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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 5548200" data-attributes="member: 64209"><p><strong>I'll be the curmudgeon.</strong></p><p></p><p>I hate pdfs.</p><p> </p><p>I mean...I only really ever buy print materials...and if I want something so badly I'll buy a pdf....I ACTUALLY print it!</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My eyes get tired/my mind has difficutly with pdfs, read on the screen. I recently got a Nook and find it acceptable, but inferior, to my print books...i.e. I'll read it on a plane in order to have a library of books, but if I'm at home, you'll NEVER find me reading a pdf over a print book (even if the actual material in the pdf is superior to my best current print book).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>But, while a grognard, I'd very much welcome an electronic option that met my book related preferences. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I like being able to flip to a page based upon estimation of thickness. </p><p> </p><p>I like being able to see a whole page at once (well, two pages) rather than trying to read a page while scrolling/moving it around to get to new words.</p><p> </p><p>I like "bookmarks" where I can dogear/bookmark important pages and hop back to them quickly.</p><p> </p><p>I like portability, as well as the safety of losing only one book if I drop it/it gets rained on etc.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I think that readers are beginning to get to the point where all (or most) of these concerns are addressed. However, I don't think all of them together have been addressed sufficiently to be superior to a deadtree book. I don't think enough of them have been adressed to equal a deadtree book.</p><p> </p><p>If/when they are all addressed, I'll very likely welcome the conversion to total electronica...but until then, I think I have a good 10-20 years of gaming ahead of me with some dead trees on the table.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 5548200, member: 64209"] [b]I'll be the curmudgeon.[/b] I hate pdfs. I mean...I only really ever buy print materials...and if I want something so badly I'll buy a pdf....I ACTUALLY print it! My eyes get tired/my mind has difficutly with pdfs, read on the screen. I recently got a Nook and find it acceptable, but inferior, to my print books...i.e. I'll read it on a plane in order to have a library of books, but if I'm at home, you'll NEVER find me reading a pdf over a print book (even if the actual material in the pdf is superior to my best current print book). But, while a grognard, I'd very much welcome an electronic option that met my book related preferences. I like being able to flip to a page based upon estimation of thickness. I like being able to see a whole page at once (well, two pages) rather than trying to read a page while scrolling/moving it around to get to new words. I like "bookmarks" where I can dogear/bookmark important pages and hop back to them quickly. I like portability, as well as the safety of losing only one book if I drop it/it gets rained on etc. I think that readers are beginning to get to the point where all (or most) of these concerns are addressed. However, I don't think all of them together have been addressed sufficiently to be superior to a deadtree book. I don't think enough of them have been adressed to equal a deadtree book. If/when they are all addressed, I'll very likely welcome the conversion to total electronica...but until then, I think I have a good 10-20 years of gaming ahead of me with some dead trees on the table. [/QUOTE]
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