More on the Kindle
Mar. 27th, 2009 12:45 pmThe Kindle is better than paper books because:
- easier to carry
- completely searchable
- get more titles instantly
- add your own footnotes and highlights, which are as searchable as the text itself
- 2G of memory, which translates to approx 1500 books
Paper books are better than the Kindle (or other ebooks) because:
- you can't get an ebook autographed
- you can't loan a friend an ebook
- you can't sell an ebook to a used bookstore when you're done with it
(cross-posted to my review blog.)
- easier to carry
- completely searchable
- get more titles instantly
- add your own footnotes and highlights, which are as searchable as the text itself
- 2G of memory, which translates to approx 1500 books
Paper books are better than the Kindle (or other ebooks) because:
- you can't get an ebook autographed
- you can't loan a friend an ebook
- you can't sell an ebook to a used bookstore when you're done with it
(cross-posted to my review blog.)
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Date: 2009-03-27 06:28 pm (UTC)If the unit comes down in price, I'd consider purchasing one, but at the moment it just doesn't make financial sense for me (especially as I'm doing so much library reading instead of book purchasing at the moment).