Do You Prefer E-book Readers Or Having The Physical Book?

[kingricefan]

I have put a couple of my books in a microwave before (not from bed bugs, but from a heavy musty smell) and they came out fine, with alot less odor to them. I only put them in at a minute at a time. If you do this, please be careful and don't just grab them after the dinger goes off- they may have a too hot spot somewhere and you may burn your hand. Let them cool off alittle. Don't put the dustjacket in with the book either! I would imagine that any bed bugs would die if they are present inside the book.

 

[kingricefan]

In the infamous words of Olivia Newton John- 'Let's get physical, physical.' I prefer holding a book in my hands, thank you very much. I have Kindle on my PC, but I don't like sitting here reading a book. I'd rather be in my lounge chair with a book propped on my lap.

 

[Neesy]

In the infamous words of Olivia Newton John- 'Let's get physical, physical.' I prefer holding a book in my hands, thank you very much. I have Kindle on my PC, but I don't like sitting here reading a book. I'd rather be in my lounge chair with a book propped on my lap.

I like to read in the tub myself and if I ever dropped an E-reader I guess that would write it off!

 

[kingricefan]

I like to read in the tub myself and if I ever dropped an E-reader I guess that would write it off!

That would be a rather expensive accident, eh?

 

[king family fan]

I have put a couple of my books in a microwave before (not from bed bugs, but from a heavy musty smell) and they came out fine, with alot less odor to them. I only put them in at a minute at a time. If you do this, please be careful and don't just grab them after the dinger goes off- they may have a too hot spot somewhere and you may burn your hand. Let them cool off alittle. Don't put the dustjacket in with the book either! I would imagine that any bed bugs would die if they are present inside the book.

Not sure I would want to eat my food out of the microwave if I fried bedbugs in it.

 

[Walter Oobleck]

We got a new kindle fire HD for Christmas. I've owned a kindle now for two or three years, another Christmas gift. That one, the page-numbering is a mystery. It gives you a location...a bunch of numbers...that make no sense whatsoever...and a percentage, 18% (read)...and this new one, the first story I read on it, it had something like "two minutes left"...and I'm thinking....whud? This thing going to start smoking? Like the tape recorder on Mission Impossible? So...you start reading faster...your mission, Jim...finish the story before the words evaporate. But now...story I'm on, a long one...it says "page 145 of 834"...and it will say that for three four page-turnings. This one, too, you can flip it around one way or another and the text flips with it...plus you can "turn a page" with a finger. But say you want to adjust on the couch? You're getting the ole butt-signals? Time to move, buddy, little circulation here, please. And your finger happens to touch the edge of the screen...and the pages go whipping past? Yikes! This kindle fire is nice too cause you can highlight in colors...using a stylus. I'd have to turn on the old kindle to remember how to highlight there. There's some other bells & whistles, like you can go on-line with this new one. I was concerned about battery life with the first one...since so many of my tools for work use batteries...and they do not last. But the old kindle is still going strong.

 

[No1FanUK]

i have to stick my nose in again to say books all the way, im passionate about it lol

 

[king family fan]

i have to stick my nose in again to say books all the way, im passionate about it lol

Yes I love good ole books.

 

[EMARX]

My habit lately has been to have one paper book and an e-book going at the same time. Usually I will try to have different genres on each to keep from information overlap. Though I do wonder what would happen if I had two fantasy novels going at once. Would the worlds meld in my own imagination. Discworld vs Game of Thrones, best 2 out of 3.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

