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Date Posted: 15:54:27 10/07/09 Wed GMT-5
Author: Lori
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Subject: Re: E Books versus real books - your opinion?
In reply to: Roger 's message, "Re: E Books versus real books - your opinion?" on 13:21:22 10/07/09 Wed GMT-5

I don't think e-books are going to crowd out real ones. Your Kindle freezes up, the battery dies, it becomes obsolete. You can't stick it so easily in a purse or a pocket. And it's a lit-up screen -- I can only stand looking at one of those for so long. Now a good old book, what's the worst thing that can happen with it? The pages can fall out, yes; that won't happen with an e-book. But as for spilling stuff on it, dropping it in the bathtub, losing it and having the dog chew it up, all that could happen with a Kindle, too. And it would be a lot more to replace one of those. You can't dog-ear the pages of a Kindle or underline in them. You can't press flowers in one, either. I think they're a fad.

My two cents.

Lori from snowy Calgary

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Re: E Books versus real books - your opinion? -- Linda, 11:12:09 10/08/09 Thu GMT-5
- Re: E Books versus real books - your opinion? -- Roger, 19:37:54 10/13/09 Tue GMT-5