Posted on 04/25/2021 12:25:16 PM PDT by 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.
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.
They can’t make old paper books woke.
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’.
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.
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.
Physical books are best.
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.
“....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.
Hey..thanks for the heads up! I appreciate it
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.
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.
I prefer my Cuneiform tablets.
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.
Electronic reads are highly cumbersome.
Try it with on-line or downloaded TEXTbooks, especially for math and science.
Nothing like the old way.
Good point. Soon the only version of Huckleberry Fin will be cleansed each time it’s “printed” for Kindle.
I love Vinyl Lp Records for many of the same reasons.
Check out the Kindle paper white. Pages are more like a book. A bonus is it’s waterproof, too.
Love mine.
thank you
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