Bookless Library

[bayonetbrant]

I would've totally schlepped college textbooks around on an e-Reader if that had been an option.  those fuckers were heavy

[Martok]

I have to admit, that is an excellent idea.  Yeah, there's nothing quite like lugging around 200 pounds of books over your shoulder (at least, that's what it felt like). 

[bayonetbrant]

I was an English major in undergrad.  I'm pretty sure it was 200 pounds

[GDS_Starfury]

it would be kinda hard to cram notes into the borders and highlight or underline text on a kindle though.

[LongBlade]

That's what she said.

LB how do your cookbooks fall into the equation?

Cookbooks have a dedicated shelf in the kitchen, with the overflow of BBQ books on the top shelf of another bookcase in the family room. Cookbooks are ordered primarily by type: grill/bbq, Cajun, German, breads, Italian et al. Again I have a few oversized books that sit on the top shelf out of order because there's nothing over it. And a few books sit stacked on the others due to recent use and a lack of a sense of urgency on my part to refile them.

[LongBlade]

it would be kinda hard to cram notes into the borders and highlight or underline text on a kindle though.

Not as hard as you think. The Kindle offers the ability to highlight and annotate.

[BanzaiCat]

The Kindle Paperwhite lets you highlight. I didn't know other Kindles let you do that.

[LongBlade]

The Kindle Paperwhite lets you highlight. I didn't know other Kindles let you do that.

The Fire does.

[Staggerwing]

What's weird about Kindles is that when I read a book on mine sometimes things are already highlighted along with a small superscript number of how many folks have done the highlighting. There must be a setting somewhere that turns on the other folks' highlights but I've been to lazy to look for it.

[BanzaiCat]

What's weird about Kindles is that when I read a book on mine sometimes things are already highlighted along with a small superscript number of how many folks have done the highlighting. There must be a setting somewhere that turns on the other folks' highlights but I've been to lazy to look for it.

+1. It's weird to see other people's highlighting. Sort of like buying a used textbook with someone else's highlighting. They could have been psychotic.

[Toonces]

What's weird about Kindles is that when I read a book on mine sometimes things are already highlighted along with a small superscript number of how many folks have done the highlighting. There must be a setting somewhere that turns on the other folks' highlights but I've been to lazy to look for it.

There is a setting to turn that off.  I don't remember where it is, but if you look around you'll find it.

[Toonces]

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a backlash to e-books at some point, sort of like the resurgence in boardgames lately.

In all honestly I've found that I do truly prefer to read novels and literature-type books on my Kindle Paperwhite.  It's just so damn convenient and with the backlighting I can just kick back in bed and I don't have to have a lot of lights on, etc.

On the other hand, after staring at a computer all day, and then playing computer games all night, at times I feel like I just need to focus on something non-electronic sometimes at which point the inconvenience of a real book is sort of refreshing.

I don't think I'm the only one that feels that way, and as we go increasingly digital I wouldn't be surprised if good old fashioned books become "in" again.

[Gusington]

^Like vinyl. Albums that is, not pants like Star wears.

[Toonces]

I didn't realize vinyl records were back in.  That doesn't make any sense at all.   ::)

[MetalDog]

It's a petroleum product.  Those are always in.