Yes, some of us still actually shell out a few bucks for a book.
You should try it sometime.
Maybe that "no hard copy" attitude helps to explain the dismal state of our education system today.
I use the internet frequently and find it an outstanding facility for information and research. No book can do for you what can be done in seconds on the internet.
On the other hand a good book, paperback or hard cover, is still a joy which cannot be duplicated with any computer.
I have never had a battery go dead on a book.
I have never had my book "die" while using it.
The internet never "goes down" on a book.
My book has never "crashed".
I can take my book with me wherever I go.
The availibility of the Internet is not a concern with a book.
The last time I highlighted a passage on my computer I had a devil of a time cleaning it off. Further, it didn't stay with the passage I had highlighted. :)
Etc. etc. etc.
Yes, I greatly appreciate my computer and the internet and I love my books.
Yes, I greatly appreciate my computer and the internet and I love my books.
Exactly!
Most important for me is that the internet can be "modified" to suit whatever agenda is being pushed.
No so with a book. The printed page does not change. The truth of the printed page remains for as long as that book remains.
Which all helps to explain why Protestants love the singular truth and unchanging clarity of the Scriptures, while Roman Catholics seem to prefer the variable and ephemeral declarations of fallible old men in long robes, fish hats and Prada shoes.
I was like that until about... I guess 3 years ago or so. Now I just look at these enormous stacks and shelves and wish I could carry them around in my pocket, or look at them and say "which one of you has the following passage in it" and have the correct book jump out and flip open to the page I'm looking for.
I've been using my phone almost exclusively for reading during the last year, I thought I'd hate it. I think I've read close to 100 books this year on the phone. I can tap a word and pull up a definition, search the rest of the book, copy a passage to email... so far I have yet to want a feature that isn't already available.
One stand alone app I have (iPieta) has the entire liturgical calendar, Mass readings, Bible, commentary including the Catena Aurea, several catechisms, the ecumenical councils, the summa, papal encyclicals through BXVI, the ante-nicene and nicene fathers, just about every devotion known to the Latin church (many with audio)... it's several shelves worth of books, all searchable and organized.
I can take more than one book with me without hiring bearers. :)
I can highlight a passage and include a note as to why and then search highlighted passages.
I never thought I'd make the transition but I have. I think it has to do with the other ways my phone has changed the way I do things, first it was carrying my music, then my photos, now my books, the occasional tv show or movie... I'm gonna need a 64gig phone next time. :)