I have to hold a book and turn the pages.**
Something so comforting about that, isn’t there? LOL
I, too, am ambivilent about the readers. I like the concept, and I read a lot of stuff on my computer, so I don’t know why exactly.
Habit? Turning into an old fogey? OTOH, it would sure clear up an awful lot of closet and attic space, considering I prob have more books than the local library! LOL
Couple problems with kindle besides the aforementioned power issues.
1. Property rights. Kindle has in the past removed books due to unresolved copyright issues, not only from their store but from people’s downloads. I find that stance extremely intrusive.
2. The monitoring issue, again they can see what people are readiing. I have a problem with that.
3. The corruption issue. How can you be sure that the kindle book is accurate and that they haven’t made ‘changes’ to the book?
4. Resale and gifts. Can’t do either with the Kindle, which is why the price is lower.
I see the benefit in not having to lug books around, but this is called a ‘laptop’. Everything I needed for school was on here.