Dead Trees Society - book reading.

I like the feel (and even the smell) of dead trees in my hands.
 
Most of us have moved into the 21st century. Odd that someone who claims to be a scientist doesn't embrace technology.:cool2:

But, then again, maybe not so odd. Same "scientist" also subscribes to outdated and ineffective audist philosophies and educational methodology.:hmm:
 
"Video-chatting is nice enough — I hear your voice, see your face on the screen. But the screen isn't you. There's a reason our friendship isn't conducted through a laptop."
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Hah, not true of a great many people I know. I've got a decent number of people who are my friends entirely via my computer screens. I suppose this author would consider these friendships "fake" or something else dumb like that.

We may be able to read it, but we can't share it with others in the same way, and its ability to connect us to people, places and ideas is that much less powerful.
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Bold words from someone too fearful to even try something new.

I don't begrudge anyone their preferences (such as feel/texture/smell), as long as they also don't begrudge me my own (I prefer the rubbery back which makes my nook easier to hold and use entirely with one hand). But someone who views the medium as superior to the content it carries just seems silly to me.
 
Wirelessly posted (sent from a smartphone. )

Well we are in 21st century....so paper books are a thing of the past pretty much.
 
Well - money being a big issue, I can't afford to get an e-reader. The closest thing I have to that would be the e-reader on the computer, but can't take it with me. So, due to finances, I will stay with the print form of books.
 
KristinaB said:
Well - money being a big issue, I can't afford to get an e-reader. The closest thing I have to that would be the e-reader on the computer, but can't take it with me. So, due to finances, I will stay with the print form of books.
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Buying books can be expensive depending what books you get as well and they take lot of space. Many books will never be recycled again once they buy it as a recycled new book. Most new electronic products don't come with paper owner manuals anymore due to save trees and many come on CD in PDF format or on the website.
 
sequoias said:
Buying books can be expensive depending what books you get as well and they take lot of space. Many books will never be recycled again once they buy it as a recycled new book. Most new electronic products don't come with paper owner manuals anymore due to save trees and many come on CD in PDF format or on the website.
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I have several shelves in the house full of print books, shelves in my office full of print books, and a storage shed with boxes of print books. That is before I went through them all and sold several to the used book store. Needless to say, I love my e-reader. Plus, I've got a whole library in my purse!:P
 
jillio said:
I have several shelves in the house full of print books, shelves in my office full of print books, and a storage shed with boxes of print books. That is before I went through them all and sold several to the used book store. Needless to say, I love my e-reader. Plus, I've got a whole library in my purse!:P
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I should get Brindles. Much less clutter this way! :P
 
sequoias said:
Buying books can be expensive depending what books you get as well and they take lot of space. Many books will never be recycled again once they buy it as a recycled new book. Most new electronic products don't come with paper owner manuals anymore due to save trees and many come on CD in PDF format or on the website.
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I might buy 5-10 books a year. I live for the library, or book sharing. Some neighbors who have plenty of money, get books from a book club they are part of (buy 4 get 2 free then buy more at discounted prices kind of thing) and then after reading them, they make the rounds of the neighborhood. There is a sticky-note in the front that we each put our name on, or check off, then we pass to the next person. At then end, it goes back to the original person and then they get donated to a nursing home in the area. The books go through close to 20 people before getting donated.

The books I buy are ones that are part of a series that I really want or the kids want. We are ones who go back and reread them quite a bit.
 
Last book I read was The Elephant Keeper and right now I'm reading The Secret State, which is a true story about Jan Karski.
 
Oh one more thing...if you have books on an e-reader...it has no value if you want to resell them. You can resell physical books to get extra money and get other books if you wanted to. That is one of the negatives for digital media.
 
KristinaB said:
I might buy 5-10 books a year. I live for the library, or book sharing. Some neighbors who have plenty of money, get books from a book club they are part of (buy 4 get 2 free then buy more at discounted prices kind of thing) and then after reading them, they make the rounds of the neighborhood. There is a sticky-note in the front that we each put our name on, or check off, then we pass to the next person. At then end, it goes back to the original person and then they get donated to a nursing home in the area. The books go through close to 20 people before getting donated.

The books I buy are ones that are part of a series that I really want or the kids want. We are ones who go back and reread them quite a bit.
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You know you can access library services and share books with friends on an e-reader? My neice and I have the same tastes in pleasure reading, and we swap novels and such all the time. She will buy the first one, we'll both read it, I will buy the next one, we'll both read it, etc.
 
jillio said:
You know you can access library services and share books with friends on an e-reader? My neice and I have the same tastes in pleasure reading, and we swap novels and such all the time. She will buy the first one, we'll both read it, I will buy the next one, we'll both read it, etc.
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I so will have to look into that!
 
sequoias said:
Oh one more thing...if you have books on an e-reader...it has no value if you want to resell them. You can resell physical books to get extra money and get other books if you wanted to. That is one of the negatives for digital media.
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Yeah, that is a negative. But because my books are my friends, I rarely get rid of any of them. Maybe a novel or two that I know I will never read again, but that's it. That is why I like being able to store a huge collection of my favorite authors, classics, professional references, psychological biographies, bestsellers, non-fiction, etc. all on one small devise that fits in my purse. And if I think, "I feel like reading some Fitzgerald this week-end" it doesn't take me hours to find it in a shelf!:P
 
deafskeptic said:
Hey that's an awesome idea!
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We could not only share books, but discuss with each other what we got out of that particular book. I have found a lot of times that I would never have read a certain book if a friend hadn't recommended it, and then it turned out to be one that I treasured.
 
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