Is anybody annoyed about the electronic book craze going on?
by E Book Reader on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 | 17 Comments
Those electionic reader things are actually frightening me a little. According to the statistics, and the fact that Barnes and Noble is for sale, in a few decades regular paper books will be obsolete. If the future generations only used electronic books, that excitement when you buy a new book will completely dissapear. Also, it’s a lot harder to burn single books than to destroy these Sony Reader things that hold thousands of books in one. (Allusion to the Huns burning the Confucian books.)
I know a lot of you will say the obsolete thing is an exaggeration, but if not in a few decades, at least eventually. But I HOPE not!
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Nooooo! That can’t happen!!! I am making a mini library in my room with all of the books I have read!! I am 17 and when I’m older, in my own house I want my own personal library! I am a person who goes into Barnes & Noble, you can’t leave without a book. I always go further into the stack of books, like in the bookshelves, and get a non-finger printed beat up book! I love the smell of a book and love how it looks used after I’m done finishing it. I will not, and I repeat, will not by an electronic book thing. It’s stupid and you don’t have the actually smell and paper in your hands. If they make no more books, I am protesting and speaking to the president personally!
Hope this helps
No, it’s a fad.
well…for people who read a lot of books they are a good thing, because they are cheaper than real books.
as someone who doesn’t read many books, i can see the positive and the negative of them, i wouln’t buy one because they are expensive.
What’s wrong with electronic books?
I read lots of books, and what I hate is when I’m in the middle of an action scene and the damned page sticks to the next page. I then have to spend a couple seconds separating the pages. I hate paper pages.
I’ve never used an electronic book before, but it seems to be a lot easier to use.
As for the burning of books, you can copy electronic data and send it anywhere easily. Paper books, you need to print the pages to make a copy. I’d say it’s easier to lose books as paper than it is as digital data.
I agree. I think the main part of this fad is that it saves paper. But really, why save paper if you’re going to keep the book?
Besides, there’s so much that can go wrong with electronics. Batteries don’t last forever. The screen could bust. They could get a glitch. All you need for a book is, miraculously, light.
I will never buy an Ebook. When electronics fail everyone, I’ll be happily enjoying my REAL book near a reading light.
It’s not that big of a deal. B&N is selling mostly as a business move, and e-readers are actually better than paper books for many reasons (Environment, compactness, etc.).
People will not tire of literature in the future. It’s a necessary facet of our society. If people didn’t write, we’d be nowhere. Don’t worry.
I hate those things. I live in New York City and EVERYONE on the train has them.
If i wanted to, I could buy and read books on my computer. I admit it would be easier and have less of a short term environmental impact (electronics do not decompose like books do, waste has to be handled differently). I carry my laptop with me anyway, and thus I COULD potentially avoid added weight. Plus I do not have to take a trip to the bookstore. But who wants to spend their lives staring at electronics all day? Books, to me, are an escape from the computer. They have the innate ability to relax my mind – while the computer does not. There is no better remedy for restlessness than picking up a book and reading for a while.
If new book publishing become obsolete, then I will buy old ones or print out copies online. I will never own an electronic book. I mean, think about it. If it breaks – and you did not back it up – then that is the end of your virtual library.
I HATE electronic readers! I am also very disappointed and saddened that Barns and Noble is for sale. The thought of it scares me to tell you the truth. I really hope that actual books never disappear, because I love reading books so much, and electronic books are nowhere near as cool as paper books.
I’ve never realized there was craze before! Actually, I was pricing the Amazon kindle, and I loved the price, very affordable for me and the fact that I can have any book I want at my finger tips seemed awesome. But the books start from $9.99 to whatever for each book. i found that ridiculous and I’m sticking to regular paper books.
If that happens, I’m going to be pretty pissed. I’ve been working on the library in my house for years.
I’ve actually came SO close to buying a Kindle, but I can’t bring myself to do it. I like having the physical book in my hands. Also, I go to a lot of author signings. It’ll be hard for me to ask them to sign my electronic square.
I am.
Although it is convenient, there isn’t anything like flipping the pages of a book under a bed-side lamp.
I have a "Nook" and I love it. It saves me a lot of space because I have books stacked everywhere– I never get rid of them because you never know when you might need one.
However, I still buy and borrow regular books too. I do love the feel of a book in my hand, but the ereaders aren’t that bad.
Edit: Nice to see you thumbs down troll… Jen is the thumbs up princess. LOL
Yes Christian my heart sank at the B n N news too. It is annoying. But there is a reason these things are popular. There are millions of people there who are book lovers but have to read on the go and for whom Sunday reading is a luxury they look ahead to. And I am not talking about the time pressed executives and honchos but just regular people too. These e-readers are a boon to them, these people who have to catch with their book riding the Subway or during the lunch break. But I am pretty sure books will stay.
I dont think it would become THAT popular with everyone. For instance, both you and I think its ridiculous. I agree about the buying a new book feeling, I could never give that up
I’m torn over this. I watched a BBC culture show review last night and it discussed this e-reader thingy ma bob. It was interesting.
Anyway, like I say, I’m torn. On the one hand it helps bring literature into the hands of the those who have never taken a shine to it by offering a fancy new toy to play with. It also allows for environmental impacts by not requiring trees. And I would think it allows for lower publishing costs, therefore larger profits for publishers and in turn authors.
On the down side, it’s not a book. And it never will be. There’s no new book smell. There’s no old book smell. It’s risky to read in the bath, or to take on holiday. You don’t get to actually turn the pages. It doesn’t let you appear educated and cultured to your peers by having a big, full bookcase.
The over head for running a bookstore has got to be astronomical. The ease in which we will be able to acquire new material will be a positive. Also,more young/new authors will be accessible to a much broader audience.
The Kindle is a great idea. In the future I see children going to school with just a laptop sized device to hold everything they need,including text books.Imagine where schools could reallocate those funds no longer being tied up in text books.
Amazon seems to be in the front with a great opportunity to develop a "1 click" purchasing system available to millions of existing customers.
The losers will be the traditional bookstores that have been raping the population for a couple decades now,only stocking the books they feel will sell.Im curious what the New York Times best seller list is going to look like in twenty years.
The other losers will be guys like me that love to read at these bookstores and never really buy any books. I have always looked at them as libraries that sell really strong coffee.
Its not the end of literature as we know it.It may be the best thing to happen to it.Time will tell.
E-books have kept me sane. I am retired in a foreign country and its difficult to find ANY book in English. Therefore, I am very thankful for this tool. And with the airlines’ extra luggage charges, its not possible to travel with many books. When I am state side I buy paperbacks because they are about the same cost but you can give them to your friends. I find my grandchildren move alot due to jobs, etc, and books, as lovely as they are, are heavy and take up room. Find your very favorite book, read it two or three times on the E-book and if you still love it, buy it hardback. (That is if your parents have an extra closet or room in their garage. We are all down sizing!)
On the other side, I want my Bible in my hands and want to turn each page…an example of having your very favorite book hardbound.
If you want to save money and love to read……support your local library!!!!