I would LOVE to have all magazines digital, I talk to the Zino folks  
about ever six months.  http://www.zinio.com/home?ns=usa

Once they get the articles so they can be saved I will stop all paper  
subscriptions.  For one thing I hate killing the trees but I also want  
to save only what I need from a publication and so far they don't  
allow this so I continue on with paper.

I would also like the same feature from a book, saving the paragraphs  
or chapters I want to keep for an archive on a particular subject.    
One day.....


John


On Mar 19, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Lee Larson wrote:

> On Mar 19, at 11:33 AM, Marta Edie wrote:
>
>> But what happens to us, who do like to stroke the book covers and  
>> delight in the feel of the linen and the print and the long rows on  
>> book cases. I grant the Kindle  is marvellous for travelling, I am  
>> just reading Ovid's Metamorphoses on my iPhone, a free download.  
>> The Kindle sounds lovely -- with reservations.
>
> I guess I'm more concerned with content and accessibility than form.  
> As prices fall, interfaces improve and content migrates it won't be  
> long until most people prefer the new way of reading.
>
> Some examples come to mind.
>
> My grandmother used to nostalgically recall the wonderful fountain  
> pens she was given as a graduation present. I noticed she always  
> used a ball point pen because it was cheap and easy. (The  
> "wonderful" fountain pens needed to be filled with ink and cleaned.  
> They sat in a drawer.)
>
> I have several audiophile acquaintances who love their old LPs and  
> fondly talk of the "warm" sound they give. Several researchers have  
> pretty conclusively shown the "warm" sound comes from a combination  
> of turntable rumble and manufacturing limitations inherent in vinyl  
> pressing.
>
>
>
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