{"id":828,"date":"2009-12-08T08:32:23","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/?p=828"},"modified":"2009-12-03T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T23:59:13","slug":"ebooks-v-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/2009\/12\/ebooks-v-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"eBooks v. Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have been tempted by Kindle since its debut \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I read reasonably avidly: books, magazines, and newspapers; I am comfortable with gadgets; I have enough discretionary income; I travel frequently; and I don’t shelf read books (they go into a box in the garage).<\/p>\n

Paper touch and ink smell do not particularly appeal to me. But I like doodling on the margin or title page. I was always delighted to re-acquaint thoughts and feeling that were so intimate long time ago.<\/p>\n

Recently I re-read a book bought more than 20 years ago. As I finished it, I wondered if any of the eBook format or reader would survive even five. What’s going to happen to my collection when the format changed or the reader broke? Do I care? Really?<\/p>\n

I read a fair amount of Chinese books, in both simplified and traditional Chinese. Are they available? I keep several classic around and re-read them all the time. Those are books published several thousand years ago. Would I find them on catalogs? Would I need to pay for them?<\/p>\n

On my recent trip, I saw a fellow traveler buried in her Kindle and another in a hardcover The Lost Symbol<\/i>. I was tempted to strike up a conversation with the book reader (but did not). So the paper version is more a social tool. I am sure the Kindler has been so annoyed by the same line, “So, how do you like the this gadget?” Or other usability inquiries.<\/p>\n

My nightstand has my reading list and the queue size is four now. I wouldn’t consider any eReader until I have cleared my paper inventory. In the mean time, I will wait for the price war between Amazon, B&N, and Sony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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