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[somedaybitch]

know what happens when i go into a brick and mortar store and purchase a book, pages and all? it doesn't disappear.

i get wanting e-copies of stuff to read. i get not wanting to lug a book around. i do. but the only way a book on my shelf disappears is if i give it away - there's something you can't do with a Kindle - or it was one of those rare times the dog got hungry....and then only the corners disappeared, really, so, you know, good dog.

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[thevaliumsofalj.livejournal.com]

I can't handle digital books.. I really need a real book with pages and stuff.. i'm a luddite that way.. I even have to print out journal articles, cuz it bothers me to try to read them on the computer..

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

me too, depending on what the reading is for. if i'm reading something for someone then i MUST print a hard copy. it's just easier for me to stay focused, and to go back and forth between pages. plus, it's fairly difficult to scrawl a frustrated, "W.T.F.?????" on my laptop screen in a way that doesn't, you know, ruin it. :D

[kernezelda]

Definitely. I love online fanfic and ebooks, but by golly I'll take hardcopy over digital if it comes to a choice. After all, after the electromagnetic pulse wipes out digital software in the apocalypse, you can't burn html to stay warm.

/snark

Really, I do prefer bound books for reading, there's just something real and true about holding a book in your hands that you can't get from balancing a laptop on your knees in bed.