Reply To: e-Readers

Interesting views. I'm not entirely sold on the idea of e-reading, nor am I against it. Whatever makes it easier for people and whatever way people want to read the material is fine by me. I just cannot sit there myself and read a book on an e-reader. Maybe the ipad will make that easier? I don't know, with a touchscreen e-reader it might be a different experience, as you could use your finger to peel back the page. And that's another thing about “page turning”, software is built to give the page turn effect, so is that basically saying “we want to be just like books but we know we're not!”

Do prefer the page turn effect when reading your books on e-readers? How about the noise that accompanies the page turn effect? It never sounds like a real page being turned, not to me it doesn't? Should page turn effects be erradicated? Or does this or would it add to your experience in reading an e-book on an e-reader?

What would make the experience better for you? I could definitely go with a new book smell or something, that would be great. But a bit of a push to distribute that with an e-book :)