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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-05-07 05:13 PM
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23. No fucking way. I'll keep reading the kind of books that don't need batteries.
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  -E-Books? butlerd  Apr-05-07 01:15 PM   #0 
  - One of my favorite subject for discussion!  Book Lover   Apr-05-07 01:50 PM   #1 
  - Another tangent on e-books is using  MANative   Apr-05-07 02:38 PM   #2 
  - May I ask what reader you are using?  Book Lover   Apr-05-07 03:08 PM   #3 
     - Absolutely - I'm currently  MANative   Apr-05-07 03:28 PM   #4 
        - It's a cute li'l device  Book Lover   Apr-05-07 04:39 PM   #18 
           - It's really not that heavy - only 1.1 lbs  MANative   Apr-05-07 04:44 PM   #19 
              - Well, you asked for it...  Book Lover   Apr-05-07 05:12 PM   #22 
                 - Let's take these in order...  MANative   Apr-05-07 05:27 PM   #24 
  - Other posters on this thread have made excellent points in favor of ebooks.  Kutjara   Apr-05-07 03:28 PM   #5 
  - You're right about the contrast difficulties...  MANative   Apr-05-07 03:39 PM   #6 
  - This is going to sound funny...  Solon   Apr-05-07 03:58 PM   #7 
  - That's a really interesting setup.  Kutjara   Apr-05-07 04:08 PM   #8 
     - The only problem is that it isn't built in...  Solon   Apr-05-07 04:34 PM   #15 
        - Thanks for the great info! To me, the real difference between the DS and....  Kutjara   Apr-05-07 04:47 PM   #21 
  - Small point about waterproofing  Book Lover   Apr-05-07 04:29 PM   #12 
     - Good point. There are certainly ruggedized laptops and PDAs...  Kutjara   Apr-05-07 04:34 PM   #14 
        - Very true  Book Lover   Apr-05-07 04:37 PM   #16 
  - Books are better. Unless I wanted to read Tract Home Chippie or summat I wouldn't want on my shelf  jpgray   Apr-05-07 04:18 PM   #9 
  - I thought I would like it but didn't. It was too hard to arrange  sfexpat2000   Apr-05-07 04:20 PM   #10 
  - I'm an old fuddy duddy. I even print Monday's Top-10  Pacifist Patriot   Apr-05-07 04:22 PM   #11 
  - Actually, you can do virtually everything  MANative   Apr-05-07 04:31 PM   #13 
     - My nod to technology is my MP3 player.  Pacifist Patriot   Apr-05-07 04:39 PM   #17 
        - When I traveled by car a lot from CT to NJ for work  MANative   Apr-05-07 04:45 PM   #20 
  - No fucking way. I'll keep reading the kind of books that don't need batteries.  Redstone   Apr-05-07 05:13 PM   #23 
  - My favorite (and free) software e-book reader is yBook  Babel_17   Apr-05-07 07:06 PM   #25 
 

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