Kindle

[AC120]

I must confess. The last couple of book purchases I've made have been paper books. More than anything, as cool as ebooks are, with a real book, I'll somehow remember where the information in the book is and be able to find it again. How that visual image thing works, I can't say, but somehow I like it better than a search engine.

I've flip-flopped. I prefer real books.

Edit: I will say this though. You'd think that if you buy a paper book on Amazon, you'd also have access to the ebook. That would be great for those times you didn't think to bring a book with you, or for those times when an ebook search is what you need. I mean, if you've paid for the content, then you have paid for the content and should have rights to it.

I bought a Kindle last year. Felt I had to, because I'd published a book and brought it out as both an ebook and as a paperback. This was purely a marketing decision. Sales have been 50/50; I have no idea what that means.

Like you, I prefer paper books--could be a generational thing. The content's the same, but somehow it isn't. I've ordered three ebooks since buying the Kindle and 20-30 REAL books (I read a lot).

Saying we should have rights to the content in both formats is a bit like saying, "I bought a CD, so I should also receive a tape and a vinyl record for the price of the CD." I mean that in a friendly way. Media products do cost money to produce and market; I can't sell my ebook for $2.99 and give you the paperback, and I can't sell the paperback for what it sells for and give you the ebook. I'd like to, but I can't.