Re:Future of the library - Seth Godin
by jamesrcole on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @02:23AM
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some minor points:
> - is viewable from any angle, in bright or dim light
they don't work great in poor light (I usually read in bed at night and have to use a head-lamp to brighten the page)
> - can be easily annotated
though you can go an add annotations to library books, the situation with annotating them is less than ideal. ebooks are potentially better in this respect.
the other thing w/ physical books is that they easily get heavy when you have to carry around several of them.
> - is viewable from any angle, in bright or dim light
they don't work great in poor light (I usually read in bed at night and have to use a head-lamp to brighten the page)
> - can be easily annotated
though you can go an add annotations to library books, the situation with annotating them is less than ideal. ebooks are potentially better in this respect.
the other thing w/ physical books is that they easily get heavy when you have to carry around several of them.