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[Dusty]

I have a personal interest in the development of the e-reader. This news is what we've all been waiting for.
 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/dec/28/amazon-ebook-kindle-sales-surge

[HolyCount]

Don't like them !!!  OK -- they are good for travelling ( loads of books in one sort of thing ) ... but you can't beat paper and the smell and feel of older books .....

But then .. I am a "digital dinosaur"

[Dusty]

Don't like them !!!  OK -- they are good for travelling ( loads of books in one sort of thing ) ... but you can't beat paper and the smell and feel of older books .....

But then .. I am a "digital dinosaur"

I would be interested to see your collection of 45's and 78's HC.

[Nickbat]

I personally dislike reading from screens even though I do it all day for work. When I'm reading for leisure I want to get away from screens. Also, I can't imagine a screen that works well on a sunny beach! 

[HolyCount]

Don't like them !!!  OK -- they are good for travelling ( loads of books in one sort of thing ) ... but you can't beat paper and the smell and feel of older books .....

But then .. I am a "digital dinosaur"

I would be interested to see your collection of 45's and 78's HC.

OK .. I admit there isn't any vinyl or bakelite (?) based music in the house ( several thousand album's on MP3 tho!). Nor is there a video cassette anymore .... but I still like real books 

[iggy21uk]

No ink, paechment were used in this thread so far..... so greenish!!!

 

[cem_devecioglu]

I personally dislike reading from screens even though I do it all day for work. When I'm reading for leisure I want to get away from screens. Also, I can't imagine a screen that works well on a sunny beach! 

cant say better..

 I prefer to read from cellulose and ink not from electronic media..

[Dishevelled Den]

Doesn't do it for me I'm afraid.  I prefer the tactile nature of the printed medium. 

There’s something comforting about holding a book, its weight, the friendly rustle of the pages turning as it speaks to the reader in a way removed from the words printed on its paper.  The secrets held about the hands and eyes that explored its content in days past.

Books provide a real experience whilst screens remain sterile – in my unworthy opinion of course.

[STMO999]

Off topic. Well done on your 5000 posts young Zulu.

[Dishevelled Den]

Off topic. Well done on your 5000 posts young Zulu.

Thank you indeed, Sir

[HolyCount]

Off topic. Well done on your 5000 posts young Zulu.

Thank you indeed, Sir

Indeed. Congratulations on your enoblement 

[tunnie]

i like gadgets, so i should like these, but i don't.

I really don't get the point in them, it takes me weeks to read a book, why would i want to carry 100's around on a PDA like device?

Pointless things really, and will never replace the printed word.

[HolyCount]

i like gadgets, so i should like these, but i don't.

I really don't get the point in them, it takes me weeks to read a book, why would i want to carry 100's around on a PDA like device?

Pointless things really, and will never replace the printed word.

When I find a book I enjoy it usually takes me a couple of days to read it. When on hols in the South of France I get through 4 or 5 books, between usual holiday stuff 

[Dishevelled Den]

Off topic. Well done on your 5000 posts young Zulu.

Thank you indeed, Sir

Indeed. Congratulations on your enoblement 

Thank you HC

[tunnie]

i like gadgets, so i should like these, but i don't.

I really don't get the point in them, it takes me weeks to read a book, why would i want to carry 100's around on a PDA like device?

Pointless things really, and will never replace the printed word.

When I find a book I enjoy it usually takes me a couple of days to read it. When on hols in the South of France I get through 4 or 5 books, between usual holiday stuff 

I hardly read any more, when i did, it was on the train, so 1 hour each way, so a big book took a while.