To Kindle or Not to Kindle? Good Question.
The Kindle craze slash talk has been going on for quite a while now and I still don’t know where I stand. Sure it would be amazing to be able to carry 1,500 books around, but could a Kindle really replace a physical page turning book? My first instinct says no.
What Kindle offers:
- Carry 1,500 books in one
- Get books sent within a minute from Amazon
- Reads like real paper, no glare
- Read for days without recharging
- Will read to you
- Will show you definitions of desired words
Why I’d rather a book:
- Personal satisfaction of owning your own personal mini library!
- Underlining, highlighting, bookmarking
- If you want to look back for info you can guess more or less where in the book it was (+ left or right side)
- No recharging needed
- Will last hundreds of years no matter how much or fast technology changes
- If you’re worried about the green side of things, instead of buying brand new books you could always swap or buy second hand books
- Technology is bound to mess up sooner or later. My book will be fine after a few dozen drops, kindle will not
- You’ll get sucked into the buying cycle; as it always happens with technological gadgets, newer better versions are constantly coming out
I can’t live without my computer, ipod or cell phone, but reading is a part of my life technology won’t invade! What are your thoughts on electronic readers?
I definitely still prefer books. An electronic reader just seems so…*clinical* :/ And besides, what about the smell of a new book (or an old one)? The joy of buying a second hand book, finding someone’s name in the front cover and daydreaming about who they were and what they did, and so on? :)
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I love the smell of new books! & I understand what you mean, totally with you there :)