e-books vs physical books

The Absolute Zero wrote:Is iPad/kindle use OK in the porcelain library .. err the toilet seat? What if you drop the instrument in water or worse yet you-know-where.

Maria S wrote:Rashmun,

I can't speak for all wives..but, it's the time the spouse or partner spends on any activity and how distracted they get- which can create problems!

I have a Kindle, an iPad, a Samsung tablet..but, may be it's a generational thing, getting used to it and a personal preference..it's just not the same as physically handling a book- touching and turning the pages. E-books are okay for some time..but, get bored with them easily. I really dislike audio books!

And I think, physical books will always be around..many of the book stores and libraries I go to are still crowded- with a lot of young people too, in spite of of all the e-stuff. There are many places like places of worship - esp. Churches which can't/will not change to exclusively e-Bibles and Hymn books..it's just not the same. Also retro becomes cool..would not be surprised if real books are hugely popular again in a few decades.

Rashmun wrote:

Maria S wrote:Rashmun,

I can't speak for all wives..but, it's the time the spouse or partner spends on any activity and how distracted they get- which can create problems!

I have a Kindle, an iPad, a Samsung tablet..but, may be it's a generational thing, getting used to it and a personal preference..it's just not the same as physically handling a book- touching and turning the pages. E-books are okay for some time..but, get bored with them easily. I really dislike audio books!

And I think, physical books will always be around..many of the book stores and libraries I go to are still crowded- with a lot of young people too, in spite of of all the e-stuff. There are many places like places of worship - esp. Churches which can't/will not change to exclusively e-Bibles and Hymn books..it's just not the same. Also retro becomes cool..would not be surprised if real books are hugely popular again in a few decades.

i know some other people who just like you prefer physical books to e-books. but take into account the fact that e-book readers are going to keep getting better in the future. for certain kinds of books, the e-book will eventually be superior to a physical book. for instance, it would be a lot more easier to learn about DNA replication, transcription, translation, etc. from an e-book which is demonstrating these phenomena in an interactive, dynamic manner rather than reading about them in an e- a book. Imagine an e-book where you could read standard commentaries by reputed scholars on certain difficult or obscure passages in the Bible, just after reading those passages, by highlighting the passage of interest and clicking a key.
Where e-books win big over physical books, of course, is the great ease of carrying them around including when you move to a different city.

Natalia Romanova wrote:maybe kindle is cheaper inspite of it's no-resale value