Comments on: Bigfoot! an eBook

By: MrInspector

MrInspector — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:25:53 +0000

I’m old school and I love books! I am however, practical above all else and embrace technology when it’s useful or helpful. eBooks are awesome! Don’t get me wrong, I prefer to read an actual book for enjoyment. There’s an experience to a physical book. The texture of the pages and the smell of the ink and paper that help fix the experience into your memory, but I can carry hundreds of volumes of reference materials on a memory card! It’s difficult to carry around a couple of sets of encyclopedias, a dictionary, etc… in a knapsack.
eBooks are fantastic, but I would not go tossing out the library card just yet. I like to think we have room for both. Most everyone has central heating and air these days, but they never did away with fireplaces. Let’s hope they both stick around for a good long while. I wouldn’t be surprised if paper books begin to disappear, but I would certainly be disappointed. Let’s not forget, it’s much easier and cheaper to pirate eBooks than printed material, maybe that will be the books saving grace.
Also, I’ve been hoping they would put your material out in eBook format Loren. My shelves are overflowing with books two and three deep. Oh yeah, eBooks don’t break bookshelves either!

By: proriter

proriter — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:39:34 +0000

Loren, has any of your books been Kindled? (I just bought one.)

By: Ferret

Ferret — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:15 +0000

Cool!

By: sluggo

sluggo — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:12:50 +0000

folks like me who still listen to vinyl lps and enjoy holding and reading the covers will always buy books for the same reasons…

By: Bast

Bast — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:39:39 +0000

Eee, it has been! Off to buy. (It didn’t come up under your name… I’m going to write to Amazon and point that out.)

By: Bast

Bast — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:36:53 +0000

Oh, this is great news, Loren. Thank you for the heads up. I am still hoping for “Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep” to be released for the Kindle.