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Here's my view of E-books
I prefer reading online New Paper. No paper to toss. Same for a magazines. Tech books work great in E-book format too.

For a Novel though I'd never use an E-Book. The biggest reason is when I read for entertainment it's to get away from technology. So I'm not looking a monitor or TV. I can read by candle light when the power is out but if the battery goes on you the E-Book is useless in a power outage. Can the E-Book take the abuse that paper back can? I don't think so. Can I lend the book to a friend with out having to give them the reading device too. There are just too many problem with pure entertainment reading for this to ever work.
Posted by: voska   Posted on: 08/27/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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You learn from paper not e-books  American Pride | 08/27/04
Nothing like curling up next to the fireplace with a nice laptop?!?!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/27/04
You need more than 72-90 dpi for comfortable reading  Atlant | 08/27/04
Agreed, but some funny thoughts  bthomasmo@... | 08/27/04
LOL... Oh, let me just rip this advertisment out.. ZZZZZZZZZzzt!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/27/04
Depends on the laptop  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/27/04
Have e-books turned a page?  Loverock Davidson | 08/27/04
In praise of Jim Baen  sales@... | 08/27/04
Mod parent up!  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/27/04
Sounds good  Melmac_z | 08/27/04
It's all about mobility..  d_jedi | 08/27/04
Option offered  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/27/04
Until  James Dean_z | 08/27/04
Or  bthomasmo@... | 08/27/04
Here's my view of E-books  voska | 08/27/04
Not a replacement for paperbacks, but  sales@... | 08/27/04
I find loading dozens of tech books  voska | 08/27/04
Comparing pages to bytes  gas_z | 08/27/04
You forgot about compression!  Atlant | 08/27/04
Economy  eaydinceren@... | 08/27/04
Even better, Don't need the publisher  voska | 08/27/04
I like the idea.  mathandmetal | 08/27/04
Linux Games  voska | 08/27/04
The key, for me, will be re-acquiring my existing library  Atlant | 08/27/04
Ebooks  Melmac_z | 08/27/04
As long as I BUY them not rent them  CobraA1 | 08/27/04
what we want is privacy  V Sanders | 08/29/04
Librie  samirss | 01/06/06

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