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« Reply #25 on: December 03, 2009, 03:59:10 PM » |
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So now "turning pages" is one of the pleasures of reading? I read a DTB last weekend and kept thinking I grabbed more than one page when I didn't.
Of course, sometimes I get distracted and actually hold down "next page" rather than just click on it. Always a mistake, LOL! Yeah, I really don't get it. I still READ.... I can turn pages anytime I want whether I read or not.... Betsy |
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« Reply #26 on: December 03, 2009, 04:06:25 PM » |
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My impression of the interview, which I finally got to watch this afternoon, is that the guest didn't quite realize that "Stephen Colbert" is an over the top caricature. Which is odd, because I think he's been on before. It was almost like he didn't get that most of the time when "Stephen Colbert" says anything, he really means the exact opposite.  And I still don't know what his book is about because he spent his whole time talking about the evils of e-books. I'm thinking maybe he won't get the "Colbert Bump." However I am interested in the book by the Brother Astronomer from the Vatican who talked to Stephen earlier in the show. . . too bad it's not Kindled. . . .but it looks like it's got a lot of color pictures:  |
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« Reply #27 on: December 03, 2009, 04:07:54 PM » |
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I have many horrible qualities -- ask anyone who knows me  -- but I don't have the My-Way-Is-The-Right-Way gene. I don't have an issue with people liking print books, well, aside from my tree-hugger habit of worrying about the environment. I just want readers to enjoy reading. When I didn't have a Kindle, there was a time when I deemed it not for me, but I still didn't dislike people for having one. I am rude and sarcastic, but I also think the world would be better if people didn't have a knee-jerk reaction of picking a side. Or, having picked a side, needing to make the other people sworn enemies. *** Most guests play along, or -- even knowing -- are so wrapped up in their point-of-view that they remain very serious. Alexie actually does seem to have a sense of humor, so I think he knows, played along a little, and still has a bug up his, um, nose about the Kindle. |
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« Reply #28 on: December 03, 2009, 04:19:06 PM » |
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I have many horrible qualities -- ask anyone who knows me -- but I don't have the My-Way-Is-The-Right-Way gene. I don't have an issue with people liking print books, well, aside from my tree-hugger habit of worrying about the environment. I just want readers to enjoy reading. When I didn't have a Kindle, there was a time when I deemed it not for me, but I still didn't dislike people for having one. I am rude and sarcastic, but I also think the world would be better if people didn't have a knee-jerk reaction of picking a side. Or, having picked a side, needing to make the other people sworn enemies. *** Most guests play along, or -- even knowing -- are so wrapped up in their point-of-view that they remain very serious. Alexie actually does seem to have a sense of humor, so I think he knows, played along a little, and still has a bug up his, um, nose about the Kindle. That's the way it should be. Reading a book on an e-reader is simply an opinion. |
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« Reply #29 on: December 04, 2009, 06:59:37 AM » |
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So now "turning pages" is one of the pleasures of reading?
Never, when you have arthritis in your hands! That's what finally made me decide to get a Kindle. It was an excellent decision, if I may say so.  |
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« Reply #30 on: December 04, 2009, 07:06:53 AM » |
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I think that everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion. HOWEVER, I have been reading library books to supplement my Kindle (I won't purchase a paper book anymore unless it's a collectible of some form). And I really do not think "turning pages" adds to my reading experience. It's also very hard to hold a library book with just one hand. And no matter how hard I try, I just can't get the text any larger when my eyes get tired unless I hold it right next to my face. But for every person out there who doesn't get e-readers, there are getting to be more of us who do - soon we can take over the world |
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« Reply #32 on: December 12, 2009, 09:49:38 AM » |
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Friends of mine, who are authors, are building a site that was originally intended to sell their out of print books in electronic format. They have gotten super excited about the future of ebooks. First of all, by establishing an online presence, they are connecting with fans in numbers and ways they never have before. Second, they can sell their out of print stuff. Third, they can write what they want to and not care if it is what New York wants to publish.
Ebooks are change. Like it or not the ebook genie is out of the bottle and ain't going back.
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« Reply #33 on: December 12, 2009, 11:06:09 AM » |
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Friends of mine, who are authors, are building a site that was originally intended to sell their out of print books in electronic format. They have gotten super excited about the future of ebooks. First of all, by establishing an online presence, they are connecting with fans in numbers and ways they never have before. Second, they can sell their out of print stuff. Third, they can write what they want to and not care if it is what New York wants to publish.
That's one of the the things I love about eBooks. Books that are out of print and the giant economies of scale of print publishing won't bring them back in print. But with eBooks its viable. I've bought of number of eBooks whose print counterparts are long gone. Heck, Baen Books caught on to the value of this to books not economically to reprint a long time. And they get money from me because of it. |
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« Reply #34 on: December 12, 2009, 11:10:12 AM » |
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Friends of mine, who are authors, are building a site that was originally intended to sell their out of print books in electronic format. They have gotten super excited about the future of ebooks. First of all, by establishing an online presence, they are connecting with fans in numbers and ways they never have before. Second, they can sell their out of print stuff. Third, they can write what they want to and not care if it is what New York wants to publish.
Ebooks are change. Like it or not the ebook genie is out of the bottle and ain't going back.
Elaine
Norman, Oklahoma
Well, they still have to worry about promotion, and getting traffic which in itself might be harder than just selling ebooks. |
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