Welcome to the age of electronic books infestation. You would think that book publishers are shaking in their boots by their 
threat. In my humble opinion, I believe that they pose a significant threat to the publishing industry.
However, children picture books will remain “king” in the traditional paper form. Can you imagine being in an elementary class and during circle reading time, the teacher pulls out her iPad/kindle and attempts to read any story on that device? There is something missing from this picture. My mother was a third grade teacher who had a arsenal of picture books. I cannot imagine her sharing her love for reading using her ebook reader/tablet.
What do you think?
Dec 30, 2011 @ 16:50:45
I was always against the idea of a kindle until I invested in one approximately six months ago. My partner had one and I began to appreciate the convenience of the device. Whilst commuting to and from work I enjoy reading, before I owned a kindle I would carry the books back and forth, sometimes these would be big hard backs, it is lovely not to have this weight in my handbag anymore, my books used to become quite ‘dog-eared’ in my handbag too!
Before owning the kindle, I had concerns that it would cause discomfort to my eyes reading from a screen, I assumed it would be similar to reading from a computer screen, but as the kindle screen is not backlit this does not cause a problem.
Whilst it was hard for me to move away from the enjoyment of physically holding a book and turning the pages and gaining a sense of achievement when the remaining part of the book becomes thinner, i must admit i would not look back now that I am a kindle owner.
Dec 30, 2011 @ 17:50:55
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