The Great 2014 Writing Thread

[Luckymoose]

I'm going to assume there isn't a brick-and-mortar version. Is there at least an e-book? I don't have a Kindle and don't intend to ever have one.

A Paperwhite is one of the greatest inventions in reading ever. Reads like paper.

 

[Mouthwash]

Oh please.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'm going to assume there isn't a brick-and-mortar version. Is there at least an e-book? I don't have a Kindle and don't intend to ever have one.

You can get Kindle for PC, so you don't need an actual Kindle.

A Paperwhite is one of the greatest inventions in reading ever. Reads like paper.

Nope. It certainly does not. Paper books don't need to have their batteries charged, nor do they tend to come with an insane number of typos, as has been the case with some of the stories I've downloaded.

The only advantages I've experienced is that the stuff I've downloaded either isn't available any other way, or it was significantly cheaper than a physical book. Oh, and the sample chapters are helpful as well.

 

[Luckymoose]

Nope. It certainly does not. Paper books don't need to have their batteries charged, nor do they tend to come with an insane number of typos, as has been the case with some of the stories I've downloaded.

The only advantages I've experienced is that the stuff I've downloaded either isn't available any other way, or it was significantly cheaper than a physical book. Oh, and the sample chapters are helpful as well.

None of this has anything to do with my point. E-ink reads like paper, as in it does not hurt the eyes like LED or LCD screens do. The screen type is designed in a specific way. Typos are the issue of the publisher, not the device. I have some paper books with typos in them. And my Paperwhite's battery lasts several weeks with heavy use. I've done a great amount of reading on it, and it is very handy when travelling. I love a good paper book, too, though. I'm just saying people who are opposed to e-readers don't have much experience with them. I can't read a paper book without a light, for example.

Also, authors make more money off ebooks than paperbacks. So either buy hardcover or ebook to give them more money.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

None of this has anything to do with my point. E-ink reads like paper, as in it does not hurt the eyes like LED or LCD screens do. The screen type is designed in a specific way. Typos are the issue of the publisher, not the device. I have some paper books with typos in them. And my Paperwhite's battery lasts several weeks with heavy use. I've done a great amount of reading on it, and it is very handy when travelling. I love a good paper book, too, though. I'm just saying people who are opposed to e-readers don't have much experience with them. I can't read a paper book without a light, for example.

Also, authors make more money off ebooks than paperbacks. So either buy hardcover or ebook to give them more money.

Maybe you can read a Kindle in an otherwise pitch dark room, but I can't. It hurt my eyes, so I had to turn the lamp on.

I daresay no published physical book you own has anywhere close to the number of typos I found in one of the books I downloaded.

I do tend to buy hardcovers these days, or at least trade paperbacks, unless I'm getting something second-hand. But they have to be the really good stuff that I already expect to enjoy and read multiple times - like Ben Bova, or the latest Darkover books (which are not written by That Terrible Woman, so don't get in a huff that I dared mention the series).

 

[Luckymoose]

Maybe you can read a Kindle in an otherwise pitch dark room, but I can't. It hurt my eyes, so I had to turn the lamp on.

I daresay no published physical book you own has anywhere close to the number of typos I found in one of the books I downloaded.

I do tend to buy hardcovers these days, or at least trade paperbacks, unless I'm getting something second-hand. But they have to be the really good stuff that I already expect to enjoy and read multiple times - like Ben Bova, or the latest Darkover books (which are not written by That Terrible Woman, so don't get in a huff that I dared mention the series).

The Paperwhite is backlit, not like the normal Kindle. I read mine in the dark a good deal of the time. I would ask what ebooks you're reading? If they are self-published, well, there's your problem. I haven't seen many professionally published ebooks of reduced quality, and generally they even contain all the artwork.

I'm currently reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell in ebook, and have found not a single error in the text. I've seen some poorly edited ebooks, but a lot of those have been fan transcriptions from old physical books not yet in ebook circulation.