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• 1. Kim  |  June 11th, 2008 at

  I guess I read both equally. I subscribe to a good number of blogs and receive updates through Newsgator. It makes blog reading more fun with everything in one place. While I tend to read more in the cold months - a crackling fire just calls to you to come near with a good book - I also read books at other times of the year. I finished The Thirteenth Tale just a day or two ago and have started a new book - my “books to read” pile grows faster than I can read them!

• 2. Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates  |  June 11th, 2008 at

  I don’t think “real” books will ever go away.

  I hadn’t heard of the Kindle - that looks very futuristic!

  I do enjoy books, but lately I’ve been reading more blogs.

• 3. Karen Hattaway  |  June 12th, 2008 at

  Jenny, I am like you, I read a lot of blogs (I have to–it’s a part of networking!) but I love books. Real books. There is just something about curling up in a big comfy chair or lying in bed with one that cannot compare with blogs or reading the vitual version on-line. I love being able to touch the pages, have an image or passage before me that I can turn back to over and over again. Real books will never become obsolete… I say follow your dreams and open that B&M bookstore. Sell tea, tea products and great books. Provide comfy chairs. There is a market beyond Amazon…
  Karen

• 4. Beth  |  June 14th, 2008 at

  I read a bunch of blogs, but I also read a lot of books. I don’t like the idea of Kindle. I prefer holding a physical book, flipping through the pages, etc. Plus, I would worry more about me (or the kids) breaking the Kindle. What if I spilled my tea on it?

• 5. Madame Monet  |  June 16th, 2008 at

  As a TRUE BOOK LOVER with my own personal library of over 3,000 volumes (in English–I live in Morocco), I am a bit sorry to say that even I am getting converted out of being a regular book reader.

  I still love books, and I don’t really enjoy sitting at the computer screen. But I do have a comfortable chair at the computer that leans back, a desk big enough to put my feet up on, and a small pillow to support the keyboard in my lap when I need a change (and to keep my feet from swelling if I’m a long time at the computer).

  I used to read as much as a book a day. Am I still reading? Yes, just as much as ever, but mostly news articles on line, and blogs. I spend an average of 3+ hours a day reading (when I’m working full time) and more time writing three different blogs.

  I thought I’d NEVER be interested in something like Kindle until a LIBRARIAN I know said someone in her family got one for Christmas, and this librarian told me she was impressed when she actually saw it.

  So I went to Amazon, and watched their little Kindle video, to show potential customers how it worked. If I still lived in America I would be buying one today. The big advantage is that it is the size of a paperback book, fits easily in a purse, and you can read books, newspapers, and blogs on it. It’s when I’m traveling and waiting that I read most of my books now. But some of my books are more big and heavy to carry around than Kindle would be. The other thing that impressed me, is that Kindle doesn’t look like a computer screen, but is made to look like you’re reading on paper. (I haven’t seen it for myself, I just watched the Amazon tutorial.)

  I now think that home libraries (such as I have) are going to become a real anachronism within the next generation.

  Yet nothing will ever replace a good coffee-table book for people to leaf through in your living room!

  Madame Monet, in Marrakesh
  Writing, Painting, Music, and Wine
  winewriter.wordpress.com

• 6. Francie  |  June 16th, 2008 at

  I was just thinking about this yesterday as I surveyed all my books wondering where in the world I was going to put them! I love my big comfy reading chair and a good book. I love turning the pages, being able to set the book down and get more tea…coming back to it and picking up where I left off. I have a few books I read over and over.
  But, what about the generations to come…I can see books becoming obsolete in the future.
  I do read a lot on the internet too. But I always try to find time for a good book.

• 7. Steph W  |  June 16th, 2008 at

  I can’t imagine printed books every going away, either. Libraries are just way too cool!

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