Re: Why buy an Ebook?

bleepthisagain wrote:

> They aren't that much cheaper than paperbacks.  They aren't as easy too
> read.  And, in the case of PDF format, they aren't reader friendly. 
> Also it's hard to give them to a friend to read.

I buy e-books because:

1. They /are/ cheaper than paperbacks -- at least, all the e-books /I/ 
buy are. If they're not, I don't buy them (let he with ears, hear).

2. They are easier to read than paperbacks. I can increase the size of 
the font to accommodate my aging eyes, I can adjust the brightness of 
the screen, I can lay my PocketPC flat and not worry about it closing on 
me, I can put it in a ziploc (tm) and read in the hot tub, and I can 
read in bed in a darkened room. Of course, many of these things don't 
apply to PDF files, but then PDF is a pre-print format, and not really 
an e-book format so it doesn't really matter to me. If I get something 
in PDF I really have to read, I print it -- that's what it was designed for.

3. I can put dozens, if not hundreds, of e-books on my PDA and carry 
then with me wherever I go. Next month I will be taking a two week 
vacation, and I will have plenty to read the entire time, including up 
to 24 hours on airplanes.

If you insist that e-books are PDF and must be read at a desktop 
computer I think you will find that they are not as convenient as paper 
books. If you can give up these two out-dated concepts I think you will 
find that for most purposes they are at least as good, if not better 
than, a paperback.


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