Comments on: Michael Bourret: The long and enduring saga of the paperless-book. http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/comment-page-1/#comment-14799 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:50:27 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/#comment-14799 童裝批發

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]]> By: Laurie Woodward http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/comment-page-1/#comment-14088 Mon, 05 May 2008 03:02:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/#comment-14088 I find that I read e-books or articles differently than I read printed material. I skim more and am drawn to stranger metaphors. I don’t reread delicious lines as if they’re a glob of fudge left on my spoon. Instead it’s more like wolfing down a quick snack during recess. Also, the brightness of the screen strains my eyes so I don’t read as long.
You know, there is a comraderie in strolling through the stacks of a bookstore or library that can’t be replicated with a screen. The smells of after-shave and perfume mixing with the slight musty scent of paper. The shuffling of feet. The polite nods or soft smiles.
Yeah, I think e-print may be exciting but it definately has its limitations.

]]> By: Wilfred the Author http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/comment-page-1/#comment-14068 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:14:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/#comment-14068 I relate e-books to digital music or even digital photos. Seven or eight years ago, I couldn’t imagine how digital music would change my life. Now my iPod goes everywhere. I might have been the last person on earth to switch from film to a digital camera. Again, I couldn’t wrap my brain around the concept.

Presently, I see more wrong with e-books than right. I’m sure I will change, yet again.

However, the downside. E-books can be stolen, and just like the music and video industry, piracy will take money out of royalties. You can find e-books and audio books already on the file sharing networks.

Everybody talks about saving trees. Trees are a renewable resource. We are managing our resouces quite nicely. I’m not sure how the building of the electronics for a Kindle compare to the making of paper for an equivalent number of books, but saving trees is really not as big of a deal. They grow quite nicely in today’s climate.

In fact, the paper recycles nicely, not necessarily true with the electronics.

]]> By: GPS http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/comment-page-1/#comment-14067 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:48:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/#comment-14067 Hello. This post is likeable, and your blog is very interesting, congratulations :-). I will add in my blogroll =). If possible gives a last there on my blog, it is about the GPS, I hope you enjoy. The address is http://gps-brasil.blogspot.com. A hug.

]]> By: Ryshia Kennie http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/comment-page-1/#comment-14066 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:45:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/#comment-14066 Are e-readers kind of like the fast food of reading? Great for a trip where you can pack a small library of books with no extra weight instead of packing a good supply of books with plans to shed all those extra pounds at various hotel guest libraries along the way. Of course, if you travel light, the extra weight of paper means less weight in clothing, more time spent at hotel sinks… A kindle sure looks good to a traveller.

But for day to day, a book is a rich experience that I don’t think electronics can replicate – at least not yet.

]]> By: Gordon Gecko http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/comment-page-1/#comment-14065 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:11:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/#comment-14065 Which is why the Espresso Book Printing Kiosk is the perfect storm for the eReaders and the tactile book holders.

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that The Espresso — for lack of a better word — is good.

The Espresso is right.

The Espresso works.

The Espresso Book Kiosk prints, binds, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

The book, in all of its forms — books about life, about money, about love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of mankind.

And the Espresso Book Kiosk — you mark my words — will not only save Chapter 11 Borders Booksellers, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the American Publishing Industry.

Thank you very much.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/comment-page-1/#comment-14064 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:47:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/#comment-14064 I really don’t like the idea.
How am I going to read that in the restroom?

]]> By: Mary Witzl http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/comment-page-1/#comment-14063 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:04:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/#comment-14063 I will be one of those people who refuses to buy a kindle right up to the bitter end. I just can’t see taking one to bed with me. I cannot picture myself curled up in a chair with my cat in my lap and my kindle open in front of me as I sip my tea. I’ve seen them, and they leave me cold. They don’t smell nice, and being a Luddite, I can just picture all the irritating technical problems I’d have. Hardly condusive to a nice, relaxing reading experience.

But I wish I’d had one when I had to schlep around heavy dictionaries and references books. I’m betting it would have saved me a lot of shoulder and back misery.

]]> By: Julie Weathers http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/comment-page-1/#comment-14062 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:21:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/#comment-14062 I like books. If I love an author I might buy paperbacks and then go back later and track down a series in hardbacks to add to the collection.

I like old books and journals. I like old letters. What will our children have to treasure of us fifty years from now? E-mails?

I can see where the electronic readers are good for professionals, but I detest reading on a screen. Even when I am critiquing other writers, I print it out to read. Then I go back and make comments electronically, but I can’t “see” the writing as well on a screen.

]]> By: Victor http://www.dystel.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/comment-page-1/#comment-14061 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:07:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2008/04/michael-bourret-the-long-and-enduring-saga-of-the-paperless-book/#comment-14061 Hey Michael, don’t mean to be a space hog but I wanted to say something else. I followed the link to the Penguin news at the end of your post. So they are launching ebooks but charging the same as a hard copy? Smells funny to me! No printing costs + no shipping costs = significantly higher profits, eh? Now, if they were putting all that extra income into the pockets of their authors I’d be all for it but somehow, I doubt that’s the case. Anybody know how their business model is structured?

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