Re: UIM apprentice...

Well put.

Michael Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Langston <jimlangston@conexfreight.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: UIM apprentice...


> When I buy a dead tree edition, I can peruse it at my leisure.  I can have
it
> on my desk and flip to the index and look up stuff I remember being there.
> I can take it with me when I, umm..., use the facilities.
>
> Even thought I have a laptop, it is connected to my monitor, keyboard,
mouse,
> power supply, external floppy and speakers.  It's not something I take
with me
> everywhere, which I can easily do with a book.
>
> Also, I read in bed at night before I got to sleep and have a lamp on a
table
> low enough so it doesn't disturb my wife.  And since I lay on my side, not
my
> back, it is easy to have a book on the bed beside me reading it.  My home
> computer is not portable and is in the dining room.
>
> Also, it is much easier for me to read a book, even thought I have been
staring
> at CRT screens for 27 years.  I can flip through the pages of a book and
find
> what I am looking for much faster than on a computer.
>
> As for a printable edition, I printed out the DDS reference so I could
read it
> for subfiles.  Then I took it to the copier and copied from 1 to 2 sided.
But
> it's still not bound and not that easy to take with me, no cover to
protect it,
> etc...
>
> I dunno, why did Captain Picard like dead tree editions?  <grin>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
>
> Jon.Paris@hal.it wrote:
> >
> >  >> I, for one, don't buy e-books.  I only buy dead tree editions.
> >
> > Since it is an arena I am about to enter, I am very interested in _why_
you
> > won't buy e-books Jim.
> >
> > If it was an e-book with a "publish on demand" print option (albeit more
> > expensive) would that chnage your mind?
> >
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