Comments on: Kindle vs. Books — The New Literary Battle

By: Justin Embler

Justin Embler — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:35:42 +0000

Damaging the environment is the key point, but on a lesser note… what of the personal cost? I looked around Amazon at books I want. I can buy a NEW HARDCOVER copy of Einstein: His Life and Universe from a seller for $5.96(US). Or… I can purchase an intangible Kindle copy for ONLY $14.99. Wow, what a deal! This is FAR from the only case… just look around at book versus Kindle prices, much less what you can get the book for from an outside seller. Ha ha. Yes, and the television is still here, surviving in it’s basic form – but benefiting from modern technology and sleek design. No one has (yet) designed a better instrument for in-home audio/video entertainment. But comparing the Kindle to the television? Good God, did you at one point compare the “Snuggie” to the automobile? I guess they were abandoned too, when people realized there was a stack of blankets in the closet. Either way, I will be happily turning pages while you curse the Gods that your “books” are now only readable files on your computer… try not to burn your eyes. Then again, due to your in depth and intelligent commentary, I’m sure your Kindle will hold out long enough for you to read your Stephen King novels and copy of “World’s Best Fart Jokes”.

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Kindled by the Kindle « jordanjae — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:37:51 +0000

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By: joey

joey — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:07:46 +0000

Kindles, nooks, books….what’s the difference, it’s still reading, and I don’t think we should be debating which is better. C’mon, our valuable time would be much better spent planted in front of our TVs, watching deep, profoundly meaningful reality shows like “Big Brother”, “Jersey Shore”, and “Real Housewives of (take your pick of locations)”. Do you think Snookie or one of the real housewives would ever be caught up in a frivolous debate like the one going on here?

By: Curl Up With a Kindle? | magicreader1

Curl Up With a Kindle? | magicreader1 — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:52:22 +0000

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By: Arthur Denten

Arthur Denten — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:54:18 +0000

Dumb, dumb. They said TV was a novelty, too. And when my kindle’s battery runs out I plug it in and recharge it. Duh. Kindles are just better. Get over it.

By: E

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:17:04 +0000

I like paper books, I can get them two for £1, sometimes new, in the charity shops near my home. I can then take them back and they’ll earn more money for the charity. Even bought new, the £3-4 I will pay for a book is better to me – I drop books all the time, and if I dropped a Kindle I would lose it all…

By: hubert

hubert — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:56:40 +0000

Very good attitude. I agree, soon there will be a Kindle V2 or something and the original will be outdated

Sticking to paper books is much better, the Kindle, although has a few slight advantages, is really just novelty. I’m a 23 year old guy and my friend says I should get one (as its the latest thing) but I prefer sticking to real books

By: hubert

hubert — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:29:15 +0000

kindles are a waste of money, we dont need another electronic device damaging the enviroment, they say a kindle is great for a long trip but what happens when the battery runs out? A book at least doesnt waste electricity

The kindle is almost as bad as the iPad, just novelty, nothing more

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:29:07 +0000

Okay, this all seems so silly. Fighting the neverending war of two types of reading. My father bought and financed me a Kindle for my birthday, and I still buy and currently own over 300+ paper books. Most of which I bought at flea markets, dollar stores, and Goodwill (because on the small allowance of a teenage girl you can’t really afford to pay full price for a brand-spanking-new book just off a hot press). I think we should just coexist with our technology. Books have been around for a long time. I don’t think we should just kill a whole medium over some new tech that will just keep getting upgraded after the day you bought it. I’ve got an iPod Nano gen 1 and iPod Classic gen 5 (old even now) but that doesn’t mean I’ve gotten rid of my few hundred CDs or portable CD player from 5years ago. Or my cassette tapes or VCR. Why should we kill something so monumental as books just because some new fangled tech came along and impressed us?

By: KSG

KSG — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:44:23 +0000

my concern with e-books is more from a historical standpoint: what happens to e-books as the technology evolves? in a hundred years, nobody going to be able to pick up a kindle and obtain the documents on it. the kindle will have lived its life, therefore taking with it to its grave all the words, thoughts, inspirations, criticism, dreams and debates of the authors entrapped inside the defective device.

in fact, there is even a likelihood that with technology advancing so quickly that e-books may not even be compatible with kindle or such devices in even a decade.

i know i am weighing a lot of ‘what if’s’ into my decision, but i truly feel that we will be risking losing a lot of history by entrusting books to devices rather than paper copies.

i think there can be a happy medium, a blend of both worlds. but my concern is that this trend will eventually turn us all paperless.

but language and writing is one of the most universally sound methods of preserving history. just think of how many authors, scientists, mathematicians and brilliant minds were discovered upon stumbling across hard copies of their completed work?

the same could not have been said had anyone tried to open an old, uncharged, dead battery operated kindle.