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The Life and Mind of DamnBlackHeart
This is to help me stay actively writing. So expect to see rants, tips on writing, thoughts on subjects, me complaining of boredom, reviews, anime, movies, video games, conventions, tv shows and whatever life throws at me.
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Society today is obsessed with new electronic merchandise and it's no surprise to see newer versions coming out every few years. For example, we use to have portable cassette players, then they turned into portable CD players and now we have ipods, mp3s or whatnot. It's understandable that as the years go by, we become more advance and create things that surpass our imagination, especially things that we never thought could get better or thought was ever possible to happen.
Lately I've been hearing a lot about e-readers, basically it's a hardware device that's allows people to use it to read e-books, books turned digital. I suppose for many this is an amazing thing because it's convenient, gives them access to any book they want with just a touch of their finger and it's holds a library of books which saves them the trouble of actually carrying books everywhere with them.
As much as that sounds appealing I can't see myself getting such a device. I love books and I read whenever I'm in the mood or have a chance to but I guess e-readers isn't for everyone, especially not for me. E-readers don't give me that wonderful feeling I get or the experience when I buy a book. Nor do I get that visual appeal of having it display proudly on my bookshelf. Or the physical feel of the cover, paper, and binding when I turn the page. I may be old fashion for wanting books instead of digital books but that's because with the actual books you know it's real, that it's not going to disappear into thin air and it's more personal.
Besides I never had to worry about a book becoming unusable if it's damaged or after many decades. After all, printed books exceeds that of an e-book reader, as over time the reader's battery will drain and require recharging. Additionally, I've read that in the case of microfilm, “there is no guarantee that copies will last. Bits become degraded over time. Documents may get lost in cyberspace...Hardware and software become extinct at a distressing rate.“ These e-books readers are more susceptible to damage from being dropped or hit than a print book. Due to faults in hardware or software, e-book readers may malfunction and data loss can occur. As with any piece of technology, the reader must be protected from the elements (such as extreme cold, heat, water, etc.), while print books are not susceptible to damage from electromagnetic pulses, surges, impacts, or extreme temperatures.
I can turn the pages in an instant with a printed book, so I don't have to wait so long until the device does or worry about it ever freezing up. Nor do I have to deal with getting an anti-glare protector for my book because it doesn't reflect and light back into my eyes.
I don't even have to worry about expensive paper books because I can always find them for a decent and cheap price while still in mint condition. The cost of an e-book reader far exceeds that of a single book, and e-books often cost the same as their print versions. Due to the high cost of the initial investment in some form of e-reader, e-books are cost prohibitive to much of the world's population.
Furthermore, there is no used e-book market, so consumers will neither be able to recoup some of their costs by selling an unwanted title they have finished, nor will they be able to buy used copies at significant discounts, as they can now easily do with printed books. Because of the high-tech appeal of the e-reader, they are a greater target for theft than an individual print book
After all, once a theft gets their hand on your e-reader they pretty much made away with your whole library and the money you put into building it. I'm honesty doing just fine without that device.
 DamnBlackHeart · Sun May 22, 2011 @ 06:52am · 0 Comments |
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