Do You Read eBooks?

Island Dog

Join Date 06/2003

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Do You Read eBooks?

I never cared much for reading full physical books, probably because of flashbacks from school. Anyways, since eBooks (Kindle, Nook, etc.) have really taken off these past few years I have been using them constantly. I think much of it has to do with convenience. I have dozens and dozens of books on my iPad which I read through the Kindle app. They are synced through all my other devices and I can pick up reading where I left off on any other device.

I'm also fascinated at the ease of creating content for these devices. So much so I was thinking of taking a bunch of my Windows 7 customization articles that are popular and formatting them into an ebook to reach an even bigger audience.

What do you think?

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benmanns

Join Date 12/2005

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i also read ebook plenty to be honest- if your writing is interesting ( it has to do with skinning so i guess it will be and your not only on wincustomize as far as i know ) i would take a look at it when your done sure

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I don't read ebooks because I dislike to read on my desktop, or laptop. But if I had an kindle, things would be a little different.

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Sinperium

Join Date 02/2010

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Quoting jocuri,

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I don't read ebooks because I dislike to read on my desktop, or laptop. But if I had an kindle, things would be a little different.

Me too. I read technical documents and the like on my iPad while web editing on my desktop.

All of our remote codes and household appliance manuals are on my iPad

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DsRaider

Join Date 11/2008

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I prefer to read physical books. I find it easier on the eyes, like to decorate with bookshelves, like to read in the bath, and I don't have a great record when it comes to long term data storage.

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I also prefer REAL books and have a 'small' set of libraries ie professional(computer stuff)of only 20 metres, relaxation (mostly scifi approx 40 metres, and general reference approx 15 metres, and all are double stacked ie TWO or more layers of books/magazines on EACH shelf so my total book/magazine collection would consume atleast 150 METRES of shelf space, and I find that staring at a computer screen for too many hours(more than 2-3 straight) a day does tend to trigger mild headaches, BUT reading for 12+ hours straight from a book/magazine does NOT, so from my experience I prefer REAL books.

harpo

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Uvah

Join Date 05/2006

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I'm into physical books. In school I was the bookworm. Used to take comic books to school and read them in class. Got caught a few times too. lol

But seriously before life threw me a bad curve I had some collection including a complete six volume electronic library plus complete series, all sci-fi, in hardcover, most of which are almost impossible to replace. So yeah....I love books, love reading and all that good stuff. As for an e-reader...nah....like the real thing too much.

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CarGuy1

Join Date 03/2007

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Books?....Nah, I wait for the movie.

Now I have been known to watch them on my iPad when I'm traveling.

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I don't read eBooks, I am a physical books person all the way. I utterly despise having to use online textbooks at college. I am behind on getting all of the Star Wars books I love. I finally got the Thrawn Trilogy and the Dark Empire Trilogy I ordered last week today. Sadly, I haven't been to the library in a long time.

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I am now reading again since I got my Kindle for my birthday in April and now e books are all I read. I still have my paperback and hardback books and have them set up on my bookshelf in such a way that they look decorative. A lot of my paperback books are really too old to try and read and I am sure I can use them as a reference to try and get them as an e book at some future time. One of the things I especially like about Kindle is the ability to be able to adjust the size of the font since my vision keeps getting worse due to MS. That can't be done with regular books. The only problem I have is trying to decide which book to read next... a lot of the books are sooo good.

The Cats Meow Mix

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No. I like the feel of an actual book in my hands.

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DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

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One thing about ebooks that bothers me... how accurate a reproduction of the original are they? Ideally 100%, but that doesn't alsways seem to be the case.

Buying the rights to a book (or work of any art) should preclude changing the original.

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StevenAus22

Join Date 06/2010

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Maybe someone should start an online issue-based campaign about that. And no, I don't necessarily mean DrJBHL, and I don't mean in an election-type sense.