Comments on: Don’t Hate Me Because I Have a Kindle http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/ Where Words and Imagination Meet Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:23:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: October 12, 2009 http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-107 The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: October 12, 2009 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:13:42 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/#comment-107 [...] Don’t Hate Me Because I Have a Kindle, Jeanie Ransom explains why owning a Kindle makes her feel guilty and why she [...] [...] Don’t Hate Me Because I Have a Kindle, Jeanie Ransom explains why owning a Kindle makes her feel guilty and why she [...]

]]> By: Darci http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Darci Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:10:45 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/#comment-47 I can't read books on the train in either direction of my commute. I almost never get a seat, and I'm just too uncoordinated to turn pages with one hand (while holding a wrist-loop with the other) without dropping the book. I know because I've tried. E-readers allow me to read on the train where I otherwise would have just stared off into space with music on the MP3 player. They do not replace the paper books I read at home at all. Are we in the industry of creating bundles of bound paper with black squiggles on the insides, or the industry of creating stories to share with readers--by whatever means? I can’t read books on the train in either direction of my commute. I almost never get a seat, and I’m just too uncoordinated to turn pages with one hand (while holding a wrist-loop with the other) without dropping the book. I know because I’ve tried. E-readers allow me to read on the train where I otherwise would have just stared off into space with music on the MP3 player. They do not replace the paper books I read at home at all.

Are we in the industry of creating bundles of bound paper with black squiggles on the insides, or the industry of creating stories to share with readers–by whatever means?

]]> By: Trish http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Trish Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:39:07 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/#comment-42 OK... I know that this is a horrible thing to say, but... I've actually put books (that I really wanted to read) back because they were done in that scrunchy little font. If I actually purchase one it becomes the one in the pile that I almost always pass over when I'm picking out a new book to start. I know from conversations with family and friends that I'm not the only person who does this. Once Kindle becomes more mainstream and the book selection is limitless... readers will be able to buy some form of a novel that they might have put back for something that the writer had no control over. OK… I know that this is a horrible thing to say, but…
I’ve actually put books (that I really wanted to read) back because they were done in that scrunchy little font. If I actually purchase one it becomes the one in the pile that I almost always pass over when I’m picking out a new book to start.
I know from conversations with family and friends that I’m not the only person who does this.
Once Kindle becomes more mainstream and the book selection is limitless… readers will be able to buy some form of a novel that they might have put back for something that the writer had no control over.

]]> By: admin http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-41 admin Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:19:47 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/#comment-41 Laura, I think we're mostly all on the same page. I will always love real books, and prefer my work to come out in a real book. How frightening that the only record of months of labor might be in a file that someone eventually just deletes as obsolete, and it's gone... Books have their own sort of magic. DNW Laura,

I think we’re mostly all on the same page. I will always love real books, and prefer my work to come out in a real book. How frightening that the only record of months of labor might be in a file that someone eventually just deletes as obsolete, and it’s gone…

Books have their own sort of magic.

DNW

]]> By: Laura http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Laura Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:13:33 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/#comment-40 I won't lie, this post makes me sad. It does bother me that someone who writes and reads so much would help slow the industry that's been there for her. It's honestly 50/50 for me-- mock me if you must, but my reading is 50% story and 50% curling up in bed with the book, smelling the pages, and I have this delicious habit of curling the pages with my fingers, feeling the parchment as I read. It's a very sensory experience for me. I hope there are lots out there like me, who love a full bookcase and the feel of the cover, the paper beneath their hands. I won’t lie, this post makes me sad. It does bother me that someone who writes and reads so much would help slow the industry that’s been there for her.

It’s honestly 50/50 for me– mock me if you must, but my reading is 50% story and 50% curling up in bed with the book, smelling the pages, and I have this delicious habit of curling the pages with my fingers, feeling the parchment as I read.

It’s a very sensory experience for me. I hope there are lots out there like me, who love a full bookcase and the feel of the cover, the paper beneath their hands.

]]> By: admin http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-39 admin Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:08:19 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/#comment-39 I find it to be a wholly different thing. If and when I take the plunge and get a kindle, it will only be (I think) for certain content. I already often listen to the audiobook, or check out bits and pieces of a work on line before I actually take the plunge to buy it - I think where I personally might be headed is toward buying hard copies of books I want to be able to revisit, pass on, and share... Currently I'm an audiobook freak, and that is where a large part of my reading comes from...the Kindle, as in reading online, gives me the chance to read "between the times" of the day better than a book... Good essay, and I don't hate you for your kindle...I just wish my books were available on it. DNW I find it to be a wholly different thing. If and when I take the plunge and get a kindle, it will only be (I think) for certain content. I already often listen to the audiobook, or check out bits and pieces of a work on line before I actually take the plunge to buy it – I think where I personally might be headed is toward buying hard copies of books I want to be able to revisit, pass on, and share…

Currently I’m an audiobook freak, and that is where a large part of my reading comes from…the Kindle, as in reading online, gives me the chance to read “between the times” of the day better than a book…

Good essay, and I don’t hate you for your kindle…I just wish my books were available on it.

DNW

]]> By: Thomas Sullivan http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Thomas Sullivan Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:37:55 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/09/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-have-a-kindle/#comment-37 Well, I suppose that the answering line for your closing sentiments is that the bookstores may have to give up on you. At least, their numbers will certainly winnow down. Yeah, I'm a traditionalist who loves all the sensory rush that comes with being in the company of actual books, each with an actual palpable identity and personality. Associations. Books are themselves bookmarks of where and when and how we met their stories. But then, that's my orientation for when and where I grew up, as it is for most of us: the time of bound books. That said, I don't believe it will be the same for future generations. They will think of us mostly as sentimental and quaint. It's a done deal, and convenience and maybe cost trump. Some formal bookstores will probably survive along with a scaled down publishing industry. Novels in tangible form will be the novelty, almost an indulgent way to accessorize your lifestyle -- like wearing granny glasses or designer clothes. Perhaps availability won't suffer too much and the difference will be much like the one today between buying a paperback and a hardcover. Status. Thanks for your TLC of the subject, Jeanie. -- Sully Well, I suppose that the answering line for your closing sentiments is that the bookstores may have to give up on you. At least, their numbers will certainly winnow down. Yeah, I’m a traditionalist who loves all the sensory rush that comes with being in the company of actual books, each with an actual palpable identity and personality. Associations. Books are themselves bookmarks of where and when and how we met their stories. But then, that’s my orientation for when and where I grew up, as it is for most of us: the time of bound books.

That said, I don’t believe it will be the same for future generations. They will think of us mostly as sentimental and quaint. It’s a done deal, and convenience and maybe cost trump. Some formal bookstores will probably survive along with a scaled down publishing industry. Novels in tangible form will be the novelty, almost an indulgent way to accessorize your lifestyle — like wearing granny glasses or designer clothes. Perhaps availability won’t suffer too much and the difference will be much like the one today between buying a paperback and a hardcover. Status. Thanks for your TLC of the subject, Jeanie.

– Sully

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