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As I was walking in to the bookstore today, they replaced half of it with the nook section. I realized how much I like physically like holding my purchases. I like walking around the store and browsing. Anyone still go to the bookstore?
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I can spend all day in a Barnes & Noble
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I love getting lost in a good used bookstore
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My wife has turned our house into a damned library - no kidding - there are books everywhere - I can't build anymore bookshelves, cause we've just run out of room. Barnes & Noble is gonna put me in the poorhouse.Mephisto:I love getting lost in a good used bookstore -
KindleJDH:
My wife has turned our house into a damned library - no kidding - there are books everywhere - I can't build anymore bookshelves, cause we've just run out of room. Barnes & Noble is gonna put me in the poorhouse.Mephisto:I love getting lost in a good used bookstore -
I like visiting the book store but I love my nook and nook color. I bought a beautiful bookshelf last year for my books at home. I am actually thinking of selling them all except for my children's books. I don't care so much about holding the real deal. I love carrying around my nook with 960 books on hand at any time and I have room for many more. I am not a tree hugger by any means but think of all the saved trees! All of my books and magazines are right here in my hand. Haven't visited a B&N in a long time so maybe I should go check out what they have done.
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Hahahahaha books... yeah, I have a few of those. I downloaded the Kindle and Nook apps on my tablet, and I'm happy to have a bunch of books in-hand that way, but I don't think anything will ever replace the sensory appeal of the *printed* word for me. Oftentimes when I come across an article of any length online, I will print it out to enjoy later - staring at a screen all day, it's nice to have a different medium to read through. (Literally just printed out a New Yorker article releasing a previously-denied short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.)
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Mephisto:I love getting lost in a good used bookstore
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The feelings of missing an actual book in my hands is greatly offset by the fact that I can carry as many books as I want with me in one compact, neat little package - Kindle all the way baby!
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This. I still buy hard covers of books I really like for display, but Ebooks have replaced most of my buying. Having a crap ton of books to flip through is great. The one exception is reference books as I like to have a digital and hard copy because each is useful in its own way.The Sniper:The feelings of missing an actual book in my hands is greatly offset by the fact that I can carry as many books as I want with me in one compact, neat little package - Kindle all the way baby! -
jthanatos:
This. I still buy hard covers of books I really like for display, but Ebooks have replaced most of my buying. Having a crap ton of books to flip through is great. The one exception is reference books as I like to have a digital and hard copy because each is useful in its own way.The Sniper:The feelings of missing an actual book in my hands is greatly offset by the fact that I can carry as many books as I want with me in one compact, neat little package - Kindle all the way baby!
If the books I'm reading were available on kindle, it would be great, but there is still something to be said for the thing itself. I have an old ereader and love it for being able to have so many books close at hand, even traveling, but i haven't seen a digi reader yet with a good enough marginalia function to make it useful to me professionally. I want to be able to scribble all over the page and add sticky tabs and bells and whistles, and if I like it enough to whisper little nothings a padlock to keep any nosey suckers out!
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What are these.... boks? buks? books? you guys talk of?
