You know, the kind with actual paper and binding and covers. It’s a book I bought before I became “Kindleized”, and really didn’t feel like paying another $10 to read a book on the Kindle when I already own it, so I started reading the hardcover edition of Walter Isaacson’s Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. Here’s how it’s going.
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It’s unwieldy. No offense to the paper version (because there’s no way you could fit Franklin’s life into 100 pages), but it’s much easier to kick back on the couch or read in bed with the Kindle.
- It’s harder to make notes. Given how quoteworthy Franklin is, this could very well be the reason that pushes me over the edge and buy the Kindle edition. I’m only 50 pages in, and there have been three quotes I’m planning on using in email signatures.
- The hardcover book won’t speak to me in a robotic voice.
- The hardcover book doesn’t need to be charged. In the Kindle’s defense, though, it will probably keep a single charge through the period it takes to read the book.
- Regardless of how hard they try, Amazon will have absolutely no (legal) way to revoke the ownership of the hardcover book.
Undoubtedly, there will be more to add to the list…stay tuned.
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