Tag: e-books

  • Audio, Paper, Ebook, Shoot! (Or, My Book Format Preferences)

    09 Sep 2021 » 7 min read

    For most of my life, if I wanted to read a book, I had to have the book in my hands. There had to be enough light to see by, and I couldn’t really do anything else while I was reading. Even a TV in the background was too distracting for me. Then, in 2009,…

  • “Jump gestures” for e-books

    28 Jan 2012 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta, iPad, Technology & Gadgets

    So in thinking about more use cases for traditional books and e-books, I came up with one that would be incredibly useful to have in e-book readers. I’ll use the Kindle App as an example, since that is where I do 97% of my e-book reading. Let’s say you are reading, oh, I don’t know,…

  • 15 use cases comparing e-books to traditional books: an illustrated list

    19 Jan 2012 » 7 min read about Reading & Books

    I’ve now been reading e-books for more than 2-1/2 years. For the 37 years prior to that, I read paper books exclusively. For a while now, I’ve been meaning to compare the two forms of book in some reasonable and understandable way, but I was hard pressed to come up with a format for such…

  • On e-book pricing (what Scalzi said)

    20 Dec 2011 » 1 min read about Reading & Books

    Not long ago I posted about how it surprised me that many 1-star reviews on Amazon were entirely because the reviewer didn’t like the price of the e-book–something that the author often has very little control over. Today, John Scalzi offers up his opinion on e-book pricing, and I completely agree with him. As he…

  • 12 reasons I love e-books (and a few areas for improvement)

    28 Nov 2011 » 6 min read about Blog & Site Meta

    The long holiday weekend, during which I did plenty of reading, reminded me once again why I love e-book and why I am an e-book convert. Since obtaining my first e-reader (a Kindle) I’ve read 26 books in e-book format. I have since graduated to reading on an iPad (Kelly is now using the Kindle).…

  • In the battle between print and e-books, it is the “work” that comes out the winner

    04 Aug 2011 » 3 min read about Reading & Books

    For the longest time I denied the e-book revolution. A book was something you held in your hand; you could rifle through the pages and catch that lovely whiff of aged paper. There was some sort of psychological comfort that made me resist the switch to e-books. Then, two years ago, just before the Little…