Tablets and e-readers versus printed books

I haven't read a real book since I got my Kindle about a year ago
 
Tablets are better devices all round than task specific, e-readers, but the number of poor quality, low resolution PDF manuals, that have crossed my screen recently - all but negates that superiorty ... , and here it is all about how long I can read, before my eyes, force me to do something else.
 
I have a Kindle and an iPad and I still buy mostly paper books. I use my Kindle for fiction mostly. I use the iPad for magazines and pdf files. I still love paper books though, especially for non-fiction, and books with pictures/photographs. I've also recently joined Audible and get audio books. Paper books are still my favourite though. I love having a book shelf, I love lending my books to people and when people come over to visit they often end up looking at the books and finding stuff. I find ebooks a bit impersonal in that way. No sharing allowed!
 
lexor said:
I haven't read a real book since I got my Kindle about a year ago
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I have bought a real (print) book since I got my Kindle a few months ago. While I have got a bookshelf full of print books, my new bookshelf is on the Kindle. It's a bit strange have the first two books of a trilogy in paperback, and the third one on the Kindle, but that's the route I've decided to go. See no reason to buy a print-version of a book I can get on the Kindle.

But yeah, don't think print books are going to dissappear anytime soon.

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I only look for kindle books now. Its great as you can carry so many in the kindle. I do think this will kill the printed books. also, it os better as less trees will be cut down :-)

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Nerfherder said:
How much mail go you get now days ?

I get all my account online or by email and letters are all email.

I hardly get any post... and its all spam.
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family, accounts, parcels, registered, fines, cell/network/tv mags(+license) and that is just private.
 
joelus said:
This is another reason why I prefer to buy books in paper format - books I actually want to keep and own:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/who-owns-your-ebook-1858785.html
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That is *very* old news. Amazon has put checks and balances in place to ensure it does not happen again.

DRM is supposed to protect the rights of the author, but more than likely only protects the publisher. Remember, with a paper book only one person can read it at any given moment. With an ebook (without DRM) any number of people can read it at the same time. This is what DRM is trying to limit.

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For you guys owning e-ink Kindles and Kindle Fires don't you find the screen to be tiny? I can't imagine readying a non story book e.g. textbook or book with lots of pictures on those screen. Can't see myself buying one for that reason. I opened a plain text pdf in a store on a standard e-ink Kindle and the text was just tiny.

DX seems to be a better choice but they are not selling in SA from what I have seen and it is at least double the price of the standard Kindle or Fire.
 
I have the 7" samsung tab and its perfect for ebooks. I read a lot more now that I have it as the titles I want are easier and cheaper to obtain. Now I no longer have to tug around 3 or 4 books (I normally read a bunch of books at the same time). Computers killed my reading time, tablets have brought it back for me.

The only reason I buy printed books today is for show in my bookcase.
 
skimread said:
For you guys owning e-ink Kindles and Kindle Fires don't you find the screen to be tiny? I can't imagine readying a non story book e.g. textbook or book with lots of pictures on those screen. Can't see myself buying one for that reason. I opened a plain text pdf in a store on a standard e-ink Kindle and the text was just tiny.

DX seems to be a better choice but they are not selling in SA from what I have seen and it is at least double the price of the standard Kindle or Fire.
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I haven't tried PDFs yet, but have no issue with regular ebooks/magazines. You can change the number of words-per-line and so on to suite you. Not sure if this works with PDFs, probably not. Note that while you can view PDFs on a Kindle, that isn't it's primary function, so does not get as much attention as regular ebooks. Then again, have seen comments from people who think that the Kindle displays PDFs just fine, to each their own, I guess.

B
 
As long it as encourages more people to read or people to read more, I don't care what medium is used!

The kindle/e-reader/iPad/<insert electronic device name> is not universally affordable, so there will always be a market for printed media (second/donated books or magazines).
 
Bismuth said:
I haven't tried PDFs yet, but have no issue with regular ebooks/magazines. You can change the number of words-per-line and so on to suite you. Not sure if this works with PDFs, probably not. Note that while you can view PDFs on a Kindle, that isn't it's primary function, so does not get as much attention as regular ebooks. Then again, have seen comments from people who think that the Kindle displays PDFs just fine, to each their own, I guess.

B
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I find PDF's a problem mostly because people insist on making them in "low resolution" format for distribution, which is very bad for my eyes, so, if I absolutely have to read these PDF's I end up un-PDF'ing them into a format that allows to at least make the text readable, which can be a real effort sometimes ... , and usually more effort than it is worth.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
I find PDF's a problem mostly because people insist on making them in "low resolution" format for distribution, which is very bad for my eyes, so, if I absolutely have to read these PDF's I end up un-PDF'ing them into a format that allows to at least make the text readable, which can be a real effort sometimes ... , and usually more effort than it is worth.
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Done properly even low resolution formats should have crystal clear fonts .
 
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