Something has really been bothering me for a while now and I just have to vent to someone so I am taking it to my blog!!! I can't exactly remember when I first saw an eReader but I was so shocked by it that I remember thinking..."Don't tell me that books are going digital too..NOOOO!!" Almost EVERYTHING is digital now, but I guess I was so naive that I really never thought that books would be.
I don't know why this bothers me so much but I guess it is because I LOVE, I mean LOVE to read! I love going to the bookstore and picking out a new book to read....the smell of the pages, the front cover, holding a book in my hands as I read, looking at all my books on my bookshelf, basically everything about books I love!
I guess what bothers me is that in my head I see a day coming where all books will be only in digital form and that makes me so sad. I picture myself telling my kids one day about how books use to come printed on paper and bound together while they stare at me in amazement. I don't know if I could ever get use to reading a book on a screen. I hope there are more people like me in the world and that books will continue to be printed. It reminds me of the newspaper and how so many people don't buy the paper anymore because you can get the news online. I pray that never happens to books...it really makes me want to start a "Stop the eReaders" campaign or something!
I know I can't be alone on this one. Do you have an eReader or do you prefer books? I am sure the eReader is great, but I am just not ready to give up books and probably never will be. I know I am old fashioned but some things are better left alone!
2 comments:
Don't have one and don't want one! At least not now...hopefully I won't switch to the dark side :)
Girl you know I feel the same way! I can accept everything else, but there's nothing like reading a book, a REAL book, not a digital one. So sad :(
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