tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post2856968034859767590..comments2024-03-13T12:01:30.303+11:00Comments on Billablog: Why Books Are Better Than Kindle*Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03412983524190021368noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post-82440382008305487432012-02-27T07:43:24.395+11:002012-02-27T07:43:24.395+11:00I ride the subways in NYC and I love to judge peop...I ride the subways in NYC and I love to judge people by their books. Amazingly, no matter how attractive they were minutes earlier, an adult reader with a yet another Harry Potter book can lose most of their charm. :-)<br />P.S.<br />When reading a thick book of fiction there is a sense of knowing where you are in the story by the physical pages traveled and those yet to go.aleXanderhttp://alexanderhirka.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post-40273200383781346322011-12-06T16:48:50.780+11:002011-12-06T16:48:50.780+11:00This is true, however, environmental impacts are n...This is true, however, environmental impacts are not always what we might assume.<br /><br />I find Slate's Green Lantern column to be an excellent resource for auditing environmental impacts. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_green_lantern/2010/08/should_you_ditch_your_books_for_an_ereader.single.html" rel="nofollow">E-Books</a><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_green_lantern/2011/09/green_your_notes.html" rel="nofollow">Notepads</a><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_green_lantern/2008/02/should_i_cancel_my_newspaper_subscription.single.html" rel="nofollow">Newspapers</a>Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412983524190021368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post-79441712460254543942011-12-06T14:13:34.155+11:002011-12-06T14:13:34.155+11:00Energy is not cheap and it's going to get more...Energy is not cheap and it's going to get more expensive. The energy to make a book is once, and that energy is conserved when the book is loaned or passed on. It's almost like the energy to print and manufacture a book is stored into the book. E-books need energy and therefore indefinite (though small) consumption beyond the publishing date in order to be read. Gadgets need to be charged. Even if they are low power gadgets, multiply that energy demand by millions of consumers and someday, billions. It adds up. A fifty year old book needs no further input energy to be read. It has already been made. Just sayin'.Bonhoffernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post-57798219026000969432011-11-22T12:02:38.492+11:002011-11-22T12:02:38.492+11:00I am doing a persuasive speech for school on why b...I am doing a persuasive speech for school on why books are better than e-readers, and your article has helped me tremendously in my background research. Thanks so much!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post-54999133501572067612011-09-14T22:21:14.128+10:002011-09-14T22:21:14.128+10:00I should have thrown and "only" in there...I should have thrown and "only" in there.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412983524190021368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post-3944159622652815452011-09-13T03:27:53.483+10:002011-09-13T03:27:53.483+10:00I was going to address some of these but it looks ...I was going to address some of these but it looks like somebody beat me to it.<br /><br />But I will point out that plenty of books are printed in China. I don't know if the conditions are sweatshop but I doubt they're ideal.<br /><br />But overall I agree. I'll take a book over a small computer any day.Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881826389793941197noreply@blogger.com