THERE IS A QUESTION THAT TAKES SOME COMTEMPLATING. E-BOOK VS. PAPER BOOK??!! WELL, FOR ME PERSONALLY I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE TO SIDE WITH THE GOOD OLE FASHIONED PAPER BOOK. I HAVE TRIED KINDLE AND THE NOOK BUT IT JUST WASN'T THE SAME. IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN BUT I JUST DIDN'T ENJOY IT NOR DID I RETAIN THE INFORMATION AS I NORMALLY WOULD WITH A PAPER BOOK. I AM A VISUAL READER. WHEN I READ A BOOK I TAKE MY TIME AND EVEN RE-READ PAGES OR REFER BACK TO THEM WHEN I AM MORE INTO THE STORY. THIS CREATES ALMOST LIKE A MOVIE EFFECT IN MY MIND. I CAN ACTUALLY VISUALIZE THE STORY IN MY HEAD. I GUESS THIS IS WHY I RETAIN MOST OF THE BOOKS I READ EVEN IF IT WAS YEARS AGO. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WHEN THE MENTION OF A BOOK I READ COMES UP AGAIN IN A DISCUSSION MY MIND DRAWS UPON THE IMAGES I ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I CAN NOT GET THIS FROM AN E-BOOK.
ALSO, I AM QUITE A COLLECTOR OF RARE AND ANTIQUE BOOKS. MY PRIDE POSSESIONS ARE A FIRST EDITION ULYSSES, A COPY OF MACBETH FROM 1881, AND I JUST PURCHASED A FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINT COPY OF A COLLECTION OF EDGAR ALLEN POE WORKS FROM 1911. I JUST DON'T PUT THEM ON A SHELF TO BRAG OR LOOK PRETTY. I ACTUALLY READ THEM EVEN IF I READ THEM BEFORE. THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT AN ACTUAL PAPER BOOK THAT YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR HANDS AND TURN THE PAGES. I KNOW E-BOOKS IMITATE THIS BUT THEY CAN NEVER POSSESS THAT ACTUAL FEELING. THAT'S JUST MY OPINIOIN. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN PREFERENCE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO YOU PREFER AN E-BOOK OR A TRADITIONAL BOOK?
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