Comments on: The Great Book vs. E-book Debate

By: Sophie @ threetimesf

Sophie @ threetimesf — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:20:34 +0000

I devoured the first Hinger Games book in a weekend, and was eager to get y hands on the 2nd one, so ordered it online (paperback) almost immediately, but found the wait was practically unbearable, so by the time I finished the 2nd, I just ordered the kindle version so I could carry on reading!

I realise now that I could have just been more organised and ordered the 3rd a little earlier, but that’s just not my style!

By: Mike H.

Mike H. — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 05:25:13 +0000

I had this digital v.s. media fight for years back when CDs were still popular despite the rising use of MP3 players. Today, I own virtually no CDs, and listen to all my music on iPods and computers.

I’ve really come to see the benefit of owning everything digitally. Books and CDs take up a lot of space, and require a lot of time and effort to collect and store.

No contest here. I’d rather grab my Kindle with a thousand books on it to take with me everywhere, instead of having bookshelves lining my walls, weighing hundreds of pounds.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:24:05 +0000

Also, I have been well. I have no idea how long it’s been now–seven years or something? I dropped off the blogosphere when I was teaching because I was paranoid about being found by students. Considering jumping back into it in a more committed way (we’ll see what happens this month–it’ll get established now or go by the wayside til grad school’s over). I’ve been going back in your archives a little (not much yet) and it sounds like a lot has happened for you, too

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:20:33 +0000

Oh, that’s awesome. I will have to share this information with my partner!

By: elizabeth-flourishinprogress

elizabeth-flourishinprogress — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:59:55 +0000

My whole family has switched over to various e-readers and I have one myself, but there is something undeniably satisfying about reading a physical book and snapping it shut after the last sentence.

By: nikkiana

nikkiana — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:44:20 +0000

I agree. If it’s something that I absolutely love, I have to have a physical copy.

By: nikkiana

nikkiana — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:42:35 +0000

Yeah, I hear you at taking a break from the screen. The Kindle that I have is one of the e-ink ones, so it doesn’t really feel like you’re looking at a screen, which is one of the nice things about it. But yeah, I’d probably be more inclined to bring a book rather than a Kindle to the beach.

By: nikkiana

nikkiana — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:38:32 +0000

Eileen! Oh my gosh! It’s been so long! How have you been?

I just realized something. When you mentioned that you can borrow e-books from the library I suddenly realized that I have an Amazon Prime account and part of the reason I got that was because of the Kindle Lending Library where you can download a book for free, take as long as you want to read it and then return it when you’re done. I totally don’t even have to buy the books to read them. I win!

By: Alyx

Alyx — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:27:00 +0000

I think that ebooks are better if you’re just checking a book out, but if you find a book you’re really in love with, it’s totally worth it to buy the physical copy.

By: nikkiana

nikkiana — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:22:47 +0000

Getting myself a library card has been one of those things on my list to do that I’ve just not gotten around to… and I should! Especially now that I live somewhere that has a really awesome public library system.