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I just can't make the switch to e-readers

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You'd think the ability to read books on our ipad or kindle would appeal to me but for some reason I still keep getting a regular book. It's not like I haven't tried. I checked out several books from the library for our e-readers but they are just sitting on there un-read. I ended up getting several of the from the library as regular books so its not an interest issue

I can't quite figure out why either. Do I just like having the book in my hands and turning the pages? Is it just habit?
 
It happens. My wife has a kindle and would probably get rid of me before she got rid of her kindle. My mom reads a lot and my stepdad got her one. It turned into a $100 soduku player. She won't read on it, says its not the same.
 
physical books are overrated.

I'm a huge reader... the overwhelming convenience of e-books outweighs whatever quaint nostalgia I might have felt towards dead trees.
 
Eink is great, LCDs a bit less so. When you have the stupid heap of of books I have, you really start to appreciate having a collection that can fit in a drawer.

It's a different experience, but with Eink especially, I found it an easy transition.
 
I felt the same way and then I got a Kindle Touch for Xmas. It certainly has it advantages and disadvantages, but at the moment, I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Having said that, there are book that an e-reader will never be able to replace, and those are book with pictures, especially color pictures and large format pictures, like a coffee table style book.

I have 2 (free) books that are supposed to have pictures and they are not there. wtf?

Although I did have another book that had pictures and they looked pretty good, although B&W.
 
Meh, curling up in bed with a Kindle or Nook just doesn't feel the same.

I've never been a fan of eBooks. I need the physical pages and the smell of the paper to complete the experience. Plus I have a kickass bookshelf.
 
lxskllr said:
Eink is great, LCDs a bit less so. When you have the stupid heap of of books I have, you really start to appreciate having a collection that can fit in a drawer.

It's a different experience, but with Eink especially, I found it an easy transition.
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1. Find a used book store.

2. Sell stupid heap of books.

3. More profit than buying an eReader.
 
Let me guess, you still read by the candle light at night because you don't like the luminosity of modern light bulbs.
 
irishScott said:
1. Find a used book store.

2. Sell stupid heap of books.

3. More profit than buying an eReader.
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There's no money in used books, except for special books, and special books are rare as hens teeth. Besides, most of my books I'd /potentially/ read again. Likely not, I still have a shit ton I haven't read in the first place, but I couldn't get rid of them for the pennies I'd get in return.

With an Ereader, you have access to thousands of free books. You could go the rest of your life without buying reading material again, and that's largely what I intend on doing. I'll buy the occasional other book, but my book buying days are about over.
 
loki8481 said:
I'm a huge reader... the overwhelming convenience of e-books outweighs whatever quaint nostalgia I might have felt towards dead trees.
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I am too. Thats one of the reasons I thought I would like it. Now more scavenging for that one particular book hidden somewhere in my bookshelves. (And not having to buy more bookshelves)

Baked said:
Let me guess, you still read by the candle light at night because you don't like the luminosity of modern light bulbs.
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Hmmm - generally I find candle light too dim to read in but I did ride to work in my house and buggy today
 
imo, the only really viable argument in favor of physical books is that you can buy crazy cheap used books (whereas e-book prices are set by the publisher and seem specifically designed to fuck over users)

on the other end of the price argument, though, are $.99 books, public domain books, kindle library lending, and self-publishing authors selling their books at a reasonable price.
 
I read on my kindle, ipad , and touchpad quite a lot, depending on which one is closest when I decide I want to read something. I remember having some initial problems getting into books on the kindle, but you have to keep at it until the novelty wears off. I didn't really get to settle in and enjoy myself until I stopped thinking constantly about how cool it was to read something on this tiny electronic device. Amazon themselves said that their goal in designing the kindle was to make sure it didn't get in the way of your reading enjoyment, and I quickly found that to be very important.

When you can replace the thought "I'm reading on a kindle/tablet/e-reader" with simply "I'm reading", then you can enjoy your e-reader as much as any book.
 
I've read more books in the 6 months since I bought my Nook than I did the year prior. For me it is all about not having to go deal with traffic, people, and a book store versus the 30 seconds it take me to buy books from the comfort of home.
 
I love my kindle, just because it's small compared to a hardback book. I do most of my reading outside of the house, and reading with a hardback is not the most convenient. Ever since I got my kindle years ago (on my 3rd one now, I keep buying the new ones and gifting my old kindles to family), I've read probably 3-4 times as many books.
 
Same feeling, I've been reading books for a long time. Just can't get to reading the epub/pdf versions. Sure you can put in a lot of eBooks on them which is cool, but it's just not the same experience. But I'm on a vacation right now (day 6 of 17) so I brought along the TouchPad to continue reading on the eBook version.
 
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