Quick question for you. Currently, the ebooks and factsheets like the Adrenal Plan/Gut Plan etc are all in PDF form. I’m wondering whether you need/prefer a paperback or a different file for your Kindles/Nooks etc. Please give me some clues below, thank you.
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Hi Micki PDF or paper please rgds ken
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I use both. I have a large personal library and have built custom book shelves to keep them. Recently, I have purchased a large number of e-books because that’s all that was available or both the e-book and the printed book is offered at a special price. I like options. I’m in the same situation you are… adapting to the 21st century!
Ha, think you’re dead right there about offering options nowadays Stefanie, thanks. My library is huge too and I would truly miss not seeing them all resplendent on the bookshelves!
Ta Ken.
First I will mention that computer screens are hard on the eyes. Second, I could not resist sharing a poem I wrote about kindle and ebooks… last year and posted on one of my blogs.
malevolent
kindle
the name
evokes something
warm, fuzzy
huggable
yet there is nothing
comforting
about a hard
plastic case
which requires
batteries
frequent recharging
and ends its days
heaped among
other must haves
that litter the
planet
eroding
contaminating
all that nature
has placed in
trust
cannot be passed down
to subsequent
generations
or shared with
friends
kindle old
before his time
already outdated
before leaving
the manufacture
global footprint
nightmare
there will be no
used kindle shops
where poets linger
wistfully
over coffee
paperbacks
and HOWL
*
bisous,
léa
That’s fab, thanks Lea for sharing that!
I laughed my socks off when P first got a Kindle and swore I would never give up my books. BUT, I now use my Kindle and books for different reasons. Books for pleasure and to keep for reference, Kindle for stuff I don’t want on shelves and need to download quickly. But I also like large documents online that I can search effectively.
In defense of the Kindle
I was convinced I didn’t want an ereader until I was given an old one. And I absolutely love it. I now have a new backlit Kindle and would not be without it. We don’t have a TV so we both read a lot. And even though we have an actual library at home, a room the size of an average double bedroom encased with custom made book shelves and a lovely sunny sitting/reading area, plus book cases in our offices, the sitting room and downstairs loo, we were just getting overloaded with books because we hate to get rid of them. Kindles have been our saviour. We still buy some books, special books we know we want to keep, but most of the novels, fact books and biographies are Kindle.
I can read it in bed without having a light on and disturbing my husband. I can take it on holiday and never run out of choice. One charge will last for 3 weeks! It’s comfortable to hold and best of all, when I’m tired I can increase the size of the print to help me. The Kindle display quality is very good for the eyesight and very easy to read. Way better than a computer screen. When I broke my right arm I could easily hold and read it in my left hand only.
The downside? It doesn’t smell of paper and ink, which I love. Hence I still buy some books.
Remember, Caxton was considered some sort of heritic and hounded down for printing the first paper books. Technology is here to stay, as it was in his day. But there is room for both in our lives.
Good points, ta, Sue. I had mine in use yesterday on the train to and from London. SO useful 🙂