e-books vs printed books.What would you prefer and why?
by E Book Reader on Monday, May 31st, 2010 | 7 Comments
Hi everybody! I NEED YOUR OPINIONS on all these new e-products( kindle, book-reader, e-book etc). How do you think: is there any chance that our printed books will disappear and we’ll get e-books instead? What is more important and useful for you as a reader – our traditional books or their electronic versions?
I REALLY NEED THIS INFORMATION!
Thanks to everybody who’ll answer. It will help to go through my little research:)
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Nothing will replace real books. Too nice to be able to take it with you where ever you go. Read a few pages here; a few pages there. Don’t have to shut it down when storms rumble thru and the power blacks out. Also nice to reread some older books that I’ve had for a while. Bet some would disappear from the possible ones for ebooks.
I prefer a actual book.
i do a lot of reading on the web, critiquing and such, but rather prefer a hand held book…not a kindle or anything, the real thing.
Printed books. There is something so special about an actual book. The cover, the texture, all are important. I will never use e book or online magazine as long as I can help it. e books are costing people jobs. That is why our economy is dieing. Technology is replacing everyone’s job. e- books today. Tomorrow your job might become an e- job.
I think printed books definitely has its position, but e-books are of higher and higher importance. I like electronic books because it does not occupy space, and I can mark everything onto the e-book without worrying about ruining the book.
I think this review gives good infromation for your research too. It is the best review I’ve ever read, and it talks about the Amazon Kindle, the most popular e-book reader right now:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR3QM7LGL62MZ4X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=searchresult-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Hope this helps your research.
I prefer printed books…
I dont think traditional books will ever die out.
They are easier for me- i can only get e books on my laptop- not the same reading that in bed really.
also,,, i can just pick up a book and read- i dont have to turn anything on etc.
so…. PRINTED BOOKS!
though i can see the need for e books
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Printed for sure! I mean you can get comfortable anywhere with a printed book. I mean, you can have the laptop but it’s not as nice. Once the battery is done, then no more book. Real books are just a lot more nice to have. You cannot fill a bookshelf with e-books. I like to be comfortable when I read and staring at computer screen for prolonged periods of time hurts the eyes, taking away from the whole comfor thing. They’ll never be gone because plenty of people love normal books. It’s like a coin collection – you can have plenty of pictures of coins but it’s not really the same as actually having them.