Did anyone else love their ebook reader at first but start going back to paper?

texasnightowl · 03-06-2010, 12:32 AM

I've had my Kindle 1 since August 2008 and really threw myself into and really do like it. I have something like 600 ebooks right now and haven't bought a single dead tree book since (though I did receive one at Christmas).

But...

I'm hitting a little bit of a bump with regards to ebooks. Frustration with formats and DRM and format shifting (for future) and archiving...and so on and so on. It is so much simpler to just buy a book and put it on the shelf.

Then their is pricing and the recent Amazon/Macmillan struggle. Well, pricing in general. I was surfing Amazon today and for many of the books I'm interested in right now they are part of Amazon's 4-3 promotion. So they end up cheaper in DTB format. Example: 4 DTB's in the 4-3 promotion at $7.99 each = $31.96, but one of them would be free so the price would actually be $23.97. The same 4 books for Kindle at (usually) $6.39 each = $25.56. Ok, it's not much of a difference, but still...

I do love being able to carry multiple books with me in my purse via the Kindle; I like being able to download samples; I like some of the freebie books; but given some of my frustrations, when my K1 dies, I'm not sure what I'm going to do.

Anyone else in the same mindset or have these thoughts on occasion? Any suggestions to snap out of it...or not?

Alisa · 03-06-2010, 12:38 AM

I prefer the convenience and comfort of ebooks. Paper books annoy me, at least for novels.

banjobama · 03-06-2010, 12:41 AM

I still read paper books for school, and they kind of annoy me. I've been spoiled by being able to carry my reader in my purse for a few months now. Having to bring along a big heavy book irritates me.

kindlekitten · 03-06-2010, 12:43 AM

almost 2 and a half years with my Kindle and the honeymoon is still going strong!

pilotbob · 03-06-2010, 12:56 AM

> Did anyone else love their ebook reader at first but start going back to paper?

No.

BOb

daffy4u · 03-06-2010, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

> Did anyone else love their ebook reader at first but start going back to paper?

No.

BOb

What he said.

m-reader · 03-06-2010, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

> Did anyone else love their ebook reader at first but start going back to paper?

No.

BOb

Ditto. I haven't bought a paper book in 2-3 years (other than kids' books).

lene1949 · 03-06-2010, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

> Did anyone else love their ebook reader at first but start going back to paper?

No.

BOb

Me neither..

ficbot · 03-06-2010, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by texasnightowl

It is so much simpler to just buy a book and put it on the shelf.

Maybe easier if you are a rich person with plenty of storage space, no plans to move, and lackeys to pack it all up and schlep it for you if you do have to.

For those of us urban apartment-dwellers whose living room storage os shared between books, DVDs, video games etc. it is *much* easier to buy an ebook, strip the DRM and run it over to a backup drive for posterity...

Nakor · 03-06-2010, 01:56 AM

I can imagine myself sticking to paper for non-fiction, but for my fantasy collection? Doubtful.

AprilHare · 03-06-2010, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

> Did anyone else love their ebook reader at first but start going back to paper?

No.

BOb

Ditto. Paper is awkward to me.

pilotbob · 03-06-2010, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by AprilHare

Ditto. Paper is awkward to me.

as a matter of fact I have a dozen or so pbooks to read and just don't fell like reading them. Although I guess I will some day. Or maybe I'll just get the ebooks... Foundation Trilogy is 3 of them.

BOb

GA Russell · 03-06-2010, 02:27 AM

I imagine that the people who have gone back to pbooks no longer post here.

Fringecup · 03-06-2010, 02:46 AM

I got my ebook reader in early
December and haven't read a paper book since, although I got one for Christmas which looks very interesting. I think the only books I'll read now in paper versions are ones where color is very important (my Sony doesn't have color) or books of maps, because I find it really hard to look back and forth between the book I'm reading and a map to see where the narrator is talking about. The maps on the ebook are too small and not clear enough for my old eyes!

Billjr13 · 03-06-2010, 04:24 AM

Not really the most recent DTB I bought was King's Under the Dome in the collector's edition. Before that... I don't remember for sure? maybe something off the bargqin table last summer. For just over a year now.

03-06-2010, 12:32 AM	#1
texasnightowl Guru Posts: 699 Karma: 1001556 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Device: Oasis 3, K4B(NT), K3/KK	Did anyone else love their ebook reader at first but start going back to paper? I've had my Kindle 1 since August 2008 and really threw myself into and really do like it. I have something like 600 ebooks right now and haven't bought a single dead tree book since (though I did receive one at Christmas). But... I'm hitting a little bit of a bump with regards to ebooks. Frustration with formats and DRM and format shifting (for future) and archiving...and so on and so on. It is so much simpler to just buy a book and put it on the shelf. Then their is pricing and the recent Amazon/Macmillan struggle. Well, pricing in general. I was surfing Amazon today and for many of the books I'm interested in right now they are part of Amazon's 4-3 promotion. So they end up cheaper in DTB format. Example: 4 DTB's in the 4-3 promotion at $7.99 each = $31.96, but one of them would be free so the price would actually be $23.97. The same 4 books for Kindle at (usually) $6.39 each = $25.56. Ok, it's not much of a difference, but still... I do love being able to carry multiple books with me in my purse via the Kindle; I like being able to download samples; I like some of the freebie books; but given some of my frustrations, when my K1 dies, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Anyone else in the same mindset or have these thoughts on occasion? Any suggestions to snap out of it...or not?

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03-06-2010, 12:38 AM	#2
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	I prefer the convenience and comfort of ebooks. Paper books annoy me, at least for novels.

03-06-2010, 12:41 AM	#3
banjobama Busy Read'n Posts: 980 Karma: 5039283 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Auburn, WA Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux 5	I still read paper books for school, and they kind of annoy me. I've been spoiled by being able to carry my reader in my purse for a few months now. Having to bring along a big heavy book irritates me.

03-06-2010, 12:43 AM	#4
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	almost 2 and a half years with my Kindle and the honeymoon is still going strong!

03-06-2010, 12:56 AM	#5
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	> Did anyone else love their ebook reader at first but start going back to paper? No. BOb

03-06-2010, 01:56 AM	#10
Nakor Addict Posts: 214 Karma: 511602 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: BC, Canada Device: Aluratek Libre	I can imagine myself sticking to paper for non-fiction, but for my fantasy collection? Doubtful.

03-06-2010, 02:27 AM	#13
GA Russell Argos, Riders advance Posts: 7,632 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	I imagine that the people who have gone back to pbooks no longer post here.

03-06-2010, 02:46 AM	#14
Fringecup Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 127588 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Campbell River, BC Device: Sony Reader 600 Touch Edition	I got my ebook reader in early December and haven't read a paper book since, although I got one for Christmas which looks very interesting. I think the only books I'll read now in paper versions are ones where color is very important (my Sony doesn't have color) or books of maps, because I find it really hard to look back and forth between the book I'm reading and a map to see where the narrator is talking about. The maps on the ebook are too small and not clear enough for my old eyes!

03-06-2010, 04:24 AM	#15
Billjr13 Addict Posts: 357 Karma: 550002 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Colorado Device: Sony PRS 700 & 650	Not really the most recent DTB I bought was King's Under the Dome in the collector's edition. Before that... I don't remember for sure? maybe something off the bargqin table last summer. For just over a year now.

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