You Prefer Paper Books Or Ebooks?

[PB Montgolfier]

Originally posted by Gurahl@30 May 2003 - 17:31
I just don't care if it's printed on paper or a bunch of particules projected on a computer or pda screen... Of course e-books don't smell like new or old books, they are sometimes full of typos ( the ones you get on P2P, actually! ) but does that really matter? Ideas are what matters not the media theyr'e on.

Kurt Vonnegut said, I paraphrase

"If you can read you can think the thoughts of angels"

I agree with you. It is the work that is important not the medium.

For anyone who wants to try the PDA option, get a cheap version with a monochrome screen. Just make sure that you have a way to synchronise it with your PC. Mine has a cradle so to install books I only have to push one button and the PC sends the file directly to the palm. This is really an example of where you want the older technology. The monochrome monitor, 8Mb the batteries last longer and it is easy to read the screen.

Once you have used the Palm method a few times you don't even notice the difference. Let's face it if the book is any good you become so enthralled the format is not important.

[OcramC]

paper books - you can hit people round the head with them

[Bass]

You can`t beat flickin the pages of a good book. The palms not bad,but i much prefer paper.

[Guillaume]

Originally posted by OcramC@31 May 2003 - 00:21
paper books - you can hit people round the head with them

You've got a point there! But since I don't mind using e-books, I usually carry a large stick, or club with a nail in it, to prevent being annoyed while reading ( why do people always have to interrupt you with some stupid question when you're reading? )

[PB Montgolfier]

Originally posted by Gurahl+30 May 2003 - 23:41--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Gurahl @ 30 May 2003 - 23:41)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--OcramC@31 May 2003 - 00:21
paper books - you can hit people round the head with them

You&#39;ve got a point there&#33; But since I don&#39;t mind using e-books, I usually carry a large stick, or club with a nail in it, to prevent being annoyed while reading ( why do people always have to interrupt you with some stupid question when you&#39;re reading? ) [/b][/quote]
Particularly when they say "Are you reading ?"

[ooo]

paper back books since ebooks hurt my eyes... n im only fourteen shitt....

[Runik]

Paper books .. i dunno the flipping of the page to page ... cannot be duplicated

[Freek1e]

Hmm... Paper Books versus CRT screen projected E-Books

Now that is a tough one......

Nah... I am only kidding

Real books (not paper books pls&#33

you cannot beat sitting down with a real book (and a glass of your favourite drink*) and just chillin out for a few hours
(whilst the downloads are running )

* BTW, Brandy in case you were wondering what mine is

[Curley]

Originally posted by Freek1e@1 June 2003 - 09:21
Hmm... Paper Books versus CRT screen projected E-Books

Now that is a tough one......

Nah... I am only kidding

Real books (not paper books pls&#33

you cannot beat sitting down with a real book (and a glass of your favourite drink*) and just chillin out for a few hours
(whilst the downloads are running )

* BTW, Brandy in case you were wondering what mine is

But ebooks are also real too.

[PB Montgolfier]

Oranges are not the only fruit.