tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post1721543881685505162..comments2023-07-06T11:06:53.714-04:00Comments on Fiction is so overrated: Atlanta Vintage BooksChad Hullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post-51049455740540023382010-03-20T00:00:05.870-04:002010-03-20T00:00:05.870-04:00I keep thinking about an electronic reader, but I ...I keep thinking about an electronic reader, but I love the tactile feel of books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post-67893038599384952522010-03-12T21:49:43.593-05:002010-03-12T21:49:43.593-05:00Sociology is the plan as long as I can con some sc...Sociology is the plan as long as I can con some school into admitting me.Chad Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post-87540561268333399222010-03-12T20:20:02.646-05:002010-03-12T20:20:02.646-05:00I agree about textbooks. My husband just got the ...I agree about textbooks. My husband just got the first copies of the 4th edition of his argument textbook today, and even though it's a paperback, it's really heavy -- and very expensive. (It's called THE WELL-CRAFTED ARGUMENT and is published by Cengage Learning.)<br /><br />What are you going to study? English? Because if so I'm going to be so jealous I may need to stab you. Insofar as I can do that from 3000 miles away!Terry Weynahttp://www.readingtheleaves.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post-32820723739600855672010-03-12T16:34:48.460-05:002010-03-12T16:34:48.460-05:00I don't who can afford those kinds of books. ...I don't who can afford those kinds of books. <br /><br />As younger generations get brought up on e-books, I do wonder--as do many others--what will come of traditional printing. <br /><br />I'm pretty certain to be going back to school of a Ph. D. soon, so as far as e-books go, I hope the textbook printers and the kindle/ipad/nook/sony people get something worked out shortly. Because I'd rather but an e reader and get used to the device than a) carry all the books around with me, b) pay the absurd price for text books. <br /><br />I do love a well made, real, physical book, but the textbook market seems to be tailor made for e-readers.Chad Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post-7106216999508494272010-03-12T13:49:03.982-05:002010-03-12T13:49:03.982-05:00We recently attended the San Francisco Antiquarian...We recently attended the San Francisco Antiquarian Book Fair, and saw a copy of a complete set of Kipling in which each volume was signed by the author. Sigh. We would have loved to snatch that up, but the price was far beyond us.<br /><br />Nice to read that someone else still appreciates the look, smell, feel and overall quality of printed books. Actually, I think there are quite a good number of us, but ebooks seem to be elbowing us aside.Terry Weynahttp://www.readingtheleaves.comnoreply@blogger.com