Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?

**neosadow** · 09-14-2007, 08:33 PM

i think audio books were originally invented for the disabled but everyone is "on the go" that people just use them alot more.

i pop something that interests me into my mp3player or listen off the laptop on the commute to work or when im out on a walk. ebooks are the best things ever

**Trexx** · 09-14-2007, 08:38 PM

I simply take the Ebook, turn it vertically on screen, turn the screen itself vertically, and well, it gives me the feeling i'm reading an actual book.

**ilya** · 09-15-2007, 06:51 PM

Actually i am wondering the same thing for quite some time... i can't seem to find the reason

**polarix** · 09-16-2007, 06:41 AM

I can read from a screen just fine, I guess I've been doing it for 15 years, kind of got used to it.

I will definitely choose a hard copy book if I can, over an ebook. But searching is a major plus. And being able to copy paste. And the storage requirements for 50k ebooks is significantly less than 50k RL books.

**dhee_es** · 09-17-2007, 01:14 AM

Well, to answer the question of ebooks' appeal... you can get them for free...

But, personally, I can't stand ebooks. Staring at a monitor with nothing but lines and lines of text just feels too weird.

**Darth Sushi** · 09-22-2007, 01:06 AM

I transfer my ebooks to my PDA and read them wherever I want. Also, thanks to ebooks, I'm willing to try a lot more titles since it's free. When I travel, I can carry 1000s of ebooks on my PDA, which takes up less space then a paperback.

**macking** · 10-11-2007, 02:40 AM

Best way to read ebooks is with a ebook reader:

These pieces of kit use something called e-ink.

When you change the page magnetic ink flows to the parts where the word is but the plus side is it's practically like reading a book since there is no backlit LCD messing your eyes up.

You can store thousands of books on a decent sized memory card and in a few years there will be ebook readers with flexible displays and proper colour:

It looks like e-reading is the future