The Kindle has been remarkably successful in the past several years, bringing the experience of digital reading to an unprecedented number of people. No question about it, it is a great device that provides a bunch of benefits, such as being able to carry dozens or even hundreds of books with you when you are traveling. But does this mean the end of paper books? Can Kindle books replace them for good? Will it still make sense to read a printed book if you can get it on a Kindle? This video approaches this question from the perspective of someone who has been reading extensively both with a Kindle and using printed books.
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—-Video’s Table of Contents—–
00:00 Intro
01:05 The success of Kindle
02:37 Books blend together
03:42 Physical dimension of books
04:53 Superiority of paper books
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Thanks for this honest review. I have to say that I don't have that problem. Maybe, it's because I really concentrate in the book I'm reading. Or maybe because I like technology. I don't know really, but I love reading on my kindle. I've actually discovered that I rather read on the Kindle than physical books. And the same happened to muy brother 🙂
Forgive mi English, Spanish is my first language.
I don't think physical books will be replaced any time. I still own physical books (not a whole lot) but I mainly use my kindle and audiobooks. There is nothing wrong with mixed media of reading. Physical books are nostalgic that I will keep certain ones as they have some fond memories. It also depends on the person's lifestyle. While its nice to look at pretty shelf, is it worth lugging around +300 books from home to home or moving into a different country? And how often do you relocate into another home
Thank you for sharing your insight. I read almost exclusively on a kindle for two reasons. I don't have room to keep books around that I've already read, and more importantly, kindle gives me instant access 24/7 to new books. Because my kindle library is always with me, I can re-read a book at any time. Remembering what a book is about that I've read long ago is an issue. I'm not a young man anymore, however I've found that taking notes and highlighting interesting passages helps me retain its content. Reviewing notes and highlights is easy on newer kindles, and helps refresh my memory on prior reads.
I think that it is important to have physical books for textbooks and manga
I love my kindle 😀
It is a relevant point. Thank you for bringing it up in this video. Kindle could solve two problems that paper books could potentially present; namely portability and space. If someone does bot face neither of them, the kindle experience has a marginal value near to zero. In fact, kindle could worsen the reading experience because it remains n electronic and always connected device,despite the sophistication. Thus it increases the risk of inattention and shortness of focus and also reducing reading productivity if the user tends to collect more books than actually reading them.
I think you are right when it comes to illustrated books or books, like House of Leaves where typography and layout are part of the reading experience. They will not be replaced, and should be treasured. however, for generic paperbacks, I much prefer the Kindle – simply for practicality. I don't have the issue of books blending into one another because I am careful to read different genres or authors – so I might read, say Harry Potter, and then something like Piranesi or P G Wodehouse. The fact that my Kindle Oasis is waterproof makes a huge difference to me as I do most of my reading in the bath.
But, there is something really special about a bookshop that a Kindle can never replace.
Your intro is totally true, I use it and do swear by it and yes, won't go back to paper books, that does not mean, I will never read paper books, I still like to collect and keep hard covers but reading, that I might be doing solely on kindle.
What an inspiring film. One of the things that bothers me most about using a Kindle is the page-turning problem, which prevents me from turning to a particular paragraph from memory. This also makes me think of the Dunhuang script, reading modern people after the re-typesetting of the content and reading the script is a completely different experience. It also affects the understanding of the content.
Yeah, as a fellow Kindle lover. this is a very good topic, and I believe I have a bit of solution here. I think it would be AWESOME if Amazon could incorporate some sort optional cartridge or at least proprietary Micro SD where the ebook is stored and offered as an optional purchase along with the digital purchase. This, of course, must also be accompanied with a bit of change in the Kindle itself, namely the adding of cartridge port or Micro SD port (like old Kindles). The packaging of the cartridge is where the ebooks can actually shine to compete with the physical books. I mean, book vendors could make their packaging to mimic the traditional binding of a book, complete with front and back cover to be put in display on the shelf–pretty much like game packaging. I personally would really LOVE this.
Very interesting. Kindle represented for me the de-sacralization of reading, in a good and in a bad way. It's up to me to manage this spectrum
Thanks for your ideas, I understand how why i wasnt into ebook before. Maybe i need to buy a color ebook reader to have a much better book cover memory, or need to have a unique ritual for each ebook i m going to read. Im serious 😳
Another thing worths mentioning about kindle is that you can't flip pages as quick as physical books. Imagine reading Faulkner on kindle.