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"E-book Dilemma"

Thursday, November 5, 2009
I was surfing the net yesterday and I bumped across a fellow reader's site, Jennifer. She is an avid reader (judging from all the list of the books she had read and to be read). And as a reader, she was considering to buy an e-book, just like what I planned to do...hopefully by the end of this year.

But she made few good points of e-book - the pro and the con! And I have to say I quiet agree with her. For Jennifer's opinion, please click here. For a reader, I love to see all the books piling up. Kindda like a collection. The disadvantage - I have no space to keep the books and it's kindda wasting papers, right? (trying to go green here) I love to smell the musty smell of a recycle paper. With e-book, I can't smell any musty smell.

Yesterday, I was reading the e-version of one historical romance book via my laptop and gosh, it's so difficult to move around. With a hard copy, I can bring the book everywhere, even to the loo..haha! Well, I know I shouldn't compare laptop with a book coz e-book would be a lot more convenient compared to a laptop.

From her site, Jennifer more concerned about the format of an e-book. Well, as I said, m not that good with these stuffs but I know my bff does. She can convert something into something hence let's just say that m not worried about compatibility. Haha! Even if she doesn't know, she loved the challenge to do it. I always have faith in her ;)

For my personal opinion, I would definitly get the e-book, as soon as I can get hold of whoever selling it. I haven't find one in Brunei so m looking in the neighbouring countries *can't wait*. From yesterday's experience, I noticed that reading an e-book took me less time to read compared reading a hard copy. If m reading a book, it would take me at least 24 hours to finish one but with e-book, I managed to finish it within 13 hours (of course with toilet breaks and all). I don't know whether they edited the e-book versions to make it shorter but I hope not.

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Didz said...

knock knock! d whiz is here! ahaha! eh m8, lau ebook china mau u? i'll try to find one overthere, mana tau lebih murah. lagipun i heard org bjual lappy lagi dijalanannya.hehe seriously! i try to find the best option 4u laa. nanti ku browse site so jennifer atu aa.hehe

iantie said...

m8, now m falling in love with Barnes & Noble ebook reader called Nook. Baru kana launched around 20th october and it's around US$265. U check the website.
if u can find it d china with harga yg berpatutan, balikan ku..haha! but make sure formatnya yg bisai2. jgn krg mbali2 sja, satu format pun nda mau masuk..atu rugi tu ehh..hehe

Didz said...

ok m8, i'll try to check it out later ok. lau i find 1 d china, mesti ler aku cekkan lu formatnya.hehe inda jua bisai lau udah balik terconvert bhasa cina smua ebooks mu m8. haha!