tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post2476049445183118442..comments2023-10-12T23:59:35.045+10:00Comments on The Bruising Adventures of Girl Clumsy: Booked OutGirl Clumsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01056312179921746322noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-83992809494543659042011-03-13T11:25:12.085+10:002011-03-13T11:25:12.085+10:00Jesus died so that we can kill trees to make paper...Jesus died so that we can kill trees to make paper for books...God hates e-bibles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-29675029058535402662011-03-11T19:47:06.780+10:002011-03-11T19:47:06.780+10:00I agree that not everything written needs to be pr...I agree that not everything written needs to be printed on paper. Some things just shouldn't venture beyond the realm of cyberspace into the real world; women's opinions, for example.Twainitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-65150597626649240822011-03-10T15:24:38.089+10:002011-03-10T15:24:38.089+10:00I do love owning books, the smells and the thrill ...I do love owning books, the smells and the thrill of turning the page during a particularly exciting scene or skipping to the back to make sure it ends up the way you want. But right now my entire book collection is in boxes waiting for me to unpack them after I moved three weeks ago. It's gonna take me a while to get around to it.<br /><br />Thus I have little against e-readers but I won't get one because I scarcely need yet another screen to stare at. Reading books on paper is better for my eyes (provided reasonable light conditions). Plus I have always dreamed of one day owning a library. But hey, whatever floats your boat. E-readers are arguably better in many ways and as long as people are reading then I don't see why it's an issue really.Katehttp://www.twitter.com/cannibalkatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-64774191135913439812011-03-10T14:54:06.103+10:002011-03-10T14:54:06.103+10:00The menu is not the meal.The menu is not the meal.Michael barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986102144813296339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-36333117973614953172011-03-10T12:07:09.757+10:002011-03-10T12:07:09.757+10:00Everybody's dead, Dave... including the books....Everybody's dead, Dave... including the books...Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-38547712419090351052011-03-10T09:58:36.886+10:002011-03-10T09:58:36.886+10:00I understand your points perfectly.
I, as a comic ...I understand your points perfectly.<br />I, as a comic collector, disagree a little and I think this may be due to the differing nature of the comic collectors purpose.<br /><br />I really miss the chance to rummage through a pile of old comics in a second hand store, looking for a hidden gem.<br />Sometimes, comics are bought with the precise purpose of never being read (or touched by human hands actually) just so you can collect them.<br />I am not like that. I collect - but I READ them all first.<br /><br />Modern book stores and comic shops have long since moved away from the options to rummage or search through comics. They allow a form of browsing, but the excitement of the hunt & find is long gone.<br />And now e-readers also make browsing very sterile and represent a similar experience (albeit an Online one) to what the stores were trying to achieve.<br /><br />So, I personally don't think the demise of booksores, or the transition to e-readers will affect me as much personally.<br />I think I got over it all a while ago.agent_xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06376549491136807897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-48453181833074491822011-03-10T09:12:07.928+10:002011-03-10T09:12:07.928+10:00Screw books! The day they invent an eReader that d...Screw books! The day they invent an eReader that doesn't give me a headache within 1/2 hour I will get rid of all of my books. Well, except for the signed ones ... and my Pratchett collection ... and most of my comics ... and the nice mythology art books ... um<br /><br />Well, you can be damned sure I'll get rid of The Wheel of Time series anyway ... oh wait, I already did.Steavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00815684764779323029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-46217126242160010852011-03-10T05:32:29.969+10:002011-03-10T05:32:29.969+10:00The most unexpected advantage of my ereader? Bein...The most unexpected advantage of my ereader? Being able to read in bed with the back lit screen and no light turned on... My husband thinks it is great.<br /><br />I also love that I can take 10 books to work/ the doctor's waiting room without having to carry them or look like I have brought a book to work. The adjustable sizing, the ability to adjust contrast, all good things.