BTW regardless of whether you prefer ebooks or paper books, I suggest goodreads.com for keeping track of your "I'd like to read this" list and crowdsourcing suggestions of new stuff to read.
-- Charles On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Sharat Satyanarayana < [email protected]> wrote: > This article (shared by Ingrid) covers significant aspects about e- vs > p-reading. > > Here's my thought: > I have taken to e-reading to grab those moments of solitude, to > parallel-read numerous books on my phone. My consumption of titles/stored > articles has increased. But I am not really at peace while e-reading (maybe > it has something yo do with that progress bar). > However, the reason I would rather p-read is - I know the cliche- the cover > of the books & the 'feel/smell' of p-reading. A devourer of > science-fiction, I really enjoy taking reading breaks & digesting the > story-so-far by gazing into the cover of the book. > > Sharat > +91 9980 996628 > On 1 Jan 2014 12:17, "Ingrid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On 30-Dec-2013, at 10:39 am, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > So I got myself a Kindle. And whether it is the novelty or the > > > device-specific aspects (doesn't need ambient light, sufficiently > > > booklike that one can read sprawled in bed, etc) - I have consumed 3 > > > books in 3 days, more than in the preceding 3 months. > > > > > > So - have you folks noticed your reading habits change with the means > > > of reading? Is this a special case of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis [1]? > > > > > > Udhay > > > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir_Whorf > > > > > > -- > > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > > > > > > Mohsin Hamid and Anna Holmes on e vs. p books: > > > http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/books/review/how-do-e-books-change-the-reading-experience.html >
