tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7850092733139593031..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The Dubious Scent of Books by Catherine CzerkawskaKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-6490314598614732892014-10-20T20:21:39.058+01:002014-10-20T20:21:39.058+01:00I'm totally with you Catherine, that's jus...I'm totally with you Catherine, that's just how I feel about my kindle, just returned from travelling and my kindle is perfect for that too. I read in bed before falling asleep too! Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-20797443402259040922014-10-20T10:11:37.117+01:002014-10-20T10:11:37.117+01:00I owned a small independent bookshop and the main ...I owned a small independent bookshop and the main trouble was that it was such hard work doing all the business side that there was insufficient time to read -- let alone write. I loved it though and can never feel the same about reading on a kindle. I do it, I appreciate its cheapness, portability, accessibility etc etc but I simply don't remember what I've read so well. I think it's my lifetime training - I've got too used to remembering by position on the page. I like to be able to flick through and pounce on a particular paragraph or phrase. I know I can do all that with highlights and go-to etc but it doesn't work so instinctively as it would if I'd been doing it all my life.<br /> julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-26556767247835902022014-10-19T21:09:44.488+01:002014-10-19T21:09:44.488+01:00Thanks, Reb. I still regret the loss of that small...Thanks, Reb. I still regret the loss of that small indie book store in our town - but as you say, it had nothing to do with Amazon. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-8432371520222349242014-10-18T17:15:21.989+01:002014-10-18T17:15:21.989+01:00Catherine, I love this post and hope you include i...Catherine, I love this post and hope you include it in the next AE anthology. Your remarks about your changed relationship to book stores struck a special chord: I worked for a decade with two indie stores, one of which went bankrupt. As you've pointed out so well, more than the economy is at work. Thanks to Amazon, we also relate to our books in New ways.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-27797562858981663962014-10-18T12:15:25.092+01:002014-10-18T12:15:25.092+01:00I feel the same, Chris. I sometimes wonder if it&#...I feel the same, Chris. I sometimes wonder if it's because I do a lot of my general reading in bed - last thing at night, early in the morning and quite often in the middle of the night as well. Whenever I try to read a paper book in these circumstances, I find myself getting irritated by the physical object. I've fallen out of love with it. Hardbacks are even worse. I find especially with eBook fiction that I love the way nothing gets between me and the story. I'm reading a lot more. But I do the same as you with reference books. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-20902037566110546052014-10-18T12:01:57.737+01:002014-10-18T12:01:57.737+01:00This really strikes a chord with me, and I would h...This really strikes a chord with me, and I would have said until recently, that although I read mainly on my Kindle I still preferred paper books. That is, until I came back from one of the conferences I attend with the goodie bag that everyone gets, and in it was one of my favourite authors. So I read the paper book, and you'd never believe it, but I found myself yearning for my kindle, I couldn't wait to finish the book so I could get back to it. But I do find that if I read a reference book I like on Kindle, I'll buy the paperback or hardback of the same title to keep on my bookshelves. Oh, and like you I'm reading a lot more, because the kindle's so easy to transport and pick up and put down.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-62930568503890871802014-10-18T11:23:23.993+01:002014-10-18T11:23:23.993+01:00Strangely, I find I'm reading less. I've n...Strangely, I find I'm reading less. I've no idea why because I love being drawn into a book and losing myself there. I agree with everything you say about Kindles (and iPads for that matter), but I still prefer - by a very long way - the totality of the experience of reading a 'real' book. I can't explain it. It's not smell but it's definitely feel, it's page-turning, it's the contrast between the thickness of the wedge of paper in left and right hands, it's the uniqueness of the object. The Kindle is great but it's not the book; it's just a transmitter with queues of other books waiting to come through.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-23551213219192647712014-10-18T07:44:56.469+01:002014-10-18T07:44:56.469+01:00I've realised that I'm reading a lot more ...I've realised that I'm reading a lot more too, since I've had a Kindle. I'm buying a lot more books as well, which has to be good. This has come as a bit of a surprise.Elizabeth Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16773078844943829786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34589969339017778822014-10-18T07:10:37.276+01:002014-10-18T07:10:37.276+01:00Well if you want to chat to other writers and read...Well if you want to chat to other writers and readers you could always do something really revolutionary like ... trot along to your local library. Providing it hasn't been shut down by lack of government funding of course ...madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.com