<br /><br />I like flicking through books and feeling the textures too, but for me, there is a happy mix between the two. Some of the stuff I like to read doesn't need a tree to be cut down for it.Crazy Cat Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17133346415617973992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-8534133857040320402011-03-10T04:43:50.521+10:002011-03-10T04:43:50.521+10:00Part of me loves the idea of someday having a libr...Part of me loves the idea of someday having a library. You know, you go into the basement of my house and the walls are simply covered with books. I understand that some people, on a purely aesthetic stand point, would want to stick with books, but a Kindle can hold an absurd amount of books at once, and one with 3G and WiFi is still under $200 dollars. As far as convenience in every way, I'm definitely going to be an eReader. I liked the joke about Jean Paul Sartre on your face. I'll be following you, now, if I can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-28826948225610528472011-03-09T22:19:57.308+10:002011-03-09T22:19:57.308+10:00Ask Stu about my love of books. I have walls and b...Ask Stu about my love of books. I have walls and boxes and bags and more walls full of books. And I read them. If it was my wife our my books I'm not sure which way it would fall.<br /><br />eReaders; I'm not against them but they're not for me.aarondoylehttp://www.olilolo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-84041856092372906352011-03-09T21:57:49.292+10:002011-03-09T21:57:49.292+10:00...don't care what it's written on, as lon......don't care what it's written on, as long as it's written. "The Da Vinci Code" may not be Pulitzer material, but it was entertaining enough, and Dan B. put the effort into writing it...that makes it worth reading. Just sayin'...<br /><br />BTW, The Wah!<br /><br />I'm trying to picture your boulder-brary. Those must be some MASSIVE shelves!<br /><br />xoxoxo, cdClare Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422392312516321935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-79676612517641416302011-03-09T21:15:34.393+10:002011-03-09T21:15:34.393+10:00can I have both? I still have vynyls :)can I have both? I still have vynyls :)IWASNTBLOGGEDYESTERDAYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054455347275782284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-18786155359697969942011-03-09T21:12:38.485+10:002011-03-09T21:12:38.485+10:00I hate the practice of covering the walls of the h...I hate the practice of covering the walls of the house with bookshelfs. I much prefer a tasteful blank wall with maybe a nice print on it. Unfortunately SOMEONE in my house likes nothing more than to fill the house up with fiction. <br /><br />(Yes. Tu know who I'm talking about)<br /><br />All of my books are sealed away in colour coded boxes. If I want to find them I just enter the title into my library software to find out which box it's in.Dan Beestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579585743289114991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-17389353588928223522011-03-09T21:01:16.682+10:002011-03-09T21:01:16.682+10:00Books? BOOKS?! I refuse to give up the stone table...Books? BOOKS?! I refuse to give up the stone tablet. Nothing beats running your fingers across the chisled surface of a good old fashioned rock slab. You talk about the romance of the paper page, but have you ever smelled the visceral, immediate, and dare I say it, sexy whiff of freshly struck stone dust? Oh rapture! Oh wonder! Let's face it. If you write all your memoirs into one of your precious paper books then it will all rot away in less than 100 years (it's the acid in the paper, see) but my vibrant, lithographic musings will last until the continents slip into the sea. So, keep your tree leaf scribblers, I'm happy as a badger with my Rock Omnibuses.The Wahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10077801792066094903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-4388170026001981012011-03-09T20:19:02.017+10:002011-03-09T20:19:02.017+10:00RS -- you can change the font size on e-reading de...RS -- you can change the font size on e-reading devices so that your horrible eyesight is not a problem. And e-ink means that you don't need to stare at a backlit screen. It's like MAGIC. You can also make notes, highlight passages and all manner of other clever things. Just sayin'. Now, back to my Kindle ...Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795390.post-70473593010059168022011-03-09T20:13:58.959+10:002011-03-09T20:13:58.959+10:00for one, the traditional paper books are better fo...for one, the traditional paper books are better for my horrible eyesight. and they need not be charged so that's always a plus cos I hate having to charge my things.<br /><br />personally, I'd never get an e-book cos I'm too used to books and I like flicking through pages. the ability to highlight and make notes on my textbook pages. that's pretty much it!<br /><br />btw, the Da Vinci Code was horrible??!!! I've never read it but I've heard of so many good reviews. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.riskofrain.com" rel="nofollow">RS</a>RShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785298637011322364noreply@blogger.com