Originally Posted by
Phil_gretz
Reading a book on an electronic screen. That makes no sense to me. I like the feel and smell of books. They don't need recharging, and I can exchange them with my friends. You can also inscribe them when you give a meaningful one as a gift...
I have a Nook. It contains two different translations of both
The Three Musketeers and
Twenty Years After;
War and Peace;
The Hobbit and
The Lord of the Rings; all 7 Harry Potter books; all 10 of W E B Griffin's
The Corps series of novels;
Dr Zhivago; a complete set of Donna Andrews' Meg Langslow mysteries; several of the
Man from UNCLE novels; a bunch of fanfiction from various TV shows and movies (such as
Star Wars); and a whole lot more. That's a lot of weight when it's in paper form. I won't stop reading "real" books, but I really appreciate having that kind of a selection in a compact, eminently portable form. Passing up the convenience of an e-reader is your loss.