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From the lens Ebooks v. Books.

  • digitalfare Apr 11, 2012 @ 8:16 pm | delete
    Great debate, but I'm in the middle. I like owning physical books, and I like reading e-books too. You can't beat how portable and convenient physical books are, but an e-reader may give you access to books that the local bookstore and library don't have (or don't have many copies of).
  • tangy Feb 22, 2012 @ 1:58 am | delete
    i think read a book holding it in your hand and later putting it under your pillow is nice .. but new days new techs. these news tabs are nice too :)
  • JRLSolutions Nov 8, 2011 @ 11:08 pm | delete
    Love my old dead tree books, but I also love my kindle! Great lens
  • cgreen7090 Sep 18, 2011 @ 2:37 pm | delete
    Interesting debate. Maybe Santa will bring me a Kindle...
  • ThomasJ4 Sep 18, 2011 @ 12:40 pm | delete
    You make a lot of great points. While it can be nice to instantly download an ebook, I personlly think physical books are more personal and allow for a better reading experience.
  • Susan52 Sep 3, 2011 @ 10:35 am | delete
    I love bookmarks! Guess I can collect them anyway now that I am bookless (due to our house fire) and just own the books that are on my new (replacement) Kindle. I'm sure we'll opt for buying an occasional DTB (dead tree book), but most of what we accumulate will now be on ereaders, no doubt about it. Great debate, well presented. Blessed!
  • hakamike Aug 24, 2011 @ 10:27 am | delete
    Love the vid, gracious!
  • Helenee Jul 27, 2011 @ 5:26 am | delete
    It's really interesting -- all those different opinions and reasons for liking or not books and ebooks; great theme for a lens, especially among writers (obviously!)
  • SudokuNut Jul 1, 2011 @ 11:41 pm | delete
    I like the concept of ebooks but the publishers and ebook reader manufacturers are being really ridiculous about their distribution. I'm kind of annoyed that most ebooks seem to cost as much or more than a physical book, are fixed in the number of times you can lend them out and have digital copyright restrictions limiting which devices you can read them on...and other little annoyances! It's aggravating to buy a book and feel like you don't really 'own' it, but really only have 'access' to it with a bunch of restrictions. I'd really like to like ebooks more but for now, I'm still buying way more paperbacks than I am downloading ebooks.
  • arpak12 Jun 1, 2011 @ 3:55 pm | delete
    Books>ebooks for me.
  • Apr 19, 2011 @ 12:09 am | delete
    Interesting discussion. I love books more than e-books!
  • howtocurecancer Apr 11, 2011 @ 5:05 pm | delete
    I read a lot of books during the long nights, but now I prefer the e-books.
  • BarbRad Apr 1, 2011 @ 12:56 pm | delete
    Have lensrolled to Are Paper Books Obsolete?
  • BarbRad Apr 1, 2011 @ 12:55 pm | delete
    Ii will be very sad if paper books are no longer available, but unless mine burn down, I've got enough to read until I die, and if my house catches fire, no doubt the ebooks won't survive either. No one can rewrite history for me, either. Unless someone wants to carry away all my books, or me, they won't be able to control what books I have access to.
  • TamaraKajari Mar 21, 2011 @ 9:09 am | delete
    Great idea for a debate :)
  • LemonTreeDesigns Mar 18, 2011 @ 6:34 pm | delete
    Ah, man! Do I have to join a side? I like both, and I think each has its advantages and disadvantages. I love the feel of a thick, new bestseller in my hands. But, let's say I don't feel like driving across town to get it. I download it to my nook and have a chapter read in the time it would've taken me to get to the bookstore.
  • Glenn619 Jan 20, 2011 @ 6:33 am | delete
    Hey nice lens in my eyes i think both have their pros and cons.
  • yourgoldenfuture Jan 4, 2011 @ 2:24 pm | delete
    Both have its right for existance. Handbooks etc what need regularly updates are better in ebook-form. Easy to do and cheap...saves lots of trees-lifes.
    Good books i want to study in bound version...make marks and just enjoy...
  • kajohu Dec 19, 2010 @ 4:08 pm | delete
    As I mentioned above, I really do love my Kindle. Another benefit of a Kindle is that I have a dictionary right at my fingertips, and there's no excuse now not to look up a word that I'm not sure of. But....I still read some real books too :-)
  • kab Dec 11, 2010 @ 5:32 pm | delete
    Funny...I stumbled across that photo of the girl standing behind the stack of books just yesterday and considered using it on a lens. What a great shot.
  • Jodi_k Dec 11, 2010 @ 5:49 pm | delete
    That IS funny. I really love that picture too. Looks like me coming home from the library when I was a kid.
  • javrsmith Dec 11, 2010 @ 9:00 am | delete
    Books are nice but I can't increase the size of the font. If I get a large print book then I'm admitting that I'm getting old.
  • Jodi_k Dec 11, 2010 @ 9:17 am | delete
    >>If I get a large print book then I'm admitting that I'm getting old.<<
    The library sometimes fills my reserves with a large print book (even though I didn't request it). They hurt my eyes! Being really nearsighted, I guess I'll never need them though.
  • Sycro Dec 11, 2010 @ 5:08 am | delete
    fun lense
  • Wednesday_Elf Dec 7, 2010 @ 10:10 am | delete
    Holding a printed book in your hands cannot be beat! I just recently saw an example of a book on a Droid and it didn't do a thing for me. Guess I'm not much into the electronic age, but holding a real book, being able to turn the pages you can actually 'feel', seeing that there is just one more page to this chapter.... I could go on and on. Printed books are here to stay! Lensrolled to my 'For the love of reading' lens, which shows my love for 'printed' books!
  • Sycro Dec 2, 2010 @ 1:18 pm | delete
    nice lense
  • bsblmike2 Oct 23, 2010 @ 1:38 pm | delete
    ebooks ftw
  • WindyWinters Sep 20, 2010 @ 4:40 pm | delete
    I love print books and not gadgets so I would always have to vote for books. :)
  • ulla_hennig Sep 15, 2010 @ 2:08 am | delete
    As I already said: For me it's no either-or. I love well-made books which I can take into my hand, but I am a fast reader, and always have problems carrying loads of books me with. That's why I am considering buying an e-book reader.
  • Jodi_k Sep 15, 2010 @ 6:28 am | delete
    I'm a very fast reader too. The only appeal of an e-reader for me is that it would cut down on lugging all those books around.
  • Jodi_k Oct 26, 2009 @ 8:10 am | in reply to Flynn_the_Cat | delete
    Glad you liked it! Thanks for the lensroll!
  • Flynn_the_Cat Oct 26, 2009 @ 6:45 am | delete
    Ah! Perfect debate to lensroll on my Gunnerkrigg court lens! (webcomic vs book? :D )
  • messel Mar 3, 2009 @ 8:17 am | delete
    Hello Jodi_K,
    Great comparison of books to eBooks lens!
    I added a link to this on my http://www.squidoo.com/KindleTwo lens, and would love it if you would like to join two new groups I formed today.
    http://www.squidoo.com/groups/Kindle2
    http://www.squidoo.com/groups/eReaders
    The idea is to get some interlense links cooking for all the Kindle 2, and eReader interest/info we squid members have.
  • Jillster Feb 17, 2009 @ 1:56 pm | delete
    While I'm curious to try a Kindle, I have to admit, living without real, tactile, sniffable, paper books you can hold next to your heart is just not living to me. As Sondheim had his female lead say in Passion, "I live to read, I read to live." Somehow, that encompasses the physical experience too.

