He talked last night (Sunday, March 5th) about e-books! The latest "rage" in this ever-changing electronic world. Unlike Andy, I do own an e-reader. I cannot say which one as I own stock in one company, but bought the competitor's model. No particular reason.
Now, the "why" I bought it was for the ease of reading a book while I'm on the road. When we take vacations, I usually take long three or four books to read while the other half is driving, or to put myself to sleep at night when we cannot agree on a TV program to watch. It will be so much easier to take one e-reader rather than an armful of books. I prefer to travel light, and even paperbacks take up room and weight.
At home, however, I prefer to have pages to manually turn. I love all my quirky bookmarks, including the slip from the library that tells me when my books are due back.
I wonder if the fiuture will all be written in electronic messages, and the book will totally disappear from the horizon. I cannot think that at the blink of an eye, a best seller, or a monumental book on some sort of philosophy, or scientific work, will be lost forever with a power outtage. I cannot fathom that books will go away forever. We will always need the proverbial "hard copy," I would think.
After I finish this, I think I'll curl up with a hard back book I got from the library, on Day 98!
Now, the "why" I bought it was for the ease of reading a book while I'm on the road. When we take vacations, I usually take long three or four books to read while the other half is driving, or to put myself to sleep at night when we cannot agree on a TV program to watch. It will be so much easier to take one e-reader rather than an armful of books. I prefer to travel light, and even paperbacks take up room and weight.
At home, however, I prefer to have pages to manually turn. I love all my quirky bookmarks, including the slip from the library that tells me when my books are due back.
I wonder if the fiuture will all be written in electronic messages, and the book will totally disappear from the horizon. I cannot think that at the blink of an eye, a best seller, or a monumental book on some sort of philosophy, or scientific work, will be lost forever with a power outtage. I cannot fathom that books will go away forever. We will always need the proverbial "hard copy," I would think.
After I finish this, I think I'll curl up with a hard back book I got from the library, on Day 98!
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