[UPHPU] free books

[Jonathan Duncan]

On 14 Mar 2008, at 10:33, Wade Preston Shearer wrote:

>> Of course we also need a more convenient, tablet-like laptop so you  
>> can read in the bathroom, bus, barber shop, etc.
>

I read book on my iPhone.  =)


> I think ebook readers will never catch on in mass. I am completely  
> behind a paperless office, but I don't believe books will ever go  
> away. I am as big of a computer/digital junky as it gets, but I  
> won't read a novel on a screen.

I partially agree.  I think books may stay around but more as a  
novelty.  I have heard good reviews of the Kindle and I like the idea  
of being able to save space.  Although, it is still a really good  
feeling to go to my bookshelf, pick up a book, smell the pages and  
flip through it.  I think the book readers have a way to go but I  
think we will get there eventually.  I think the book readers they  
have on Star Trek are just way too small.  Although, after reading  
book on my iPhone I may have to revise that statement because it is  
not that bad.  I guess it all comes down to what we are used to and  
what we are willing to become used to.