tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7931504575507526714.post1965859499818021425..comments2024-03-09T00:47:03.126-08:00Comments on The Written Word Is A Lie: The Kindle Problem-Doug Brunell (America's Favorite Son)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10216616964188376483noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7931504575507526714.post-11243165837909328152011-03-11T19:27:34.170-08:002011-03-11T19:27:34.170-08:00You know, I try to read anything I can get my hand...You know, I try to read anything I can get my hands on. (Every die-hard reader I know has read the cereal box.) I don't have any device I can put an eReader on other than my laptop, and that is bulkier than a book, so I'd have to buy one. I often read things on the computer, but typically that is short news items or research. Never a novel. Can I see the benefits? Yes. Am I book snob? Probably. Would I ever buy a stand-alone eReader? Unlikely. An app though? I could see that.<br /><br />I take it you like the story? Thanks for getting it. I owe you pizza.-Doug Brunell (America's Favorite Son)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10216616964188376483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7931504575507526714.post-7805054190170931462011-03-10T22:40:43.828-08:002011-03-10T22:40:43.828-08:00i have the kindle app on my itouch and i do have a...i have the kindle app on my itouch and i do have a few books, either gifted to me or i was too impatient to wait for shipment when the local stores didn't have a copy of whatever i was looking for in stock. i am by no means an ereader convert but i have had a slight adjustment of attitude toward ereaders and would challenge people who've never read anything on an ereader because it just seems wrong on so many levels, to actually read something on one. i've found that most naysayers refuse to try it. not a good idea. doesn't have to be a whole book. maybe just a chapter of something. it's not so awful and only feels weird for 2 seconds if what you're reading is any good. i was one of those people who didn't like it before i tried it. as far as i am concerned, ereaders are not and cannot be in any way a replacement for books. book aficionados will attest to that. but true readers (as opposed to just book snobs) want to read and i'm beginning to wonder if it matters what form it comes in. because i like books...binding, page texture and all of that good stuff, ereaders aren't my first choice. because i'm a reader, i gave the kindle app a chance. and because i gave it a chance and decided that it wasn't the anti-christ of the ever so sacred physical book, i bought melinda and read it.<br />the fact that i can get ahold of one of your short stories because kindle and the kindle app exists is a fact that is forcing me to be a little more open-minded about all of this. i have access to something i wouldn't otherwise have access to. <br />now, if at some point you want to yank the stories and put them in a short story anthology, i'll gladly purchase that and add it to my bookshelf. until then, the reader side of me says that the ends justify the means. if my only access to a quick, satisfying bite of horror is via ereader, then ereader it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com