What do you think of E-readers?
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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Newsweek cover story-Future of reading: Quote: "Computers may have taken over every other stage of the process—the tools of research, composition and production—but that final mile of the process, where the reader mind-melds with the author in an exquisite asynchronous tango, would always be sacrosanct, said the holdouts. In 1994, for instance, fiction writer Annie Proulx was quoted as saying, "Nobody is going to sit down and read a novel on a twitchy little screen. Ever."
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Not hold an actual book in my hands? Not smell the new smell aroma? Or turn the pages? Not use one of my hundreds of bookmarks?
Never.
Sigh. I love the scent and heft and feel of books. It would be great for the traveler or commuter to be able to download hundreds of books in one volume. But from what I've read, the Kindle is expensive and a little clunky. But the killer is that the book downloads still cost about 50% of the price of an actual book. That's a bit steep, but I understand that's what the publishers insist upon.
I also read that the page is not backlit because it causes eyestrain. That may be so, but it would be nice to have the option when insufficient lighting is an issue. One good thing: Amazon claims to keep a record of purchases so if the download is lost or deleted they will restore it at no charge. I think it's also possible to control the font size of the text.
If future models become more user-friendly and less expensive, I would consider it. But I will never give up my print books.
I get eyestrain doing orders. I cannot imagine reading an entire book on a screen and having any vision by the time I was done. However, e books may boost the Braille publishing business.
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