No E-Books for me

Posted: July 20, 2010 by datechguy in oddities, tech
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I may be DaTechGuy but I say No to Kindle etc…

I like the feel of a real book in my hand. If I drop a real book, it still works. I don’t have to worry about a license agreement to keep reading. I can leave specific books in specific places to read. I can loan them out. I can donate my books to schools. A book can dry out, it can’t lose power, or short circuit and if one device fails I don’t lose the lot. And if I lose it I don’t lose my entire ability to read my library.

I can tell what a person thinks by their bookshelf.

I don’t want one, I don’t need one, don’t buy me one.

Now if you like it, that’s fine but it’s not for me.

Memeorandum thread.

Comments
  1. steveegg says:

    A couple more:

    – I can read a real book while a plane is taking off.
    – I don’t have to worry about a third party remote-erasing a particular book.

  2. Tim K. says:

    I agree with you DaTechGuy. I can only read a book if it’s in my hands. How can one underline a passage with E-Books? You cant. The Tech age is amazing, but some of it is just annoying and absolutely unfounded.

  3. To each his own.

    For me I haven’t read a regular book since May and so that the dozen or so were all ebooks. With the iPad don’t need a booklight can take my books with me everywhere to read. Plus my poor shelves were crying out for help because of the weight of books on them.