Tuesday, 23 October 2012

E-books suck.

I think as a rule, noone should like e-books. They don't have the same feel of a proper printed book. I like holding the book in my hand the pages crisp and whistle as I turn over to the next page. The smell of a new book. It's kind of like pine and light varnish. Not being able to read ahead because you can't just scroll down, you take your time. You savour the book. We talk about this digital revolution like it's a great experience, but wait til we become Robots. Or we already are? Consumer Robots. We buy buy buy whatever they tell us to, and whoever they is. I'm sorry but I don't want to compromise my book choices by following the new trend. Yes it makes it easier to carry multiple books or whatever but it degades the book. You forget you have all these books on your kindle or you'll get too lazy to read it, I mean you're already getting too lazy to turn a page and have to scroll electronically. The only thing i'll give kudos to the e-book about is that it will save trees. I guess that's a big thing in the end. -_-

1 comment:

  1. haha, those trees are farmed, a quick google and here you go

    http://www.internationalpaper.com/Apps/GPGTold/myths.html

    http://www.paperonline.org/myths-and-realities

    http://www.creaseyprinting.com/environment.php

    Facts are, that electronics are the devil of the environment, anything that uses electricity. Keep to books, you are right they smell better when they brand spanky new. Don't worry about saving trees.

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