I dont like ebooks.

perusaphone · Post by **perusaphone** » 20 Aug 2012, 05:47

I await their demise eventually, they do seem like a flash in the pan from today's scenario, much like a Japanese car they simply will not last. By the same token, the hypothetical Japanese car gets redesigned each year, but they still only have a limited lifespan. I await development at the same time as not holding my breath....!!

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 20 Aug 2012, 09:57

perusaphone wrote:I await their demise eventually, they do seem like a flash in the pan from today's scenario, much like a Japanese car they simply will not last. By the same token, the hypothetical Japanese car gets redesigned each year, but they still only have a limited lifespan. I await development at the same time as not holding my breath....!!

I think your analogy with Japaneese cars is seriously misplaced .... if there is one thing the Japaneese can manufacture it's the car. I've been driving various Nissan and Toyota models for years and they have never, ever let me down. And that's the experience of a woman who just about know how to put petrol & windscreen washer in a car. I the ebook has the longevity of a typical Japaneese car they will be around for a very long time

Ant · Post by **Ant** » 20 Aug 2012, 14:16

Agree with Fran on the car analogy, Japanese cars top reliability lists year after year.
I am not a huge fan of e-books but I think they are here to stay.......with no reliability problems.

perusaphone · Post by **perusaphone** » 20 Aug 2012, 15:10

So, you have owned just the one for ever, with no change whatsoever, Hmmm, my wife has had four Honda Jazz's since they first came out. I don't think we even filled up the washer bottles between services, however, four cars, all superceded and wearing out, I wonder if the first one is still extant even ???? Yes indeed the current Ereaders are extremely splendid and, reliable, otherwise purchasing would drop alarmingly, but given time, much like the Japanese car, the television, the washing machine, the microwave etc etc, their shelf life is an unknown quantity thus far. The obsoletion quotient is as yet unknown, so, will you go out and purchase a new one each time a new one appears..?? A lot of 'must have's' will I am sure in order to 'keep up with the Jone'ses'. This brings me back to my earlier comment about Lemmings and the so called human racers... !!

Ant · Post by **Ant** » 20 Aug 2012, 15:41

I've never owned a Japanese car myself, but I do read car reviews, are all of them wrong? Again, each to their own.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 20 Aug 2012, 16:10

@perusaphone
I think you are confusing two different things ... reliability and product shelf life, one has nothing to do with the other!

perusaphone · Post by **perusaphone** » 20 Aug 2012, 17:00

I await time for reliability, and product shelf life due to product design updates.... I believe I am correct in the fact that the original Kindle has been updated and is in fact outmoded even now, we have yet another model in place.......

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 21 Aug 2012, 09:30

perusaphone wrote:I await time for reliability, and product shelf life due to product design updates.... I believe I am correct in the fact that the original Kindle has been updated and is in fact outmoded even now, we have yet another model in place.......

But if you have the original Kindle it still works and does what it was intended to do ... there is no obligation to update to the newer version that is a purely personal decision.

Geneen Karstens · Post by **Geneen Karstens** » 21 Aug 2012, 09:39

Fran wrote:
perusaphone wrote:I await time for reliability, and product shelf life due to product design updates.... I believe I am correct in the fact that the original Kindle has been updated and is in fact outmoded even now, we have yet another model in place.......
But if you have the original Kindle it still works and does what it was intended to do ... there is no obligation to update to the newer version that is a purely personal decision.

I have one of the original iPads. They have been upgraded at least twice since then, but what I have does everything ( and more) that I could ask. I have no desire to buy a new model. I agree with Fran, it's a personal decision.

perusaphone · Post by **perusaphone** » 21 Aug 2012, 16:29

Of course it is, I just comment on my own personal take on 'so called' modern technology. I still have a fully functioning mobile phone of some years age. Although a guy at work has something similar that does everything, it even phones people I believe, I personally find it hard to read because of the letter/number size ???? One assumes mobile phones do not wear out at all either, even if they do do all the singing and dancing and jumping through hoops of fire, free one hopes, or at least with a modest charge.... yeah right. My daughter tried three Samsung Galaxy pad things a while back, she got her money back after a few weeks and bought an Iphone instead ??? why I don't know, that went wrong many times more than the Samsung whats'it.... !!! It was, after all, her personal choice.
Most things these days have a built in destruct mechanism, otherwise, sales will not build over time. The everlasting light bulb went the way of all things and, was suppressed by lightbulb manufacturers... there are myriad examples like this that can be found.. !!!

MrEmDash · Post by **MrEmDash** » 30 Aug 2012, 12:29

The only good part of an ebook is that you don't have to lug your big, clonkin' copy of War and Peace, but it's there on your iPhone or whatever. But i agree with most posts that i just like turning the page and having paper in my hand.

conroy · Post by **conroy** » 31 Aug 2012, 00:07

Yes its true that e books do not give the feeling of physical books, the smell of paper and you cannot turn pages with your hands. So in this aspect many people hate e books.

vijaykumarA · Post by **vijaykumarA** » 26 Sep 2012, 08:24

I think it is unreliable life and currently it is more expensive than printed book. The major problem of using eBook is lack of a unified platform for downloading content. These all makes me to don’t like eBook.

MaineBookCo · Post by **MaineBookCo** » 26 Sep 2012, 11:52

I get the impression that ebooks are the kind of thing that grows on you.

People that use them seem to like them.
I've read only a few chapters off an ebook reader and it felt too weird to enjoy.

And I like the smell of a new book