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mick wrote:
Talking of luddites... I'd like to be a real one here if I may.
I actually /like/ books. I like the fact that I can lend them to people, I like the fact that I can read them in the bath, drop them when I nod off, and know that they are still (just) readable afterwards. I like the fact that I can scribble in the margins. I like way they are actually objects of beauty in their own right (can you imagine a bookshelf full of kindles?). I like the fact that the words remain the same between me putting the book down and picking it up again (that may not always be the case for electronic words). I like the fact that when I have bought a book, I can be sure that the words will still actually /be/ there when I next pick it up and won't have been remotely erased by the publisher. Oh and I like the way they feel and smell.
I totally agree - I have hundreds, if not over a thousand books (partly thanks to having worked for Clays the book printers in Bungay for a few years in the 90s ;-). I love just furtling through them, especially my large collection of 1970s and 1980s computer reference books (VIC-20, 64, PET, 6502, BBC, Spectrum programming, etc).
However, I also love the idea of a Kindle (I've been playing with the Android app version recently), as it would save having to haul around 5 or 6 heavy O'Reilly books if I fancied a spot of light tech reading on the train...
Simon
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