alchresearch Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Books are beautiful, cheap and work anywhere where there's light. In this case technology needs to learn to complement the existing, not try and replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunette Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I have always adored books, just the smell of a new book can make me a happy bunny. I volunteered in a library for years. But I also have a Kindle, and I adore it. I will always want to own the special books that I love, but the Kindle is just fantastic, so light, portable and easy to hold - long gone are the days where my arm is killing because I'm reading a huge book! The guy in the shop is probably just fearful for his job. They need to move with the times, I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavenlyarts Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I have the kindle reader installed on my iphone. In the 4 months I've had it there I've read 61 books. In year prior I read 5. The Kindle concept has increased my reading, that has got to be good. Also... my daughter loves her Kindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rothschild Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I've been thinking about getting a kindle purely for reading novels on. I find getting comfy in bed with a novel is all well and good until it comes to turning a page over when re-positioning is required. BUT......I bet kindle's don't bounce very well when the reader nods off holding it. I have several books which I often have to flip back and forth for reference etc......you can't do that with a kindle. I wouldn't imagine that images on a kindle can equal those in a book either. At the end of the day there's obviously a place for a kindle but I doubt it will ever replace books entirely. I hope not anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Well Kindles are brilliant for what you might call 'disposable books'; basically paperbacks. It's great to be able to carry your entire holiday reading on an aeroplane without worrying about weight restrictions. Sadly the Kindle would not be very useful as a disposable book like a paperback when travelling, the read pages of a disposable paperback book can be used as toilet paper, I would find it difficult to clean my backside with a Kindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irenewilde Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 He had a right go at me, saying that books were great and that i'm ruining book shops. Aaaaarrrrggghhhhh Just wondering if anyone else has a kindle and what are their thoughts? I love mine, it's the best thing my fella has ever bought me I've had this argument with a friend of mine! I have to say, that as a book lover, I agree with him completely. It's a bit like the comparison between vinyl records and CD's - there's nothing like the feel of a book in your hands. There's something about knowing there's a whole world inside the cover that you can escape into. Besides, who's going to take a kindle to the beach and get sand all over it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irenewilde Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 BUT......I bet kindle's don't bounce very well when the reader nods off holding it. Now *that* is an extremely good point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyb35 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I'm a huge book lover, but its starting to get silly the amount of books I have, theres only so many places in a house you can put another bookcase! I'm contemplating asking the hubby for a kindle for christmas, I never thought I'd want one, but I have a lot of books I don't want to get rid of, in case I want to read them again, yet are just taking up valuable space in a house with 3 children! I do have favourites I'd never get rid of in book form though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verydull Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 and there is me thinking that waterstones had got a new reader called a prat anyhow... I love books. I love the smell, the feel and the turning of the pages of them. I hope there will always be a place for them. I think its very similar to the photography debate over digital and analogue. If it re popularises reading then surely it can only be a good thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horribleblob Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Books are beautiful, cheap and work anywhere where there's light. In this case technology needs to learn to complement the existing, not try and replace it. I agree; and reading a book is a pleasantly tactile experience too. I look forward to a time when you'll be able to enter a backstreet shop full of musty old Kindles. Sadly the Kindle would not be very useful as a disposable book like a paperback when travelling, the read pages of a disposable paperback book can be used as toilet paper, I would find it difficult to clean my backside with a Kindle. I'm sure someone out there is working on an App this very minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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