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I agree I have a 17 inch asus laptop, and along with textbooks, my backpack weighs a ton. I really need to just shove a bluetooth keyboard into my backpack and use my nook color to take notes.
Tired of carrying books around. I'd probably buy an ebook just for the sake of never having to carry it if I could. I have a 5lb laptop and then you factor in several more textbooks and its just ridiculous on some days.
I agree I have a 17 inch asus laptop, and along with textbooks, my backpack weighs a ton. I really need to just shove a bluetooth keyboard into my backpack and use my nook color to take notes.
Stop being such a pussy. Back in my day I had to carry 1000 page calc textbooks (both semesters!), physics and chem books+lab manuals + lab coat and finally a fat CRC book of integrals and logarithms in my pack uphill through the snow both ways in 100 degree heat.
Me too. But then I created a robot that could do all that for me.
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My calc texts are the ones that are really ing heavy usually. Even the international versions. I have no idea what to expect from my physics book this coming semester. My Chem book was an ebook - best book ever.
Also, you forgot to add that you were carrying you're old apple IIe also.
Having books at home can benefit your child's literacy.
I read iBooks on my iPod, but it's teeny. I love the convenience of being able to carry it everywhere, and always having a great library of my favorites at my disposal. I am less happy about having essentially bought the same book twice. I've considered getting an iPad just because I've built up my iBook library so much and the iPod isn't the best option for reading, particularly with my poor eyesight.
That said, I love books. I love having them on the shelf, returning to them, holding them. I keep and frequently re-read books. In fact, it's gotten to the point that I HAVE to get rid of some, and it's an awful decision. Hate that.
I am seriously bummed about Borders. I shopped there frequently, for many things. There is a location near us I've been going to for years and I am upset it's going to close. The spot is a great retail spot - it's always busy - so I'm hopeful it's on the list that B&N are looking at. Not much as soothing as a long browse through a bookstore on a rainy or lazy afternoon. . .
I think there is truth in this.
I also know for a fact that the number of books my parents had around directly contributed my interests in a variety of subjects, because I was allowed to explore them. An eReader just isn't the same for that.
Also, seriously, what are we going to do when the nuclear attack/emp/apocalypse comes and there is no more electricity or internet? Then the books will be helpful, until you burn them for heat.
Living in Houston??????
So long as the Joseph Beth sticks around in Lexington, I'm good. Count me as one of those who likes something with paper. I've been stockpiling hardbacks for years in anticipation of my dream study, where I can read, sip scotch, and smoke stogies while surrounded by a floor to ceiling collection.
My favorite places,though, are still secondhand bookstores and the secondhand section of the library. I can roll up in that and walk out with 10 paperbacks for 10 bucks. Yeeyuh
While younger gens will continue to turn to electronic means of reading, there will still be bookstores and libraries around for many, many years. I'm not worried
You hit on a major gripe I have with the Kindle. In some cases, I'm still paying $15 or so for a book.
damn. now it cant serve as my air conditioner magazine wait till the movie starts place anymore.
Living in Houston??????
Naturally, I'm assuming a nuclear winter will necessitate the burning of books, and picture myself sobbing and reading Pride and Prejudice one last time before I consign it to the flames of necessity and practicality.
In reality, should such an event come to be, I expect Houston will have been wiped off the map. . . so . . . yeah.
On the bright side, it will no longer matter that one of my favorite bookstores/locations is closing, right?
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