Posted by
J D Thomas on Monday, May 19, 2008 11:58:01 AM
Have
you ever read a complete book on the computer? Why is it more
difficult than reading a book? Like many of you, I spend a lot of
time on the computer, but I have only read one complete digitized
book. Reference material, short articles, an even information that
can be absorbed in many short sessions are no problem, but Pride
and Prejudice forget it. I would get to page 25 and have to go
buy the book.. And that is a shame.
I
finished O. Henry's Cabbage and Kings because it was really
enjoyable, free on Guttenberg, and an older book not readily
available in the bookstores. I converted it to Adobe Reader and that
made it easier moving page to page, but it still didn't have the
comfort of a book. Is it just habit? I've read paperbacks bound so
tight I'd have to roll the page back and forth to read near the
binding with more ease. If
you have suggestions, I would like to hear them. In the meantime, I
wait on technology.
Amazon has a new book reader that may have hope
- if it isn't too expensive. L. Gordon Crovitz has an article on
this topic in the online Wall Street Journal that may interested you:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121115298895702155.html?mod=todays_columnists