tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post8479428676864236835..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Fruhlinger on Breaking Up with E-booksLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-61290363690910235432012-08-30T16:56:32.775-04:002012-08-30T16:56:32.775-04:00FT,
Flipping pages drives me nuts on e-readers! S...FT,<br /><br />Flipping pages drives me nuts on e-readers! Seriously, it's so hard to find an earlier place in the title if you've forgotten to digitally bookmark it. Not to mention the terribly typography issues that scaleable text introduces. Still, I'll use e-readers from time to time, especially when I'm travelling.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-73314891045053021662012-08-30T16:55:12.285-04:002012-08-30T16:55:12.285-04:00CR,
You're lucky: The system down here works ...CR,<br /><br />You're lucky: The system down here works off of this really unwieldy client. It's no fun at all.<br /><br />What I like about super-cheap e-books is that they allow lesser-know (but still excellent) authors to get their works out into the world. But you do really have to pick and choose to pluck the wheat from the chaff.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-72204018298643027962012-08-28T18:49:22.123-04:002012-08-28T18:49:22.123-04:00I find the e-reader I own just hinders basic habit...I find the e-reader I own just hinders basic habits I like--flipping between pages, telling by where my bookmark is how far into the book I am, etc. Plus there's something nice about being away from electronics when you spend the better part of your day with tech stuff.<br /><br />I still love the simplicity of a book. So old-fashioned :-)YA Sleuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371132883359264412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-32125522041817220152012-08-28T16:41:01.884-04:002012-08-28T16:41:01.884-04:00My concern with ebooks is kinda snobbish and antid...My concern with ebooks is kinda snobbish and antidemocratic. That is, there is a temptation to read lots of free or super-cheap self-published books, even if they are of inferior quality.<br /><br />There are a few gems that get published on ebook only; even major authors such as fantasy superstar Brandon Sanderson choose to go that route when a work is too generically awkward to fit into traditional categories. So I'm not purely against ebooks or even ebook self-publishing....<br /><br />...but I am very suspicious of books bought *just because* they are cheap. Books feed our imaginations, allowing us to mentally rehearse who we might want to be, envision worlds better (or worse) than our own, and understand experiences profoundly different than the ones we encounter. For this service, $10 a paperback (or $20 a hardback, or $0 at the local library) is already a bargain, yet I see a number of people subsist on inferior stories just because ebooks allow them to do so at a bargain.Chestertonian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550643992523840950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-9201002684685915432012-08-28T16:34:29.163-04:002012-08-28T16:34:29.163-04:00Public library ebooks vary greatly depending on yo...Public library ebooks vary greatly depending on your location. Both Austin and Round Rock have fantastic setups. Sure e-books are slower to arrive, and the ebook selection is more limited than the hardbacks, but in both cases it is far easier than we'd expected.Chestertonian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550643992523840950noreply@blogger.com