What Should I Read Next?

[Joe Wright]

I use e-books, although it's a somewhat recent development.  I can't see
them replacing any of my book books, but they have their uses and
advantages. The prices are usually low or free and you can find some really
interesting books on there that are much harder to find in print.  Project
Gutenberg has a ton of grest material and bookake has a few nice books
including the Torture Garden.  The Bookake books can also be ordered as
ligit books if you so choose.  I found that they can be convenient and if
you use a good PDF reader you can put notes right in the document along with
other fun stuff.  Two friends and I each read the Torture Garden recently
and were able to go in and look at each other's notes on the different
files.  We found it was a help since one recently moved to Chicago and is no
longer around.  The problem is that you don't read as fast on the e-book s
you would with a regular book, at least I don't.  Unless you really hate the
computer they can be pretty handy once in a while.

--Joe

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Guy Ian Scott Pursey <
g.i.s.pursey at reading.ac.uk> wrote:

>
> Agreed :-)
>
> And while we're on the subject of technology and books, anyone read
> e-books? I haven't tried them but I can't see the appeal...
>
> Hardback books are too technological for me (despite the field I work
> in), let alone Kindle or the like; fiction should be soft and sometimes
> yellowed and occasionally falling apart.
>
> Guy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of Robin Landseadel
> Sent: 04 December 2008 18:47
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: What Should I Read Next?
>
> Maybe because you actually need a human being to answer
> these sorts of questions? Seems like a good luddite answer to me.
>
> On Dec 4, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Guy Ian Scott Pursey wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know why the technology doesn't work
> > better?
>
>
>


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