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Well I know that NOW, ahaahha.
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Oops! Sorry about that. I honestly didn't mean "troll" in the sense that it normally gets stated, (more of an "I like this question" rather than an "Oh brother, not another troll!" ) but nonetheless .... thanks for the reminder.
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Well, it's important to have guidelines, because in a moment of thoughtlessness it can be easy to accidentally say something that hurts someone's feelings. I've been on both sides, so whatever their policies are, I try to cooperate.
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The only thing I found wrong with the OP's post was that although the question itself was rather innocuous, it wasn't really asked in a "just curious," conversational kind of way. It smacked of a; "so when when did you stop beating your wife?" kind of question.
So I don't think the OP did anything atrocious... but they did ask a bit of a loaded question. And the choices for answers only allowed for the possibilities that ebook buyers had either "forgotten" the pleasures of physical book browsing, or traded that pleasure for convenience. That's all I was responding to. Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-09-2012 at 06:50 AM. |
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The reason I responded seriously to the question is because there are a lot of people who find shopping a joy and a pleasure, and sometimes it's not (very often) on their radar that there are people who, for whatever reasons, shopping just isn't on the list of things they do except out of necessity.
I too have issues with anxiety and agoraphobia, and occasionally I can shop and have a pretty good time, but for the most part, I try to avoid situations that draw attention to it (in public). I am often fine with my husband or kids. who respect my needs. But it takes a LOT of motivation to get me anywhere near a mall by myself. |
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I like the experience of shopping at book stores, but I don't like the experience of finding space to store all the books I buy, or the experience of reading small text, so I prefer e-books.
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I wish I could browse eBook shops (Amazon etc.) by width of spine. I like me a good doorstopper space opera or fantasy epic. Does anywhere let you sort/search by page length?
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True, because filesize often is a poor indicator of book length, especially if books are artificially bloated with graphical chapter headers and fancy giant first paragraph letters that take up a good 8MB of space.
(Literally, I bought a romance novel that I downloaded at 8MB, when I exploded the epub, what was taking up the space was all of that, when I pitched the images folder, the REAL text size of 0.3MB was revealed (0.3 - 0.5 is about the average size of a novel IME) |
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The physical book itself is enjoyable, but also a distraction. It's an imperfect vehicle. I find I read much faster with my kindle because it does a great job of getting out of the way of the words. It's a "purer" book reading experience. Not having to hold a bulky book open means it become possible to read in more situations (i.e. being able to easily read while eating lunch which is my ritual every single workday). |
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The OP is Too Active on the site to be considered a Troll. I read other posts made by them in other threads. Since this site is ALL about eReaders & eBooks I just wondered why they joined. I once asked a computer question got slamed by the PTB & that WAS about an eBook! But my thread was Removed & mods sent me nasty note about it! Anyway I would think the OP would be more comfortable on sites that deal with PB/HB books. Sites like PaperBackSwap.com they have a forum for members to talk about books All Kinds & general every day things. Of course they also swap books! LOL
One thing I dont like about ebooks is not all are lendable. & once you buy they cant be shared with others. Unlike paperbacks I buy dont like I can pass it to some one who might enjoy it. Limits the amount of money I want to spend on ebook! |
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I am not saying anyone did anything wrong per se but to post on a forum about how the topic activity of the forum is inferior etc. to what I shall call non-mobile-reading is kind of annoying and condescending.
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To me it isn't even close. I will never buy a pbook again (except perhaps photography books). Ebooks are more convenient to search for and to buy, no shipping charges, no storage problems, always available anywhere, I much prefer reading on the Kindle to reading a pbook, etc. I could go on all day. Last edited by HansTWN; 10-09-2012 at 10:31 PM. |
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Along with what diapdealer and joykins already pointed out I find it off putting to have that kind of attitude while they turn around and sell the very same thing they're criticizing.
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