Comments on: I do not care for these digital books

By: Dr. Frank Enstine

Dr. Frank Enstine — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:18:08 +0000

Most e-book readers don’t let you copy and paste thus making them worthless for research purposes. I think they work well with fiction books that you intend to read cover to cover like a novel. For non-fiction reference books they aren’t so hot.

tommyboy on December 31, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Many other book reading apps allow you to make notes and export them. I don’t use my Nook for research purposes because it’s only 7 inches which makes reading PDFs difficult and most research and technical papers I read are PDF.

By: Dr. Frank Enstine

Dr. Frank Enstine — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:07:09 +0000

I don’t have to worry about some company editing the book in my sleep.

JellyToast on December 31, 2012 at 8:36 AM

My Nook is “rooted” and doesn’t do auto updates. They could change a book in their cloud I guess but I save any book downloaded to a backup SD card. I don’t turn on Wi-Fi unless I’m using it.

By: tommyboy

tommyboy — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:02:55 +0000

By: JellyToast

JellyToast — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:36:26 +0000

I agree. I read books. Real books. I can fold pages, Write notes. Spill coffee on it and not panic. Plus. I don’t have to worry about some company editing the book in my sleep.

By: JohnTant

JohnTant — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:29:43 +0000

I tried reading Parker’s latest on paper. The experience wasn’t any better, which is pretty damning since she sets such a low bar to begin with.

By: Dr. Frank Enstine

Dr. Frank Enstine — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:29:28 +0000

As an author, I prefer–well, both.
Meryl Yourish on December 30, 2012 at 10:49 PM

Do you do it for a living or hobby?
If hobby, is it worth it?

I’m asking because some years ago I wrote a short scifi novel that I had planned to have digitally published but never took the final step. As of late I’ve been thinking of doing a bit of a rewrite and expanding it. It was more of a journal first person thing and I never really like how constricted I felt doing it that way so I plan on changing the format.

By: Dr. Frank Enstine

Dr. Frank Enstine — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:22:02 +0000

E-books are at least 50-75% overpriced.

I like to give away or loan out my books…can’t do that with an e-book.

Yes, I have a Kindle (three in the house) and an iPad and have e-books on them. But mainly classic books (free) that I always meant to read when I was younger, but never did. (The Kindle is easier to read for a long time, than on a tablet-type device. Too much glare and light. But I really like my iPad for many other reasons and recommend it to all. Siri, you are my computerized personal secretary!)

albill on December 31, 2012 at 7:30 AM

I agree they are way overpriced.

My daughter has loaned me books and she has also taken them out at the library. I don’t know how it works but she said as long as it’s not on two readers at the same time it’s legal.

I also love the classics that I can get for free. I was really surprised that Bambi was nothing at all like the film version.

I’m able to adjust the brightness really well so I can read comfortably in a darkened or dark room. I can’t read in sunlight but when I had the original Nook I found that reading in sunlight was pretty tough on my eyes and I had trouble adjusting to shaded areas or buildings after reading.

By: Dr. Frank Enstine

Dr. Frank Enstine — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:12:46 +0000

As a long time book reader I really like my Nook tablet. I wasn’t sure at first but I really like being able to side load the many free books, play some games and watch Netflix.

By: 2L8

2L8 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:40:27 +0000

It looks like someone didn’t get what they wanted for Christmas!

By: albill

albill — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:30:51 +0000

Difficult to get an author autographed copy of an e-book.
Hard for author to go on a book signing PR tour if all the books are e-books.

E-books are at least 50-75% overpriced.

I like to give away or loan out my books…can’t do that with an e-book.

Yes, I have a Kindle (three in the house) and an iPad and have e-books on them. But mainly classic books (free) that I always meant to read when I was younger, but never did. (The Kindle is easier to read for a long time, than on a tablet-type device. Too much glare and light. But I really like my iPad for many other reasons and recommend it to all. Siri, you are my computerized personal secretary!)