The Library Makes The Man

[Strike For The South]

I am a big fan of books.

I consider E-readers to be a pox. Works of literature are meant to be held and caressed like a beautifual woman. The e-reader is nothing more than a symbol of the slavery that is modern tech. A hunk of metal you hold at arms legnth, completely disenganging oneself from the act of reading

The nerds and science geeks got together and decided prose and romance could be killed. They have nearly done it with this kindle abombanation.

164 dollars can buy 20 works of mistakable beauty. Or a hunk of polished scrap metal

Bottle of Gin
The Sound And The Fury By Faulkner
Granpappys Colt 1911

It's in a box labeled "Emergency"

[InsaneApache]

With you all the way. I have hundreds of books and whats more, I've read them all.

(Well there was chuffing else to do in the 70s on a Sunday)

[Rhyfelwyr]

Meh, I've embraced the revolution.

Well I mean with my PC, I do not have Kindle, besides computers I am technologically illeterate.

I read a ton of stuff online, I use the Puritan library site, read Calvin's Institues elsewhere. Right now I've embarked upon John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'.

All for free on my PC.

And I can have my music vidoes blaring on youtube while I'm doing it. Again not costing me a penny, cause its not like I'm going to by them for an iphone or something.

You know when the stingy Scotsman has entered the thread...

[woad&fangs]

Only 20 books? The local used book store must be spoiling me. I'd expect at least twice that many for that amount. They've got some well taken care of older books as well.

Don't go blaming us science-inclined folk for that kindle abomination. Some of us enjoy our Asimov in paper form.

[Adrian II]

You know when the stingy Scotsman has entered the thread...

Enter the consummate snob. I recently bought over half of Honoré de Balzac's oeuvre for 20 quid in a second-hand bookshop. In French, because you know - I was raised way back when edjookasjun was awesome.

Oh, and I'm with our killer Texan all the way.

AII

[Centurion1]

I use something called a library. A quick check determines I have rented 79 books since last july.

Note: I go to Uni over a hundred miles away from my home.

Also I prefer the actual book to this rubbish e-reader nonsense. Nothing like smell of a new book the feel of its paper the crispness as you turn the page......

[Strike For The South]

Only 20 books? The local used book store must be spoiling me. I'd expect at least twice that many for that amount. They've got some well taken care of older books as well.

Don't go blaming us science-inclined folk for that kindle abomination. Some of us enjoy our Asimov in paper form.

I have a perchant for hardcover

Sue me

I use something called a library. A quick check determines I have rented 79 books since last july.

Note: I go to Uni over a hundred miles away from my home.

Also I prefer the actual book to this rubbish e-reader nonsense. Nothing like smell of a new book the feel of its paper the crispness as you turn the page......

I mark up my books, Highlighter and notes all over them

Reading is not a passive act

[Rhyfelwyr]

I have a perchant for hardcover

Sue me

But they are awkward to read if you're lying in bed or whatever...

[Hooahguy]

Im with you on this. I dont get the whole Kindle thing. I mean, you just cant curl up with a good Kindle. Plus scrolling is annoying. Id rather turn a page.

Men were meant to curl up with two things: women and real book.

[a completely inoffensive name]

i like the kindle. i wish i had one. i must admit i am addicted to technology. e-reader might make it easier for me to read.

i think paper works for some, others need an electronic reader to get into it. i think the option is great because it helps promote reading in some that otherwise wouldnt pick up an old book from a shelf.

i dont get the hate going on here.

[Fragony]

What hate, most of us just love books. iPads are cool but reading a book just feels more like really taking the time for it

[Major Robert Dump]

You can't hide nudie pictures of Bea Aurthur in the pages of a Kindle for "use" at a later time. You also cannot rip out the pages in times of emergency to smoke drugs

[Populus Romanus]

The kindle is the way of the future. Time to give up nostalgic memories of "books" - electronics will rule all. Kindle is cheap monetarily but not cheap qualitatively, the best combination.

[Husar]

What's this elitist nonsense again?

If we're meant to read so many books, why do most people need glasses after doing it for a while?
And if it's about gathering information and gaining knowledge etc. then why does the medium matter?
It's fine if you like to read books but all these nonsensical "rules" about how to read and them etc. are just a matter of taste and a way for people to feel superior.