole on Dec 1, 2010 6:24:43 GMT -5
I like ebooks because there is something deeply reassuring to know I can have more books then you guys have on your shelves in an single object the size of a large paperback.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Dec 1, 2010 9:21:07 GMT -5
I used to say physical books and had no idea why anyone would want an ebook. Then I started to hate having all the physical books around. I literally have two floor to ceiling book shelves filled with books. Then I have at least half a dozen waist high stacks of books on the floor, a storage tub filled with books and that doesn't even include all the books I've still got in storage at my parents house.
Then I got a Kindle. It's the shiznit. I just went on vacation and took it with me. The trip there took about 9 hours with plane trips and layovers. The trip back was about the same. I was able to pack over 200 books on my Kindle with plenty of room to spare. I was able to sort out 6-8 books that I wanted to read and spent my trip there reading two of them. While on vacation I saw something that reminded me of a book I read a while back and I wanted to read it again. If I had packed physical books on the trip I would've had to wait until I got back home to read it. Because my Kindle was loaded with 200 books, I simply searched through it until I found the book I was thinking of and I was able to read it on the way home. I'd never have been able to do that with a physical book. Plus, ebooks are cheaper as well as easier to store.
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Post by bad guy™ on Dec 1, 2010 10:30:07 GMT -5
Physical books. I've never tried to read an e-book though, but I'd assume it'd be like reading an essay or something like on the net, so...yeah. I'll take a real book any day. Haha.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Dec 1, 2010 11:19:14 GMT -5
I'll read an E-Book when the last paper copy is pulled from my cold dead hands and thrown on the burning pile. I'm not anti-technology or anti-convenience - I love my iPod and having my music with me on the go, but when I want to sit and read a book, I want it to fit that definition to a T. My ideal household one day with have it's own office/library. Between my wife and I, we have quite the collection of literary masterpieces.
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Post by spamdfms101 on Dec 1, 2010 12:43:58 GMT -5
I prefer ebooks mainly because they are more convenient and easier to read. I can take an ebook on a road trip and read fine, but I would need light for an actual book. Not to mention its easier to hold and can store thousands of books.
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Revvie®
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Post by Revvie® on Dec 1, 2010 13:02:06 GMT -5
Thought I want a Kindle someday soon and would use it just as religiously. It can never take the place of paper in my ideas. The smell of a bookstore, the feel of thepaper. The way the library makes you feel. I have a bookcase with what I enjoy on it displayed and let people borrow as they wish as well. There is something about physical books that will keep them alive. While ebooks are fun....and time saving, and cost efficient. My ritual of going to library or book store and the hunt for the next book I want to read. The coffee shop where I relax and start it. Yea physical books all the way...sometiems its not about sensibility, sometimes its about enjoyment in the ritual of it all.
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Post by KMIS™ on Dec 1, 2010 13:51:28 GMT -5
As a student who has to carry books to class every day among other stuff, ebooks.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Dec 1, 2010 13:59:06 GMT -5
Thought I want a Kindle someday soon and would use it just as religiously. It can never take the place of paper in my ideas. The smell of a bookstore, the feel of thepaper. The way the library makes you feel. I have a bookcase with what I enjoy on it displayed and let people borrow as they wish as well. There is something about physical books that will keep them alive. While ebooks are fun....and time saving, and cost efficient. My ritual of going to library or book store and the hunt for the next book I want to read. The coffee shop where I relax and start it. Yea physical books all the way...sometiems its not about sensibility, sometimes its about enjoyment in the ritual of it all. I go to the bookstore and hunt for good books. When I find them, I scan the barcode and buy the book online for a 3rd of what it is in the store. When I get home, the book is waiting for me on my Kindle. New John Grisham book for example: Retail price - $29 Kindle price - $10 It's literally a 3rd of the price. For the price you pay for that book in the store, I can buy three of them.
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Post by Double J on Dec 1, 2010 14:40:00 GMT -5
eink is so close to the look of actual paper pages that it really doesn't matter other than a sense of pride anymore. I love my nook. I like to read, and I like to save money. So it's a win-win for me.
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Post by The Mountain King on Dec 1, 2010 18:11:23 GMT -5
Physical. E-readers are just a phase. Everyone predicts they will be the number one gift of 2010...I'll be laughing when no one buys them.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Dec 1, 2010 18:23:56 GMT -5
Physical. E-readers are just a phase. Everyone predicts they will be the number one gift of 2010...I'll be laughing when no one buys them. Totally disagree. E-readers are the future. It makes too much sense. Books for e-readers are cheaper and the profit margins are much, much, much higher. Publishers make more off a $9.99 ebook than they do off the $29.99 hardcover just because it literally costs them nothing to produce.
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Post by Sleeping Like An Angel on Dec 1, 2010 18:27:14 GMT -5
This sums up my opinion. ^
I want to read from a real book, not some little electronic. Books have a feeling to them, the e-book is cold and empty. I have a love of reading stemming from the book, I don't think that these e-books will give such feelings to the next generation. Our children are becoming more and more apathetic towards things such as reading, I don't want it to be continued further.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Dec 1, 2010 18:55:01 GMT -5
This sums up my opinion. ^ I want to read from a real book, not some little electronic. Books have a feeling to them, the e-book is cold and empty. I have a love of reading stemming from the book, I don't think that these e-books will give such feelings to the next generation. Our children are becoming more and more apathetic towards things such as reading, I don't want it to be continued further. I completely disagree. The medium is not the message. Huckleberry Finn is a classic whether it's read on ink or e-ink. The e-reader puts entire libraries in a person's hand at much, much less cost than the printed word. I have about 200 books on my Kindle. The vast majority of those books are the old classics that I like to read - Twain, Conan Doyle, Dickens, etc.... If I had purchased those books, they would've cost me several hundred dollars. Because they're e-books, they're free. And I don't have to take up space in my house to store them. Look at it this way. Newspapers are dieing because the Internet puts news at a person's fingertips in virtual real time and at much, much less cost. Do you think that's a bad thing too? How is it a bad thing if people have access to all the literature in the world literally at their fingertips (which is Amazon's goal)? How is this a bad thing? A classic is still a classic and the medium is not the message. You get on a plane with 3-4 books. I get on a plane with 200. I don't have to get up and go to my backpack when I want to switch books. I don't have to carry bookmarks with me. I can read on my phone if I want to. How is all of this a bad thing?
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