tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post7554062997573373045..comments2024-02-27T07:05:52.851-05:00Comments on Beth Revis: A Story is a StoryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431700962951592287noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-3996180834634205072012-03-13T21:32:33.934-04:002012-03-13T21:32:33.934-04:00Well we all know how Maurice Sendak feels about eb...Well we all know how Maurice Sendak feels about ebooks:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mPEZj21NmE&feature=youtube_gdata_player<br /><br />I prefer the actual books, especially when they smell good!Melissa Spencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-43963175608681142372012-03-09T14:28:39.458-05:002012-03-09T14:28:39.458-05:00I don't like being read too so I actually have...I don't like being read too so I actually haven't listened to an audio book of a novel. I've listened to Benedict Cumberbatch read The Little Red Hen because the man has a voice that sounds like sweet sin dipped in dark chocolate and Little Red Hen takes about two minutes to read but I can't focus long enough and listen to someone reading a book to me for hours, I get bored or distracted and my mind just wonders off and I miss chunks of the story sadly. I think if the book had multiple readers though I wouldn't mind giving it a shot because I like listening to radio plays but one person reading a book I can't sit through.<br /><br />I'm all up for paperbacks, hard covers and ebooks though, give me any of those formats and I'll gobble up the words.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842315793902005771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-983265149261186082012-03-09T11:42:32.926-05:002012-03-09T11:42:32.926-05:00I completely agree with you. That's exactly ho...I completely agree with you. That's exactly how and why I prefer my books, too. :-)Shannon O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299313309059235876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-71908074331048235882012-03-09T09:08:54.007-05:002012-03-09T09:08:54.007-05:00I used to be so anti-e-book that I have a scene in...I used to be so anti-e-book that I have a scene in my sci-fi novel where a character (in our future) encounters a tree book and he's just so amazed. It's got weight and texture and a <i>smell</i> and he wants to find more of these incredible things. <br /><br />Yet here I am, buying e-versions of books I already own on paperback, just so I will have them readily at hand when the need to re-read THAT scene strikes. <br /><br />How easily I was seduced.Leah Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668989627100455974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-89669624370305082332012-03-09T08:43:28.081-05:002012-03-09T08:43:28.081-05:00I have a soft spot for traditional hardcover and p...I have a soft spot for traditional hardcover and paperbacks. Whether it be the feel of literally turning pages or the smell of a book, it feels so much more fun to read a book I can physically hold. I recently got into audiobooks, listening to a few that I'd already read in print, and I agree with your opinion, of listening to them while doing chores or tedious work, listening to books somehow makes it all the more fun!Jennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-46527293415814180012012-03-09T08:27:48.808-05:002012-03-09T08:27:48.808-05:00I like your hiearchy of book buying. I don't b...I like your hiearchy of book buying. I don't by many audio books though, but think I will try to up my numbers in them soon.LM Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16624508396760965680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-26559873282246653692012-03-09T07:36:57.064-05:002012-03-09T07:36:57.064-05:00We have much in common Beth. I actually do the exa...We have much in common Beth. I actually do the exact same thing with my books that you do! :) Books to me are about experiencing the story in a way that suits me best. Thus, why I divide them the same way you do.M. Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00624479956106759407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-68541206939908422632012-03-08T23:44:35.602-05:002012-03-08T23:44:35.602-05:00While it is nice to have books sitting very pretty...While it is nice to have books sitting very pretty-like on my bookshelf, there's only so much room for them all before I have to put some away or buy a new bookshelf (yes, I will buy a whole new bookshelf and assemble it just to avoid putting books in boxes that I'll forget I own). <br /><br />I'll use your book, Beth, as as an example. When I found out about ATU, I got the preview on my ereader. I felt so immersed in that small sample that I bought the ebook right away and fell head first into my ereader. And what I notice on ereaders is that books feel smaller, or, er, less sustantial, and it might just be because of the weight difference or the way you read less by page than in a physical novel. But with ATU, I felt like it was super long and I loved it!<br /><br />Now, with AMS, I had waited the year difference or however long it was, and I went out the day it released and bought the hardcover because unfortunately, having bought the ebook of ATU, I wasn't able to see the amazing cover, so I wanted to experience that with AMS. <br /><br />It's fun to be able to in the middle of reading, flip to the cover and be like, "OH I TOTALLY GET IT, I think..." and then keep reading. <br /><br />Now I want to go buy the ebook of Ready Player One so I can listen to Wil Wheaton talk to me. I mean, tell the story.Sallie Mazzurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903532942800702084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164206822403278866.post-40057469165948159492012-03-08T23:41:29.554-05:002012-03-08T23:41:29.554-05:00More often than not, I do prefer the actual book v...More often than not, I do prefer the actual book version, whether it be hardcover or paperback. Last year, when I still lived in Ohio and I wasn't starving, I spent a LOT of my time in the 'Holy Land' perusing the use of books, and I built up quite a collection. Most of them are in boxes right now, but it is a dream of mine to own a library that people can go into and read from. My parents had a similar set-up in my piano room growing up, and I want to mirror that. There's just something about feeling, holding a book in my hand that I can't get over.<br /><br />As for the e-reader, I haven't really gotten used to the idea yet. I don't have one, but my mom does. Whenever I try to read books on my computer, though, it doesn't go well unless it's on FF.net.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com