Re: Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?
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 :)
Re: Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?
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.
Re: Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?
Actually i am wondering the same thing for quite some time... i can't seem to find the reason :blink:
Re: Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?
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.
Re: Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?
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.
Re: Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?
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.
Re: Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?
Best way to read ebooks is with a ebook reader:
http://www.nealford.com/images/sony_ereader_closeup.png
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:
http://www.intertechusa.com/images/h...rAnimation.gif
It looks like e-reading is the future
Re: Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?
I've got the Sony Reader - awesome piece of kit. Otherwise ebooks are just as the first poster described!
Re: Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?
I like using them based on that fact that they're free!
Re: Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?
Quote:
Originally Posted by
StuJB
I've got the Sony Reader - awesome piece of kit. Otherwise ebooks are just as the first poster described!
I agree. I'm getting a Sony Reader soon...