We got a new kindle fire HD for Christmas. I've owned a kindle now for two or three years, another Christmas gift. That one, the page-numbering is a mystery. It gives you a location...a bunch of numbers...that make no sense whatsoever...and a percentage, 18% (read)...and this new one, the first story I read on it, it had something like "two minutes left"...and I'm thinking....whud? This thing going to start smoking? Like the tape recorder on Mission Impossible? So...you start reading faster...your mission, Jim...finish the story before the words evaporate. But now...story I'm on, a long one...it says "page 145 of 834"...and it will say that for three four page-turnings. This one, too, you can flip it around one way or another and the text flips with it...plus you can "turn a page" with a finger. But say you want to adjust on the couch? You're getting the ole butt-signals? Time to move, buddy, little circulation here, please. And your finger happens to touch the edge of the screen...and the pages go whipping past? Yikes! This kindle fire is nice too cause you can highlight in colors...using a stylus. I'd have to turn on the old kindle to remember how to highlight there. There's some other bells & whistles, like you can go on-line with this new one. I was concerned about battery life with the first one...since so many of my tools for work use batteries...and they do not last. But the old kindle is still going strong.

I have the older Kindle and I hate the page numbering system it uses. I never bothered to understand it.

 

[goathunter]

In the infamous words of Olivia Newton John- 'Let's get physical, physical.' I prefer holding a book in my hands, thank you very much. I have Kindle on my PC, but I don't like sitting here reading a book. I'd rather be in my lounge chair with a book propped on my lap.

Reading on a tablet or e-reader is a world of difference from sitting at a desk using Kindle or NOOK on your PC....

Hunter

 

[EMARX]

I have the older Kindle and I hate the page numbering system it uses. I never bothered to understand it.

The page numbering is all over the place, quite literally. Some are just plain annoying and others less obtrusive. Lately I've read
a couple with the numbers at the top of the page. That could catch on.

 

[EMARX]

In the infamous words of Olivia Newton John- 'Let's get physical, physical.' I prefer holding a book in my hands, thank you very much. I have Kindle on my PC, but I don't like sitting here reading a book. I'd rather be in my lounge chair with a book propped on my lap.

I do prefer the real book in my hands, the look, the smell, the feel but at my age I find my wrists can't seem stand up to to those longer tomes I love to read. I may have to resort to having the same book in each format so I don't have to stop reading at a crucial time in the story.

 

[Haunted]

Discovered a source for free ebooks, they are free because copyrights have expired, Gutenberg.org.

 

[fljoe0]

I just bought a Kindle Fire HDX a few days ago. So now I have an old kindle, a paperwhite and an HDX. As far as reading a book, the paperwhite is the best. The HDX is good for reading too but not as good as the paperwhite. The paperwhite is only made for one thing and you can't beat it for regular reading. With the HDX, you can buy magazines that are exact replicas of the printed versions. There is a bit of a learning curve in figuring out how to magnify what you want to read but I am really liking that and I'm still figuring it out. The HDX has a terrible user manual and I'm just figuring things out on the fly. The HDX is basically a tablet and you can play games, music, go on the internet, etc. You can even stream from your Amazon and netflix accounts. I like having both the paperwhite and the Fire.

 

[Neil W]

A book. I have an ereader with multiple titles on it, I can't get on with it. It just feels wrong and I don't get pleasure from reading on it.

 

[EMARX]

Discovered a source for free ebooks, they are free because copyrights have expired, Gutenberg.org.

It's a great resource, I just need the time to really explore it. And the quality of the books is excellent.

 

[Mr Nobody]

I'll always prefer books, but...we're moving soon, and after packing a good couple of hundred of the things, with the prospect of hauling them down two flights of stairs and out to the car/van/removal truck, then up another flight to the bedroom-cum-study/office at the new place...there's a lot to be said for ebooks after all.

 

[kingricefan]

I'll always prefer books, but...we're moving soon, and after packing a good couple of hundred of the things, with the prospect of hauling them down two flights of stairs and out to the car/van/removal truck, then up another flight to the bedroom-cum-study/office at the new place...there's a lot to be said for ebooks after all.

To quote President Bill Clinton: 'I feel your pain.'

 

[Neesy]

I do prefer the real book in my hands, the look, the smell, the feel but at my age I find my wrists can't seem stand up to to those longer tomes I love to read. I may have to resort to having the same book in each format so I don't have to stop reading at a crucial time in the story.

This is how the hard cover Large Print copy of Under the Dome feels when I try to read in the bath tub!