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Posted by Sayuri_x on March 25, 2008
I am here. I am alive.
I’m just having fun, working, getting to know my new workmates and reading my ass off. Seriously I haven’t turned a TV on in two weeks and I have discovered the e-book.
I want an iLiad. I know, not another gadget.
But it means I can get rid of all the books I have kept because I might want to read them again, (Though in all probability won’t.) It means my collection will remain intact and I shall have space, blessed space. The digital age is a great thing for us hoarders.
I’ll still keep my most favs that I can’t bear to be without. My Terry Pratchett’s, Meljean Brook, Jim Butcher and Jennifer Rardin. The rest can go.
March 25, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Oh yes, definitely. I’m a hoarder extraordinaire, and I so want a Kindle from Amazon for ebooks. I mean, there will be no room for me to live soon, with all my bookshelves.
It’s kinda like all the space I saved since I got an ipod and buy most of my music online…
Sue
March 26, 2008 at 12:29 am
I looked at the Kindle but they are just so goddamn ugly…..and you can’t use any other format than amazon’s format. I hate being limited.
Iliad will play most formats and looks a little nicer although what I really would like to see is some super sexy little apple number. THAT I would buy in a heart-beat!
March 27, 2008 at 12:39 am
Nope sorry - cannot agree with you on this one at all - it’s as much about the sensory experience of reading a real book as the story - and I cannot comfortably look at a screen for anything like as long as I can read from a paper page…
March 27, 2008 at 7:34 am
I know,
I will still have to buy my favourites because you are right, it’s about the feel of the paper etc, but surprisingly, I can and have read and entire book on the computer screen and it wasn’t that bad.
Plus the readers have something called e-paper which makes it much easier to read seemingly…..
March 28, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Oooh yes, if Apple put anything out like this, I’d also buy it in a heartbeat. Me loves Apple.
Sue