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Will Digital Books Replace Printed Books?
Was it not a sign of the times that Dan Brown’s latest bestseller The Lost Symbol sold more of the Kindle version in the first two days than the hardback version. Admittedly, the Kindle version was cheaper ($9.99 compared with the hefty price of $29.95 for the hard copy). Yet we must agree that this is indicative of the fact that eBooks are daily increasing in popularity.
The Kindle, sold by Amazon, is a device that allows you to purchase and download a copy of just about any book or magazine in its 350,000 volume library. Once downloaded, the copy is yours to read when you like. The device is just five inches by eight by .3 inches in size and boasts that the battery will last days before a recharge is needed.
The initial $400 price tag of the Kindle probably deterred some, yet Amazon predicts nearly 200,000 units will be sold by the end of the year. To help meet this goal the price has dropped 35% to $259, or, for the international version, $279. And for those concerned about the machine crashing and losing the books they have purchased, Amazon promises that the books are backed up on their servers.
Though the type size of the Kindle can be made larger or smaller, Amazon has now produced the Kindle 2, the Poppa Bear of eBook readers. It has a 9.7 inch diagonal screen, close to the size of notebook paper. It too is but .3 inches think, has enough memory to store up to 3,500 books, and boasts an equally impressive battery life. The Kindle 2 sells for $489 at present. Both units can be set to read the book to you though the voice is computer generated and certainly not the quality of a professionally done audiobook.
Both Kindles use a 3G network like a cell phone, and are therefore not dependent on being near a Wi-Fi network to have access to Amazon’s library. As their ad states, a reader can literally hear about a book and be reading it in less than a minute in 16 shapes of gray on the Kindle. Magazines or newspapers are available before they arrive on the newsstand. A nifty feature is its access to an online dictionary. If you encounter an unfamiliar word in a text, you can use the scroll wheel to select the line in question and look up the meaning.
Not to be one-uped, Apple has a free iPhone or Touch application called Stanza that can access several book sources including free books and best sellers. Barnes & Noble eReader does the same through their store though, at last report, overprices the books. An application called Kindle for iPhone is also available. The Touch and iPhone are not as large as even the smaller Kindle but the monitor is in color (which helps with pictures and some charts), the type size can also be adjusted, and, for about the same price, the Touch can do much more than just provide books.
E-Book readers do have certain disadvantages however. For example, though you paid for and own the electronic version of a book, you are forbidden to share it with others as you could a volume. Though having so many books available at any time is great, you can’t write in their margins or give them as gifts with a thoughtful note in the front. You are always dependent on electrical power eventually, and its size and cost make it a target for theft. You don’t need a large print version of anything, but neither do you have an heirloom to pass on to future generations. (Imagine the grandfather in Princess Bride reading from a Kindle!)
Though the printing of hard copy books may decline, this author’s prediction is that it will be a long time before purists are willing to give them up. There’s something special about the feel and smell of a printed book and no e-Book reader can replace it.
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Stephen Brooks – Training In Indirect Hypnosis (includes free 1 year online training course) Despite the advances that have been made in the field of clinical hypnosis over recent years many people are still unaware of the vast array of therapeutic skills that lie behind the process of indirect hypnotic induction. This video makes specific the inovative, and often complex techniques of renowned hypnotherapist Stephen Brooks. Disc one contains an unedited re-mastered recording of a unique … |
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APPLE iPods – iPod classic 160 GB in silver – NEW £211.99 Get more capacity for less with the iPod classic 8th generation from Apple! This model of the iPod classic boasts160 GB of storage space so you can carry your entire multimedia collection withyou everywhere you go. The Genius function picks out songs in your library that gogreat together and makes a playlist for you, while Cover Flow lets you browse through your songs and videos by album art. … |
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iPod classic 160 GB in silver – NEW by APPLE -Quality iPods with 1 Year Warranty as standard £212.39 Get more capacity for less with the iPod classic 8th generation from Apple! This model of the iPod classic boasts160 GB of storage space so you can carry your entire multimedia collection withyou everywhere you go. The Genius function picks out songs in your library that gogreat together and makes a playlist for you, while Cover Flow lets you browse through your songs and videos by album art. … |
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APPLE iPods – iPod classic 160 GB in black – NEW £206.99 With a huge capacity for a lifetime’s entertainment and alower price tag, the 8th generation iPod classic is well worthy of itsplace in Apple’s line-up. In fact, this model of the iPod classic boasts160 GB of storage space so you can carry your entire multimedia collection withyou everywhere. The Genius function picks out songs in your library that gogreat together and makes a playlist for… |
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A Child’s History of England (Illustrated + FREE audiobook link) FEATURES:- Includes beautiful illustrations from the original book – A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book- Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book- Saves space and donât have to carry a hard copy around- Offers an easy access and convenience to this classic literary masterpiece for a reasonable price- Gives a lasting entertainment and values f… |
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Dummies Audiobook $6.99 CBT is a hugely popular self help technique, which teaches you how to break free from destructive or negative behaviours…. |
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Never Give In: The Best of Winston Churchill’s Speeches $30.19 Any admirer of Churchill’s will want to add this audiobook to their library…. |
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Jewtopia: The Chosen Audiobook for the Chosen People $19.98 From the creators of the smash hit play comes the ultimate audiobook of Jewish humor…. |
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Catching Life by the Throat $11.19 Here is an audiobook of the hugely successful Josephine Hart Poetry Hours at the British Library…. |
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Content Reserve $46.63 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Content Reserve is a digital e-warehouse operated by OverDrive, Inc. It holds more than 150,000 eBook, audiobook, music, and video titles. Content Reserve serves as a digital repository for publishers to distribute downloadable media through OverDrive’s retail and library channels. It is also the collection development portal for libraries using OverDrive Digital |
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Content Reserve $33.4 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Content Reserve is a digital e-warehouse operated by OverDrive, Inc. It holds more than 150,000 eBook, audiobook, music, and video titles. Content Reserve serves as a digital repository for publishers to distribute downloadable media through OverDrive’s retail and library channels. It is also the collection development portal for libraries using OverDrive Digital |
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Content Reserve $46.63 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Content Reserve is a digital e-warehouse operated by OverDrive, Inc. It holds more than 150,000 eBook, audiobook, music, and video titles. Content Reserve serves as a digital repository for publishers to distribute downloadable media through OverDrive’s retail and library channels. It is also the collection development portal for libraries using OverDrive Digital |
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Content Reserve $33.4 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Content Reserve is a digital e-warehouse operated by OverDrive, Inc. It holds more than 150,000 eBook, audiobook, music, and video titles. Content Reserve serves as a digital repository for publishers to distribute downloadable media through OverDrive’s retail and library channels. It is also the collection development portal for libraries using OverDrive Digital |
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