For Christmas, I got a Pandigital Novel, a tablet eReader. It came with 100 free classic eBooks and it allows you to surf the internet while you're using it.
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| My menu page |
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| My Library |
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| Some of the free books |
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| Inside Sense and Sensibility, a version I downloaded. |
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| Well, this blog looks familiar! |
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| Scroll down to see more of the blog. (Yes, I took this picture awhile ago). |
As I've explored using it and putting books on it, I kind of like the eBook format, but at the same time I still like having a solid, printed book.
What do you think? Do you like eBooks? Or do you like printed books more? Or do you like both? I like both, personally: I like the solidness of having an actual book, but I also like the portability of having an eReader. I'm kind of caught in the middle!
I have the Amazon Kindle app on my phone, and so have quiet a few books on there from the periodic free ones that Amazon offers on occasion. I enjoy this because I am able to read these books for free when I probably would have never gotten around to getting a hard copy.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the Kindle still does not trump an actually book to hold in my hands. If I read a book on my kindle that I absolutely love, I end up buying the book so that I can have it sitting on my bookshelf.
So, while I do like the kindle in some ways, I still love to hold the actual book and feel the pages! :-D
~ Katy
I love my kindle but I have better memory with printed books. I get ebooks confused a lot. I'll know I read something somewhere but can't figure out which ebook it was. With real books, I think the size and color of the cover helps me differentiate things.
ReplyDeleteI do love ebooks though. They allow me to read things I would never be able to afford to buy.
Trying to read long things on a screen drives me a little crazy; I much prefer a book. =)
ReplyDeleteI haven't spent much time at all with ebooks. I've read a few, but not many. However, from what I've seen, it looks nice! However, those electronic things make me nervous. They're so easy to delete, be it a song or a book. I prefer to have the CD or the printed book. Besides, you can't really ever re-sell ebooks, can you?
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried reading through an eBook reader yet. However, I still think I would prefer printed books. There's just something about printed books that I like.
ReplyDeleteI know I am biased (being an old fashioned bookseller by profession), but nothing can ever beat the experience of reading a real book;)
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I still prefer real books. :) E-books, they're cool, and I love how portable they are...but a print book. *sigh* You have pages, and the feel and smell. Love it!
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