OMG BOOKS! ... for people who read books

[kristin]

I <3 paper books. I have a kindle, and I do use it- but my main mode of reading is still paper. OLD SKOOL

[Aaron]

I love my kindle. And while I don't read all the time, I do prefer it over paper books.

[doom]

some books i feel still wouldn't translate well to an ebook, such as House of Leaves or anything on the more experimental side. I love    books to death, but a kindle will make my academic life so much easier.

[r00]

you kids with your e-berries and fancy light-books.

[chimera]

As I am old and my eyes are shite, Kindle makes it so much easier for me to read.  Over the years I had started to read less every day but now I'm back to reading just about as much I had before.  I still love books as physical objects, though.

[rynne]

some books i feel still wouldn't translate well to an ebook, such as House of Leaves or anything on the more experimental side. I love    books to death, but a kindle will make my academic life so much easier.

I'll be interested in seeing the work that expands on ebooks in the same kind of way House of Leaves expanded on print.  Not something obvious things like an automated choose-your-own-adventure novel or a Burroughs-style text randomizer (though I certainly suspect nonlinear narrative devices would come into play), but rather something that screws around with the advantages and limitations of the form to engage the reader in manner that's inherently unique to the medium

[doom]

it would be a lot harder, because of the way you can tweak the font, font size, spacing, and angle of the page. i could see someone filtering some sort of image interaction or a minimal soundscape to the more expensive versions, like the kindle fire though. definitely something that needs to be experimented with.

[chimera]

Yeah I think there is some great hypertext experience which could be created for the ereader as a specific medium (and we've seen similar things online from time-to-time) but I do wonder who's going to go down that road.

[doom]

thank god he's okay
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/chuck-palahniuk-survives-car-accident_b49052

[doom]

I need more Neil Gaiman in my life.

[naut]

I've got the Sony eReader and I love it. The best thing is its light and slim and so portable.

The first one I got was a dud though and wouldn't stay charged but it was surprisingly easy to get it swapped over.

[r00]

as much shit as Sony gets for big-brother type stuff, I have never been able to deny that they make quality products.  From my experience, every piece of Sony electronics or gadgetry that i have owned has well surpassed its lifespan.

[luna]

i agree. we have so much sony stuff right now it's kinda ridiculous.

really looking forward to this! http://www.stephenking.com/promo/wind_through_the_keyhole/announcement/

[Goose]

Finished Asimov's original Foundation trilogy.  I really liked how Second Foundation finished off.  The last third of that book was some pretty tense stuff, but from a completely un-personal level.  Its wierd to try to put into words what that book was doing to my brain.  How a society can be so thoroughly guided from the deepest recesses is a scary thing, but when its done to prevent thousands of years of war, its hauntingly powerful stuff.

[chimera]

Well there's a reason why he was such a giant in the field, after all.

In other SK news my child finshed The Eye of the Dragon and he actually liked it, which is a near-miracle.  Thanks Steve, I knew you would come through for me.