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I read books electronically for a while but I've switched back to mostly books

Posted on 04/25/2021 12:25:16 PM PDT by SamAdams76

Much hullabaloo was made of being able to read books electronically, such as on Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc.

For a while, I became an ardent adopter of the concept. I would download my books to read electronically. For a few years, I would do most of my reading this way. But it never did feel the same as the tactile experience of reading a physical book.

I'm one who like to flip back a few pages to re-read or to reference the maps and what not in the beginning of the book. It was always cumbersome to do this electronically. Technically you are able to move around the book in electronic fashion but for me, it was always a clumsy affair. You end up fussing around with it for way too long while running down your battery.

Maybe I'm just old-fashioned. But now I'm back on the train to work with a physical book and my Kindle is gathering dust in my laptop case along with the thumb USB drives that I have basically stopped using as well.

Call me old-fashioned but I just like the book experience better.


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To: SamAdams76

It is likely that tactile sensation which improves the quality of reading, a dimensional experience, something.

I myself stopped using my Kindle many months ago, but I have used it for samples once in a while. So even though I gave mine away, I can still sort of taste the goods a bit before committing to a purchase. As well, the IPAD has samples, but I have never purchased a book on it. I prefer the pulp version of a book.


21 posted on 04/25/2021 12:47:33 PM PDT by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents )
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To: SamAdams76

I don’t like digital books because reading screens for a long time eventually hurts my eyes. I only read digital books that are otherwise unavailable in print.


22 posted on 04/25/2021 12:49:00 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: SamAdams76

They can’t make old paper books woke.


23 posted on 04/25/2021 12:49:30 PM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: SamAdams76

I prefer real books, mainly because their physical presence helps me to focus on reading. When I’m online, I know that I am only one finger click away from checking out other sites,
always ‘just for one minute’.


24 posted on 04/25/2021 12:49:53 PM PDT by lee martell (')
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To: SamAdams76

I read and like both. I read a lot of old history books, local histories, pioneer memoirs, etc., which would be pretty hard to get in a hard copy, but which I can get for for a few bucks or for free on my Kindle.


25 posted on 04/25/2021 12:50:24 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: SamAdams76

As a side note, Dollar Tree can have some decent titles. If you think about it, paying a dollar for a book is probably cheaper than going to the library when you add in the cost in time and gas to drive there twice to pick it up and return it.


26 posted on 04/25/2021 12:51:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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To: SamAdams76

Physical books are best.


27 posted on 04/25/2021 12:54:37 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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To: SamAdams76

Recently I started getting my local area newspapers electronically and love it. I no longer have newspapers lying around mostly unread and it’s just a better fit for me. Because it’s been a mostly positive experience, I’ve been thinking about getting a kindle. I LOVE books and won’t stop buying them but for actually reading them, I think I might find the kindle a better fit. If that makes any sense.


28 posted on 04/25/2021 12:54:57 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: LibertyWoman

“....think I might find the kindle a better fit. If that makes any sense.”

Since you haven’t used a Kindle before, check Amazon refurbished ones to minimize trial cost. Have purchased all the Kindles and Fire tablets that way and all functioned perfectly beyond the short warranty period.


29 posted on 04/25/2021 12:59:42 PM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

Hey..thanks for the heads up! I appreciate it


30 posted on 04/25/2021 1:03:57 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: SamAdams76

I am multibookerous - using both physical and Kindle reader on my ipad.

Thoughts...

1. I like fiction on my Kindle. I downloaded (more cheaply) and read all +100 plus Louis L’Amour books (twice). Read 8 books on the way to Portugal in a jet. Made it easy - and more in the evenings before bed as we traveled.

2. You can easily highlight passages in the Kindle, save them to evernote.

3. You can get the Readwise app and it will connect to your highlighted Kindle passages and give you a daily review of any number you determine. I review 8 highlights a day. It has been great.

4. I have a hard time reading non-fiction electronically. I buy physical and highlight with a sharpie highlighter. It is easy to pull it off the shelf in the future and review.


31 posted on 04/25/2021 1:04:57 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
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To: SamAdams76

I love to read.

My sense of sight is stimulated and delighted with the printed word.

My sense of touch is gratified with the turning of pages, the weight of the book in my hands, the softness of the paper and the stiffness of the covers.

My sense of smell responds to the paper, the ink, and sometimes, leather.

If it is a particularly spiritual book, like the Bible, or a Classic like Ben Hur or Moby Dick, then my spiritual self becomes involved.

If it is an adventure story or a mystery, my mind is stimulated as I imagine myself problem-solving and seeking solutions.

History and Travel take me to other times and places and fuels my imagination.

All of the above observations may be considered the racist ramblings of my White priveledge, but so be it.


32 posted on 04/25/2021 1:09:02 PM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: SamAdams76

I prefer my Cuneiform tablets.


33 posted on 04/25/2021 1:09:11 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: SamAdams76

That and writing a paper letter. Some of my most treasured possessions are letters from my grandma. Email is just a throw away, never to be kept or cherished.


34 posted on 04/25/2021 1:09:28 PM PDT by 556x45
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To: SamAdams76

Electronic reads are highly cumbersome.

Try it with on-line or downloaded TEXTbooks, especially for math and science.

Nothing like the old way.


35 posted on 04/25/2021 1:11:28 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: Jonty30

Good point. Soon the only version of Huckleberry Fin will be cleansed each time it’s “printed” for Kindle.


36 posted on 04/25/2021 1:13:19 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: left that other site

I love Vinyl Lp Records for many of the same reasons.


37 posted on 04/25/2021 1:14:12 PM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: LibertyWoman

Check out the Kindle paper white. Pages are more like a book. A bonus is it’s waterproof, too.


38 posted on 04/25/2021 1:14:54 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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Check out the Kindle paper white.

Love mine.

39 posted on 04/25/2021 1:17:28 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: pnz1

thank you


40 posted on 04/25/2021 1:17:58 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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