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True - I miss looking at bookshelves of myself and friends / colleagues / libraries to discover new stuff spontaneously too. Still, I can take what would have

True - I miss looking at bookshelves of myself and friends / colleagues / libraries to discover new stuff spontaneously too. Still, I can take what would have been a big stack of paper with me to the coffee shop / park / forest and like the ability to search for text strings. Maybe I should see if there is a 'give me a random page' button in my software or if a spotify / netflix style recommendation engine would work well for books and papers. Have never seen a remarkable in the flesh, though that would annoy me.

smaudet 3y ago
If you could build a physical book that had e-reader pages (and took no power to read), that would solve some of the issue(s) both have. Its nice that you have a stack of books, but I also don't really want a stack of books even in tiny form factor. I want, maybe one or two books at a time, and I don't want to worry about them getting stolen/dropped/spilled on/not being charged/need an account to login to. I also don't want to search on a tiny bad UI for which book it is I actually want to read. So for me e-readers remain a non-starter. Give me a real book any day. IFF I want to search it I have a tablet if I'm doing work or taking a note on it. And other than leaving it behind, I'm not afraid of someone swiping it when I order another coffee.
- jaaron 3y ago
  “ If you could build a physical book that had e-reader pages (and took no power to read), that would solve some of the issue(s) both have.” Check out the physical ebook for Fist of the North Star as an example of this: https://goodereader.com/blog/reviews/hands-on-review-of-the-eonebook-dual-screen-manga-reader https://goodereader.com/blog/reviews/hands-on-review-of-the-...
jaaron 3y ago
Sometimes I’ve thought of creating physical cards or a binder or something like that which would act as a physical representation of my digital ebook library so that I and others could quickly peruse it.

smaudet 3y ago

If you could build a physical book that had e-reader pages (and took no power to read), that would solve some of the issue(s) both have. Its nice that you have a stack of books, but I also don't really want a stack of books even in tiny form factor. I want, maybe one or two books at a time, and I don't want to worry about them getting stolen/dropped/spilled on/not being charged/need an account to login to. I also don't want to search on a tiny bad UI for which book it is I actually want to read. So for me e-readers remain a non-starter. Give me a real book any day. IFF I want to search it I have a tablet if I'm doing work or taking a note on it. And other than leaving it behind, I'm not afraid of someone swiping it when I order another coffee.

jaaron 3y ago
“ If you could build a physical book that had e-reader pages (and took no power to read), that would solve some of the issue(s) both have.” Check out the physical ebook for Fist of the North Star as an example of this: https://goodereader.com/blog/reviews/hands-on-review-of-the-eonebook-dual-screen-manga-reader https://goodereader.com/blog/reviews/hands-on-review-of-the-...

jaaron 3y ago

Sometimes I’ve thought of creating physical cards or a binder or something like that which would act as a physical representation of my digital ebook library so that I and others could quickly peruse it.