People are always complaining about all the new electronic alternatives to reading books, but if you think about it buying one nook is cheaper and easier than buying 100 damn books, amirite?

You still have to pay to download all those books.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah, but there are a lot of free ones too.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

probably ones that you really don't care for though.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

No, they actually have some good ones, but it depends on the person.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You want to know where you can get free, good, and popular books? Libraries.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Cities these days are pretty much broke, and libraries are the ones getting hurt a lot by a cities budgets. And they don't come close having the selections amazon.com or Barnes and Noble do. Plus, it still doesn't solve the portability issue of big, heavy books.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There are millions of free ones, and the ones that cost money cost WAY less than an a physical copy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

When it comes to a good book, price shouldn't matter. For some people, such as myself, books can be very sentimental. There's just something about being able to physically turn the pages. Not to mention, that strange but comforting smell books have.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's all true, but sometimes people make it seen like technology is worse than it actually is. Yeah, its kind of sad how people would rather talk to eachother online or through texts than in person, but its basically the same thing. Plus its more convenient.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Meh. I'd still rather have the physical copy.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You can still read real books when you have a kindle though too. It's nice because you have the option to do either.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I buy used books for like $2. It's really not hard to find good book deals.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It is, but I still prefer paper books.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'd rather read from an actual book, but it's not like tablets are evil. If I was rich I'd buy the tablet for newspapers and magazines and physical copies of novels.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Those electronic books are probably not really healthy for you as they produce a lot of radiation. You would constantly have to worry about recharging and getting batteries for it. I'd constantly be worried that someone would go and try to steal it from me or that it's going to break somehow. Honestly, reading from a screen doesn't give the same feeling as it is from reading a book. The old fashioned book is far more convenient.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

actually, i have a kindle and last time i went on vacation i forgot the charger. i read a whole 300ish page book and started another before the battery died. Another great thing is how small it is, i think its really convenient

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Produce a lot of radiation...?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The Kindle uses the cellphone network to download books. Therefore it emits the same sort of radiation (frequency and intensity) as your cellphone when you download a book. But whatever, I prefer books.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Your derpiness makes me laugh.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I like physical books but when 8km going to the park, school, or vacatioing i dont want to lug a suitcase full of books around. I wouldn't say an ereader is cheaper though, it is more expensive to buy the product and there's not enough free books to offset that cost, but we do more for conveinence (sp?) and they are that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

but it's ruining the publishing industry that's a lot of careers down the drain

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It doesn't really hurt the publishing industry, it hurts the printing industry. But even so, the companies that produce these electronics employ a lot of people, too. It evens itself out.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well i'm not talking about employment in general i mean just like i know people who want to go into editing/publishing and it's a dying industry now because it's more about computer editing and things like that

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Editting and publishing shouldn't depend on whether or not the book is physical or digital, right? It's about the content.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i've heard from someone in that industry that it's different i don't really know the details though

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh yeah, I thought you just meant like people lose their jobs. I guess that would be pretty bad if you wanted to go into that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It saves paper too.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, see, if it's price you're worried about there are these things called //libraries//, they're really great

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It somewhat throws off the printing companies, as they don't have to print as many... That's my only complaint, really.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I agree that, even though books are great and nothing can completely replace them, the electronics are pretty convenient because then you'll have all of your favorite books with you. The only problem is that i read that it is proven that people tend to read slower on electronic devices/ screens.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

eReaders are costing a lot of people jobs... and they basically put Borders out of business. So. No me gusta.

by Anonymous 13 years ago