Nanochick wrote:
] Kerry, I feel the same way. I love to read, and half of the
] passion of reading comes from the book itself. I love to be
] surrounded by books, and nothing is better than cracking open
] a new book, feeling it in your hands, the smell of the
] paper... You are right, the sensations would be missed. I
] can't say I am a proponent of ebooks, but at the same time, I
] can see how they would be useful. Take textbooks for example.
] With an e-textbook, instead of being years behind due to the
] slowness of publishing, e-textbooks could be updated in a
] moment, which could really be useful. By the time textbooks
] hit the shelves in the college bookstore, they are way behind.
] Anyway, I am oldskool and I always will be:) - Nano

[ sounds like we're both of the opinion the e' makes sense for reference, while diminishing the experience for pleasure reading. God knows that easy cross referencing, annotation, citation, correlation, not to mention updating and revision are a hell of compelling package for reference materials (inc. textbooks, encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines [except for maybe the real pretty artsy ones, which will eschew the format anyhow], blogs and government publications. I hope things evolve that way. -k]

RE: Latest Ebook venture...