tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post2522667227772916100..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The Double-Edged Paper Cut of E-BooksKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-84414131926361615862014-01-24T11:27:33.709+00:002014-01-24T11:27:33.709+00:00I am a real convert to ebooks, although I still li...I am a real convert to ebooks, although I still like paper. However 90% of my reading is now electronic. But Lev, if you bought your ipad simply for reading and nothing else I'm afraid it's the wrong choice. You won't be able to read on it in direct sunlight. The Kindle Fire has the same problem of a reflective screen. It's only the ones you call the doorstop models that will allow you to read in sunlight. Oh, and you indicate that Sony was a late arrival, however it was on the market a year before Kindle in both the US and the UK.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-64295829814434421532014-01-24T00:04:35.201+00:002014-01-24T00:04:35.201+00:00I think this thread sums up the situation perfectl...I think this thread sums up the situation perfectly. Long before I'd even heard of AE, a bulky paperback dropped out of my weary hands onto the floor on a long-haul flight and I had to take my belt off and scrabble round to find it. As I straightened up I saw someone in the opposite aisle calmly reading a Kindle and I decided there and then that I wanted one. But printed books are still my first love. For me, half the thrill of putting books on Kindle is the dream of one day seeing them again in beautiful print editions with their shiny new covers. But I'm now, after so many years, re-reading Brian Aldis's Helliconia trilogy, a mighty work of genius, now Harper Collins are republishing all his work. And I could only be doing this as an ebook. My bulky three volume print edition to pieces long ago. But if I still had them, I couldn't have packed them in our luggage for NZ. And the Kindle ed won't disintegrate either.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-30909798461769088272014-01-23T18:11:59.870+00:002014-01-23T18:11:59.870+00:00I wouldn't use an ipad or kindle fire because ...I wouldn't use an ipad or kindle fire because I want a screen that's not backlit like a computer is. I look at those enough of the time as it is! I find the Kindle screen very restful to the eyes. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-20287670647897564872014-01-23T17:36:31.676+00:002014-01-23T17:36:31.676+00:00I don’t have an e-reader yet so I carry several bo...I don’t have an e-reader yet so I carry several books around in my car everywhere I go. I’m sure there’s a formula to figure up how much extra money I’ve spent on gas carrying the additional book weight around all these years. Whenever someone rides with me I have to spend five minutes carefully moving my books to the back seat. When I do read an eBook I do it on my smart phone or computer. It’s not a great experience on those devices, but it works well enough. I’ll always prefer a paper book but there will be a time someday when I’ll invest in a nice Kindle or other e-reader.Scott Thompsonhttp://www.authorscottthompson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-91805543812069869222014-01-23T17:25:10.058+00:002014-01-23T17:25:10.058+00:00Great post, Lev--and thanks for the wonderful trib...Great post, Lev--and thanks for the wonderful tribute to The Suiting Redux. I'll look forward to the review. More and more, I suspect, when my new Fire arrives, I'll find myself in your reading predicament!glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-23210284254916269922014-01-23T15:38:56.582+00:002014-01-23T15:38:56.582+00:00I'm with Catherine on this, I love my kindle, ...I'm with Catherine on this, I love my kindle, even though it's the oldest 'keyboard' wifi + 3G model. Someone gave me a copy of their paperback recently, a very good book, but I found it floppy and heavy and cumbersome, I've got so used to the kindle. I can't carry much weight on trains etc due to my disability - I've been known to tear a thick paperback in half for a journey - and now I can carry a huge choice of reading on trains, planes, and into waiting rooms.Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-84446429833793167432014-01-23T12:26:46.611+00:002014-01-23T12:26:46.611+00:00I used to feel like you, Lev, but I have to admit ...I used to feel like you, Lev, but I have to admit that over the past few years I've changed. My enthusiastic attachment to paper books tends to be reserved for the old and beautiful volumes I'm lucky enough to own as well as the handful of Folio society editions. I'll make a hypocritical exception for my OWN books of course! But I spent a week before Christmas struggling to read a new copy of an excellent non-fiction book and wrestling with the spiky, cumbersome hardback became so irritating that if I hadn't been so enthusiastic about the book, I would have given up on it. I love the scent of very old books, much as I love the scent of very old textiles, but new books just smell of paper to me. On the other hand, my new Kindle Paperwhite with its pink leather cover that wakes it up as I open it, is such a miracle of design (and even the packaging was mouth-wateringly beautiful) that I was sold on it as an artefact from the beginning. Mind you, I seem to be disproportionately fond of my Samsung Galaxy s4 phone as well!Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-66292288934859935622014-01-23T10:50:41.373+00:002014-01-23T10:50:41.373+00:00despite the fact i've got a lady's name, i...despite the fact i've got a lady's name, i can't multi task at all. i'd love to be able to read more than one book at once, but it ain't going to happen. i'm slow, too, but very very slow. julia jones, please accept this extension to my apology. i STILL haven't been able to read The Lion of Sole Bay, and it's driving me mad. if i ever get on that desert island, the bible and shakespeare will see me off, even if i've got a hundred years!Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-26603912675015210552014-01-23T09:26:26.273+00:002014-01-23T09:26:26.273+00:00You've nailed it, Lev. I bet others feel exact...You've nailed it, Lev. I bet others feel exactly the same way about the tactile (and olfactory) pleasure of reading paper books but also about that strange phenomenon you identify of part-reading multiple books. I never did that before ebooks but now I find I almost always have several on the go at once, with the result that some of them get forgotten. I'm not sure whether I'm reading more or less than I used to.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.com