Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy discussion

I saw this discussion in another group I'm in and it sounds like a good discussion. I want to know whether people think that Kindles and Nooks will take over print books or not.

I haven't read a printed book (except for textbooks) for several years... I think e-book readers are smaller and lighter than printed books, and e-books are often cheaper and probably more environmental friendly, though sometimes I still prefer my textbooks printed so that I would be able to take notes on them.

REALLY?!?!? I haven't read a Kindle or a Nook before. :( I don't think it will because Kindles and Nooks are expensive. It would be hard for librarys.

I think it'll really be balanced. I've heard that e-books haven't really affected book stores really and we've had them for a few years now. Half of the population seem to want e-books and the other half like printed books. I personally prefer printed books, but e-books would be a lot better for travel. You could store your faves and take them in a square that's about a centimeter thick.

I do have a Kindle (Yay for Christmas presents!), and I've been really surprised by how much I like it. It's not backlit, like a computer screen, so it's much more like reading on a piece of paper. Which means it doesn't strain the eyes like reading from a computer screen would all day!

Even though I have a Kindle, though, I'm not going to stop buying/reading printed books. I love having them around too much! There isn't a room in my house that doesn't have a shelf of books in it!

How many rooms in your house? I want an e-book for traveling.

lol - you want a list? 6 total.

Um... I don't need one:) My bookshelf is really cramped (it only has 2 shelves) my brothers bookshelf is not as cramped and his has 3 shelves, those are the only actual rooms with shelves, but our basement has books scattered everywhere and the shelves down there are pretty empty:)

I like Kindles too because the screen isn't backlit. I don't have one but I would like one anyway. I don't think I'd stop buying print books either but a Kindle would be nice for traveling (I might have already mentioned that). E-books are a lot cheaper though. Most classics are really cheap. The books before the publication law don't cost anything (The Count of Monte Cristo, A Tale of Two Cities, Pride and Prejudice, The War of the Worlds, etc.).

I really like my Kindle because all of the classics are free, or else they're like $.99. But I don't think that e-books will take over the print books for a while. I believe it's possible that it might happen sometime during our lives, though.

I want to get a Kindle. Sometime, eventually.

Businesses would lose a LOT of money if they couldn't sell print books anymore.

yeah.

Something I've noticed about my purchasing habits since I've gotten a Kindle ...

I primarily read the free stuff on the Kindle - classic literature. If I do purchase a book for the Kindle, it's one that I know I will read and generally less than 5 dollars. I figure if I want a book enough to pay more than 5 dollars for it, I want it enough to purchase a physical copy of the book.

And libraries are wonderful places!

They are! sometimes...

Yes, yes they are (except ours. We only have one Sherlock Holmes book and don't even have Narnia).

My school library doesn't have any Sherlock Holmes! D:

I'm sorry. :,'(

Ouch! That sounds awful! Can you request books? My public library lets you request books from anywhere within the state ...

Awesome!!!! Ours is hit or miss. Usually miss. I kept looking for Ender's Game but they didn't have it. Now that I'm reading 5 books, they have it. Same with Wizard's First Rule.

Our library is a lot better. I have practically nothing on my bookshelf, I sold everything when we moved last year.

I think I like eBooks, but only if the reader doesn't strain your eyes.

I don't think print books will disappear. More likely, it will become a print-on-demand. Like Amazon Books- they print the book after you buy it, so there isn't any excess. But it would suck if textbooks were online because we sometimes use online textbooks at our school, and it's hard to navigate through it.

Yeah... I always bring my normal textbook to class because of that.

Pijapardtollacorngasus wrote: "Our library is a lot better. I have practically nothing on my bookshelf, I sold everything when we moved last year.

I think I like eBooks, but only if the reader doesn't strain your eyes.

I don..."

I didn't know Amazon did that! THAT'S SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't know that either.

Me neither! I always assumed they had warehouses and warehouses of millions of books packed away, and had people running around after all the book orders that came in, packaging them up together to make sure they get out on time, etc.

Actually, the more I think of it, it probably would be cheaper and more efficient to just print the books out, lol!

Yeah!

I actually learned that from this workshop with Nan Cuba, an (author?) and teacher at a university here in San Antonio.

Cool.

Jdaniels wrote: "And libraries are wonderful places!"

Yeah. Our library is awesome! They have like every single book in the world. Except the White Mountains, apparently. ;)

Aww... That STINKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

How big is your library?

It's pretty big but they obviously spend more money on the building than the books.

That stinks. You know, I think I've driven through your town before. Do you have like a Buffalo Bill museum?

Yep! I live 52 miles away from Yellowstone National Park.

Cool! I've been to your town before before!!!!!!!!!!!! And Yellowstone.

Did you like it?

Yeah! My brothers made me sleep on the floor of our motel room. I didn't like that. But I liked the Buffalo Bill museum! :)

:D How long ago?

Did you go to McDonald's?! If you did in the past two summers I might have served you!

lol

It was in 2004. Sorry Conner. :(

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thanks!

HI!

HI!!! ARE YOU MAD AT ME?

me?

Hi! I'm tired. *YAWWWNNN*

Pijapardtollacorngasus wrote: "me?"

Connor.

How was tennis?