tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559276878779105040.post1136491314567513964..comments2023-05-31T06:59:41.903-04:00Comments on spindrift, maine: "e" as in "book"??spindrift,mainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08845805725532707460noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559276878779105040.post-80639852865359938072011-08-26T13:03:36.504-04:002011-08-26T13:03:36.504-04:00I like books, but I liked typewriters too. I think...I like books, but I liked typewriters too. I think books will become obsolete as young people become more and more playful about the way they “write.” Already young journalists are trained in multi-media. They tell stories in words, photographs, slide shows and short movies. I think “books” of the future will do this too. Although I am a words only person, these changes are okay with me. I just feel a little archaic and old. I sometimes consider buying an e-reader because I could easily bump up the type for my aging eyes.<br />bbwellwell2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15966678098042337023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559276878779105040.post-35330136144525344522011-08-26T04:15:09.929-04:002011-08-26T04:15:09.929-04:00I love your word 'heft' for books! -it'...I love your word 'heft' for books! -it's perfect - the lift, the feel, the weight and texture, as well as smell. Someone lent me an e-reader recently, & while I found it convenient, I missed the sensuousness of a book, including being able to see how much I'd read, & how far it was to the end. <br />Love your pictures,Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559276878779105040.post-91080962741351114072011-08-25T21:07:01.339-04:002011-08-25T21:07:01.339-04:00I think your images say it best, especially the la...I think your images say it best, especially the last one! ~LiliLilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003968489244660242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559276878779105040.post-89992177285489490522011-08-25T13:56:38.303-04:002011-08-25T13:56:38.303-04:00I LOVE my books. I love the bookshelves lined with...I LOVE my books. I love the bookshelves lined with my favorite reads, I like turning pages, I like smelling the pages, I LOVE holding my kids (I guess now they're too big...but we all pile up on the couch to read together) and reading out loud while turning pages....<br />OH! Sometimes technology and modern-day stuff just needs to go away:(Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040738593336836064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559276878779105040.post-30763822462574096242011-08-25T09:54:40.734-04:002011-08-25T09:54:40.734-04:00I LOVE books and LOVE my library. No love for e-bo...I LOVE books and LOVE my library. No love for e-books, but I do see a use for them and appreciate the convenience (although not for me, yet). If real books and libraries disappear, I hope it is after I am long gone!!Christie - Fine Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418114130566362780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559276878779105040.post-50757375166109864352011-08-25T09:35:15.839-04:002011-08-25T09:35:15.839-04:00Hi ...I believe it is a sad thing thinking that th...Hi ...I believe it is a sad thing thinking that this could be a thing of the past!!<br />It has the potential to affect so many people right done to the writers and publishers, jobs etc.<br />Maybe it's my age and what I grew up with..Dick and Jane.....see Dick. See Jane. She Dick and Jane run!! : {grammie ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00839269423384232974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559276878779105040.post-28653109699368467572011-08-25T09:24:47.948-04:002011-08-25T09:24:47.948-04:00I hope that the two can coexist.
I am a book lov...I hope that the two can coexist. <br /><br />I am a book lover from the first moments, more than 60 years ago, that my Greek grandmother told me stories, book in hand, upon her lap. She had me captivated, I am told, and gave me a lifelong love of the printed word. Oh, by-the-way, she, herself, couldn't read. I LOVE BOOKS. <br /><br />On-the-other-hand, if I were doing a lot of traveling, I can see the benefits of an e-reader and last week, in an attempt to locate a book I wanted to read and finding it on long holds at all the libraries in our rather vast library system, I could see the lure of a click and there it is on your little hand held screen. <br /><br />I can see the application of ereaders in education. With textbooks at school and an ereader at home, no excuses for not getting homework done or carrying those huge backpacks home for little Johnny or Sue. <br /><br />I think all libraries are struggling with this question. Me? I have three bookbags filled with books from three separate libraries (and then there is my pile of 40% off from Borders).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559276878779105040.post-87498273726394861712011-08-25T03:47:37.043-04:002011-08-25T03:47:37.043-04:00so true - especially for babies, toddlers and youn...so true - especially for babies, toddlers and youngsters just learning how to open their minds by feeling with their fingers.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510099344729038541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559276878779105040.post-3305178090676264312011-08-24T21:10:08.265-04:002011-08-24T21:10:08.265-04:00I am a purist when it comes to books. E-books are ...I am a purist when it comes to books. E-books are fun and cool, but give me a paper bound book any day. It just feels right.Country Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432335393660130255noreply@blogger.com