A friend earlier today asked his network of Facebook friends who prefers e-books to paper books and/or in what measure.
There's very little I read without twirling a pencil in my hand. In my old age, I remain compelled to make light check marks at brilliant insights and stunning turns of phrase.
That said, I'll read some things on my ipad, especially the pre-copyright classics available at Project Gutenberg. THAT said, I'll often print out very short things like, say, Hesiod's Theogony or Euripides' Bacchae, which is far less costly than a bound book and still allows me to mark up.
I was seemingly born with a gene for personal library building. I have friends who crowd their homes with artwork collected on world travels. Though somewhat self-indulgent, having several thousand books lining the walls of my home is, I suppose, my way of marking where I've been--and where I hope to go.
There's very little I read without twirling a pencil in my hand. In my old age, I remain compelled to make light check marks at brilliant insights and stunning turns of phrase.
That said, I'll read some things on my ipad, especially the pre-copyright classics available at Project Gutenberg. THAT said, I'll often print out very short things like, say, Hesiod's Theogony or Euripides' Bacchae, which is far less costly than a bound book and still allows me to mark up.
I was seemingly born with a gene for personal library building. I have friends who crowd their homes with artwork collected on world travels. Though somewhat self-indulgent, having several thousand books lining the walls of my home is, I suppose, my way of marking where I've been--and where I hope to go.