Comments on: remembering to blink http://www.penguingirl.com/2009/02/23/remembering-to-blink/ books. fibre. food. travel. words. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yvonne http://www.penguingirl.com/2009/02/23/remembering-to-blink/comment-page-1/#comment-59273 Yvonne Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:55:32 +0000 http://www.penguingirl.com/?p=2093#comment-59273 I read The Tales of the Beedle the Bard too. It was alright. I probably wouldn't read it again unless I read it to my children. I think the e-book readers are interesting. They remind me of Star Trek the Next Generation. You make a good point about travel, but I think I would try just taking my laptop. I could read books on it as well as listen to podcasts and peruse the internet. Still they do look really cool. I read The Tales of the Beedle the Bard too. It was alright. I probably wouldn’t read it again unless I read it to my children.

I think the e-book readers are interesting. They remind me of Star Trek the Next Generation. You make a good point about travel, but I think I would try just taking my laptop. I could read books on it as well as listen to podcasts and peruse the internet. Still they do look really cool.

]]> By: Miriam Peromsik http://www.penguingirl.com/2009/02/23/remembering-to-blink/comment-page-1/#comment-59270 Miriam Peromsik Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:05:46 +0000 http://www.penguingirl.com/?p=2093#comment-59270 Not planning to buy one -- price is one important factor, but another is comfort in the hand. I have a pda and have put ebooks in it -- and it's fine for short stories (such as Flatland) but for actual long books, it doesn't work so well. Why? 1. The screen is too small, which the dedicated readers solve. 2. scrolling is annoying, but you don't have to use that feature 3. screen contrast is harder on the eyes than print on paper, but the dedicated readers are actually better than my pda on that point and that's a major concern for them as well, so it's something they plan to better 4. It just doesn't fit in my hand the same way as a book. Worse than a paperback! (I prefer hardcovers for ease of use.) I don't read fiction on Shabbos unless it's Jewish fiction, so the Shabbos issue isn't really a consideration for me. Not planning to buy one — price is one important factor, but another is comfort in the hand. I have a pda and have put ebooks in it — and it’s fine for short stories (such as Flatland) but for actual long books, it doesn’t work so well.

Why?
1. The screen is too small, which the dedicated readers solve.
2. scrolling is annoying, but you don’t have to use that feature
3. screen contrast is harder on the eyes than print on paper, but the dedicated readers are actually better than my pda on that point and that’s a major concern for them as well, so it’s something they plan to better
4. It just doesn’t fit in my hand the same way as a book. Worse than a paperback! (I prefer hardcovers for ease of use.)

I don’t read fiction on Shabbos unless it’s Jewish fiction, so the Shabbos issue isn’t really a consideration for me.

]]> By: melanie http://www.penguingirl.com/2009/02/23/remembering-to-blink/comment-page-1/#comment-59262 melanie Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:01:58 +0000 http://www.penguingirl.com/?p=2093#comment-59262 I can't quite get myself to want an e-book reader - maybe because one of the reasons I love reading so much is that I'm not staring at a screen, so I remember to blink... But definitely I could see its use in traveling, if for nothing else but to load in the guidebooks! I can’t quite get myself to want an e-book reader – maybe because one of the reasons I love reading so much is that I’m not staring at a screen, so I remember to blink… But definitely I could see its use in traveling, if for nothing else but to load in the guidebooks!

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