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« Reply #70 on: June 04, 2011, 09:24:PM » |
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Real books, only and forever.
God will bless you. ;) You two and anyone else who is anti-e-books had better pray you never get arthritis in your hands. I was to the point where I could not read without having the spines cut off my books and reading one page at a time. That works but it's a little difficult to store the books after you rubber band them back together (well, after someone else rubber bands them together for you, to be exact.) And then you can't donate them to the library and nobody wants to borrow them. Now I have hundreds of books neatly stored in my little Kindle with red leather cover and light built in to the cover. I can read in bed again after years of being unable to. |
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"Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to pessimism and discouragement. We have the firm certainty that the Holy Spirit gives the Church with His mighty breath, the courage to persevere and also to seek new methods of evangelization, to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth."
Pope Francis
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Excerpts from First Address to College of Cardinals
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« Reply #71 on: June 04, 2011, 10:23:PM » |
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Ebooks used with the Kindle, etc., are great because of the simplicity and the convenience.
But my recommendation: For every good eBook, get the real physical book.
There might be a time that there wont be any electricity....what then? You'll have a great blank and hollow useless tablet.
The only text available for building a dynamo was in the Kindle.....
So much for leaving anything for posterity....
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"Nothing is more miserable than those people who never failed to attack their own salvation. When there was need to observe the Law, they trampled it under foot. Now that the Law has ceased to bind, they obstinately strive to observe it. What could be more pitiable that those who provoke God not only by transgressing the Law but also by keeping it? But at any rate the Jews say that they, too, adore God. God forbid that I say that. No Jew adores God! Who say so? The Son of God say so. For he said: "If you were to know my Father, you would also know me. But you neither know me nor do you know my Father". Could I produce a witness more trustworthy than the Son of God?" St. John Chrysostom Sunday Homily
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« Reply #72 on: June 04, 2011, 10:37:PM » |
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Ebooks used with the Kindle, etc., are great because of the simplicity and the convenience.
But my recommendation: For every good eBook, get the real physical book.
There might be a time that there wont be any electricity....what then? You'll have a great blank and hollow useless tablet.
The only text available for building a dynamo was in the Kindle.....
So much for leaving anything for posterity....
Kindle has a really, really long battery life though  |
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« Reply #73 on: June 04, 2011, 11:32:PM » |
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I'm totally tempted to buy a Kindle now. I can't stand lugging heavy books around to read on the subway. And they're so unwieldy in an apartment eh
And I really want to use searchable books.
Do it do it do it do it do it Any appreciable difference between Kindle and Kobo? I have a work colleague who has a Kindle and two friends with Kobo and everyone seems happy. In Canada the Kobo is supported by Chapters-Indigo but I've always bought most of my books thru Amazon - I presume their ecosystem is more extensive. One, change your dang signature. I like reading signatures. I hate yours. Next, I like the Kindle. It's Amazon and Amazon is legit. The book "library" (for purchase) from Amazon is pretty extensive. I'd recommend reading Ros's Kindle 3 review. I am very much a fan of it. I also highly recommend it. I'll probably be buying my family/brothers one. |
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« Reply #74 on: June 04, 2011, 11:35:PM » |
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This stupid thread basically boils down to two sides:
"Screw e-books! I've never used an e-reader or read an e-book on an e-reader and I like my books so you're all stupid buttfaces for liking e-books."
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"E-books are good but books are also good. Don't hate on e-books just because they are not paper."
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« Reply #75 on: June 04, 2011, 11:47:PM » |
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This stupid thread basically boils down to two sides:
"Screw e-books! I've never used an e-reader or read an e-book on an e-reader and I like my books so you're all stupid buttfaces for liking e-books."
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"E-books are good but books are also good. Don't hate on e-books just because they are not paper."
Um. I know people seem to think I hate E-books, or at least certain people, but I've never stated anything about hating them. I'm not sure I've seen anyone else either. Why try to force other people to like something which they don't? That's what I find irritating in this thread is the attitude that someone can't have the personal opinion that they don't really care to use an E-book without being jumped on. I'm a bowler and I use some newer technology, but I don't jump all over the people who like to stay with their twenty-year old equipment. It makes zero sense to do so. I know people that actually do harass people with older technology and they're rather ridiculous once they go beyond a point (a simple recommendation is fine). The same applies for E-books. If people prefer the bound books with paper pages and leather covers or whatever, let them. This isn't religious dogma or anything. I'm getting the feeling that some people think lives or something else important are at stake here. And stupid thread is right. Well, not originally, but it's come to that by now. |
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« Reply #76 on: June 04, 2011, 11:56:PM » |
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I like both (I have the Kindle app on my phone), but I'm partial to physical books. It feels different to me, although I'm unable to adequately describe how.
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"Likewise, peace is rooted in respect for religious freedom, which is a fundamental and primordial aspect of the freedom of conscience of individuals and of the freedom of peoples. It is important that everywhere in the world every person can belong to the religion of his choice and practise it freely without fear" (Pope Benedict XVI, Address to Five New Ambassadors, 18 May 2006).
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« Reply #77 on: June 05, 2011, 12:32:AM » |
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Ebooks used with the Kindle, etc., are great because of the simplicity and the convenience.
But my recommendation: For every good eBook, get the real physical book.
There might be a time that there wont be any electricity....what then? You'll have a great blank and hollow useless tablet.
The only text available for building a dynamo was in the Kindle.....
So much for leaving anything for posterity....
Kindle has a really, really long battery life though Will the battery last through another middle age? Until the human race can restore/reinvent electricity? I'd stick with books. Real books. Just in case. |
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« Reply #78 on: June 05, 2011, 12:39:AM » |
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Ebooks used with the Kindle, etc., are great because of the simplicity and the convenience.
But my recommendation: For every good eBook, get the real physical book.
There might be a time that there wont be any electricity....what then? You'll have a great blank and hollow useless tablet.
The only text available for building a dynamo was in the Kindle.....
So much for leaving anything for posterity....
Kindle has a really, really long battery life though Will the battery last through another middle age? Until the human race can restore/reinvent electricity? I'd stick with books. Real books. Just in case. Solar panel chargers and inverters, brah. Gotta be prepared for the zombies. |
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« Reply #79 on: June 05, 2011, 07:43:AM » |
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Well, the civility was nice while it lasted...
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