    Virtual books just don't fulfill the need, any more than virtual sex. The real and virtual bear some relationship to each other, but the latter might as well be a hologram in that it engages only one sense. A little extreme? Perhaps. But to an addict there is no such thing as moderation. (Ahem, a book addict that is LOL)
  • Frankster Jan 6, 2009 @ 10:25 am | delete
    An excellent lens. After spending at least 8 hours a day in front of a computer, I prefer my pleasure reading and even some of my business-type reading in my chair with a real book. 5 stars. Bear hugs, Frankie aka Bearmeister
  • Sherry Jan 6, 2009 @ 9:23 am | delete
    I love actual physical paper books. Adore them. I enjoy their heft, their portability, and yes even their smell. But why fight? Why demand stories in only one format? I enjoy audio books. I sometimes read poetry and short stories online. If I had all the cash I wanted I'd try try a Kindle. A similar debate might be framed around writing letters by hand versus sending email. Each has it's advantages. The happy truth is we are not required to choose one over the other. Physical books and digital books are available in this wonderful world, and each person can indulge in either one.
  • Susan52 Jan 4, 2009 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    I think there's a place for both. Traveling, I'll take my Kindle which I love, but it doesn't quite SMELL like a book, you know? (Terrific job on the lens and no, you're not a dinosaur!)

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I love real books — holding them, turning the pages, and looking at the covers (can't do that digitally!).

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