I read my electronic books on laptop/tablet convertibles. If you can handle a
slower processor, my X60T has a cute little page turn button like a
bottom-of-the-line swindle that is more elegant than leaving my X200T partly
open so I can reach the space bar to turn pages.
My other X60T rather abruptly had the cute little page turn button stop
working and I haven't gotten around to troubleshooting it yet.
It takes a bit of getting used to but after awhile, the difference is
analagous to old computer being like a quality hardback or large print
edition to the swindle/crook being like a trade paperback, ie., romance novel
or science fiction novel you would read once and then take back to the used
bookstore to trade for a different easy, relaxing read from the dollar bin.
I'd much rather have physical books too, but a bigger hard drive is doable
for us and a bigger house isn't. Mangy Dog, you don't have too many books in
my eyes, but you may not have enough shelves or enough walls. ;)
I don't believe that education is something that should be bought and sold
and quickly lose respect for authors whose actions don't match their words,
i.e., Pat Farenga going after Arvind Gupta for sharing John Holt's writings
makes me less inclined to respect Farenga's own writing rather than less
inclined to share links to Gupta's work with low income USAmericans.
In case you don't know who any of those people are: I would not buy a book
about non-mainstream educational choices for low income children written by
an author who actively prevents that information from being accessible to
those who would most benefit from it because the author looses so much
credibility in my eyes that I would not trust the veracity of the
information; does that make sense?
My philosophical beliefs affect my financial choices just as the opposing
view would affect someone else's choices in the other direction.
