Cool bookstore

[tk2kewl]

[RC]

1. Now that is the way to compete.

[olddots]

2. the person at the check out counter at B&N asked me about buying a kindle

I said smart move ----DUH !!!!!!!!!!

[Cal Carpenter]

3. Hey do you know what store that is/where it is?

Love it!

[Fla Dem]

4. I got a Nook for a gift 2 years ago. Downloaded one book. Went back to the real thing.

I just don't see the fascination. Other than saving trees and having instant access to purchase books, I just don't get it. I'll take a real book over a Kindle or Nook anyday, and I'm not a Luddite. I actually enjoy gadgets.

[duffyduff]

6. It's a totally different experience from reading a real book

I want not only the physical experience of having a book, but also the right to OWN it.

You don't get that with virtual "books." You are paying through the nose for a rental.

[duffyduff]

5. Most important, you own the book when you buy it.

I hope more people realize they are being had with "eBooks" and are merely paying a user fee to people like Bezos who don't need the money.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Now THAT is some sharp advertising!

And I say this as a Kindle owner, with a whole buncha books downloaded.

[hunter]

8. We have thousands of books in our house, most all of them bought in local bookstores.

I also have a kobo e-book.

I've bought some e-books for it (many with no copy protection) but mostly I download treasures from www.gutenberg.org and other free public domain book sites, books that I'd likely never find as new editions or in used bookstores.

If anything, the e-book has increased my reading, all at the expense of television. I don't watch television at all any more.

[Hekate]

12. Gutenberg.org is fantastic. I have not paid for a single book on my Kindle...

Amazon has some free e-books, my public library has some, but most of my treasure trove is from the Gutenberg Project. That was my promise to myself: I won't pay for something that can disappear on someone else's whim, that I can't loan, and can't give away. If I pay for it, I should be able to do any of those things with it.

By the way, Project Gutenberg put up a notice that the Kindle Fire has been adjusted so that it is nearly impossible to download free material without an extensive work-around. The old-style Kindle does not have this feature, so it only takes a few steps to get a book onto my Mac and then to my Kindle. Good thing I was too cheap to spring for a fancy one!

My household, like yours, is overrun with real books.

So many books, so little time.

Hekate

[displacedtexan]

9. I'm finally used to reading books on the ipad.

But I had to adjust the background to "book paper color," the font to "Dick and Jane-looking serif," and the print to "2 page layout" before I began to feel comfortable.

I put up with all of this because I need to be able to increase the font size. It's too hard trying to find big font titles for everything I want to read, and my book club usually showcases older, obscure science fiction titles.

I really miss the smell and feel of book paper, though.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. love it

[Hekate]

11. Now, that's what I like! Plus, you can loan, sell, or give away your copy if you want to.