As an older person on the list, well 45+, I am reading more and more digital books. I do a bit of travelling and taking along my thin book-sized ebook reader is so much easier than lugging books. At first I was not real happy about using one, but it became necessary.
Now, I prefer it. I am use to the weight, I don't have to mess with pages, no need for lighting, my hard copy doesn't get damaged, and I don't have to worry about my kids pulling out my book mark. I still love physical books, but my ebook reader has grown on me and my physical books look pretty and untarnished on the book shelves, except for those books I can't buy digital copies of. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raymond E. Feist Sent: Monday, 21 November 2011 10:25 AM To: feistfans-l Subject: Re: Unofficial Announcement On Nov 20, 2011, at 3:59 PM, James Young wrote: > I'm with Barry, John, et. al. I spend 8+ hours a day looking at a computer screen, and I don't have any interest in an e-pub. As much as I'd like to purchase the work, I am not going to if it is only offered in e-format. Sorry Ray, digital media may be the hip thing, but I'm not going to give up my dead trees quite yet and the only way I am going to convince them to be kept is if I refuse the alternative completely (which is easy since I don't like it). > > -James Certainly your choice. And if enough people follow suit, paper books will linger for a long time. However, I am not making the call; my publisher is. One thing I've noticed; once I put an anti-glare screen on my iPad I find reading on it pretty easy. At my age I also enjoy the scaleable type fonts. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
