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As a fellow curmudgeon who really loves dead-tree books, I still sometimes smile thinking about an appearance Maurice Sendak made on a variety show shortly befo
by jaredklewis 7y ago
As a fellow curmudgeon who really loves dead-tree books, I still sometimes smile thinking about an appearance Maurice Sendak made on a variety show shortly before he died: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mPEZj21NmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mPEZj21NmE
I have a few reasons to prefer paper books:
- They don't have to be charged.
- First sale doctrine applies. No 50 page TOS explaining what I can or cannot do with my own books.
- I can lend my books to friends and family
- After reading a book, I can easily give it or sell it to someone else
- Notifications don't pop up when I'm reading.
But like Sendak, I think I mostly just have an innate aversion to ebooks. I just don't like them. To me, an ebook feels like one of those electric wine bottle openers: efficient, but charmless.
- alpaca128 7y ago> They don't have to be charged My reader lasts weeks without recharging, that's enough for me not to matter. > Notifications don't pop up when I'm reading. I've never heard of notification pop-ups on an ebook reader. I hope you don't seriously compare reading on a normal tablet with paper books. I agree that old-school books are definitely more flexible and customer-friendly when it comes to lending etc. But I prefer carrying a light, thin device instead of a whole bag of books on journeys.