Which do you prefer conventional books or eBooks? Why is this so?
I am currently writing a sustainability audit on reading and I want to understand the community response to books. What do you prefer? Why do you prefer it? And where do you see the future of book publishing/Libraries going?
There is nothing like cracking open a new book and the smell of a bookstore!
E-books and the Future of Libraries, part 1
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Sony Reader Touch Edition – Red (PRS650RC) $229.99 Experience a full touch screen that reads like a real book on the Reader Touch Edition by Sony. The touch screen allows you to turn pages with the swipe of a finger and enjoy fast and intuitive navigation of your favorite books. Choose more content from more places like the online Reader Store, where you can access new releases or choose from over one million free public domain titles from Google … |
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven $1.40 Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers are told that Eddie, unsuspecting, is only minutes away from death as he goes about his typical business at the park. Albom then traces Eddie’s world thr… |
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1984 (Signet Classics) $3.70 Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell’s nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff’s attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell’s prescience of modern life… |
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Plain Jane: Brunettes Beware $3.99 Spring Break Sale!Plain Jane will be priced at just $3.99. Get it before it goes back to its regular price of $5.99!James Rollins Recommends…Plain Jane: Brunettes Beware, a Top 10 bestseller in both Hard-Boiled Mysteries and Police Procedural genres.Let’s see why…”Wickedly macabre and blisteringly paced, PLAIN JANE marks the debut of a thriller for the new millennium. Brash, funny,terrifying, … |
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