Comments on: On ebooks & Kindles and why I’m not there yet https://iwilldare.com/2011/05/on-ebooks-kindles-and-why-im-just-not-there-yet/ A little bit of heaven & A whole lot of hell Wed, 04 May 2011 21:34:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Jodi https://iwilldare.com/2011/05/on-ebooks-kindles-and-why-im-just-not-there-yet/#comment-28132 Wed, 04 May 2011 21:34:37 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=9968#comment-28132 In reply to Suzy.

@Suzy, I used to think of myself as a gadget girl but now, not so much. Also, If i were a traveller (or ever left the house) I’d probably change my Kindle tune pretty quickly.

]]> By: Suzy https://iwilldare.com/2011/05/on-ebooks-kindles-and-why-im-just-not-there-yet/#comment-28131 Wed, 04 May 2011 01:45:39 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=9968#comment-28131 Okay, I love books and have a study/library in my house complete with a wall of Billy bookcases filled with my favorite books. But I also have a Kindle (for 3 years now) and an Ipad (for about a year). I got the Kindle because I sometimes travel a lot and packing books for a long trip took up too much room in my suitcase. And I love my Kindle now, and having any book I want at my finger tips. Not to mention the benefit of reading magazines without those stupid subscription cards falling out everywhere. My Ipad, I got for different reasons, mostly business expense reasons. And I don’t like reading on it. I think it has to do with the difference of the way the screen is lit. I still read books, esp if I can pick up a paperback copy cheaply at Half Price or amazon marketplace. Of course my biggest disclaimer should be that I am a gadget girl and love all manner of things electronic and nerdy.

]]> By: Jim Breslin https://iwilldare.com/2011/05/on-ebooks-kindles-and-why-im-just-not-there-yet/#comment-28081 Mon, 02 May 2011 00:43:14 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=9968#comment-28081 Jodi –

Nice post. Each person will get to e-books by a different route. Heck, my mom bought a Kindle before I did!

I was thinking today how I avoided buying an iPod (even though I’m a music geek) and my kids eventually bought me one as a gift. Then I won one. Then I bought an iPhone.

The first book I read on Kindle was Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and it struck me it was nice not to have a huge book carted around. Even though I have a Kindle, the library is my first choice for books. I do think it’s easy to bounce back and forth between e-reader and real books based on the situation. If the book is good you get lost in it either way.

Of course, I still want to collect books like you. My autographed books will always have that special shelf!

]]> By: Jodi https://iwilldare.com/2011/05/on-ebooks-kindles-and-why-im-just-not-there-yet/#comment-28076 Sun, 01 May 2011 19:25:39 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=9968#comment-28076 In reply to bakiwop.

@bakiwop, My thinking on eBooks and eReaders never even gets to the logical stuff like DRM or battery life or readability. . . I get too wrapped up in the emotional.

But yeah, DRM does suck, which is why I buy music from (ironically) Amazon and not iTunes.

]]> By: bakiwop https://iwilldare.com/2011/05/on-ebooks-kindles-and-why-im-just-not-there-yet/#comment-28074 Sun, 01 May 2011 17:32:33 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=9968#comment-28074 i want an ereader ever so badly – thousands of books at my finger tips – i get goosebumps just thinking about it! but drm kills it for me (just as it does with purchasing anything from itunes – or any other music store with drm).

is there any other reason needed than the wonderfully illustrative “1984”/amazon issue to not deal with drm’d ebooks?

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